New Zealand-American soprano Patricia Westley has been praised for her “silver-fine soprano” (Platform J), “crystalline high notes” (WDAV Classical Public Radio), and “exemplary bel canto” (San Francisco Classical Voice). 

In the 2024/25 season, she returns for her second season at Bühnen Bern, making role debuts as Zdenka in Arabella, Gilda in Rigoletto, and Woglinde in Götterdämmerung. Other upcoming engagements include Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, and Cassandra in the world premiere of Salvatore Sciarrino’s Agamennone.

For the 2023/24 season, she joined the Ensemble at Bühnen Bern, performing Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Karolka in Jenůfa, and Waldvogel in Siegfried. She also appeared as the soprano soloist in Carmina Burana with the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra, Missa Solemnis with The Orchestra Now at Bard College, and Lobgesang with the Charlotte Symphony.

In the 2021/22 season, Ms. Westley made her Teatro La Fenice debut as First Niece in Peter Grimes. Other recent highlights include Giulietta (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Musetta (La bohème), and performances with the Oakland Symphony (Ein deutsches Requiem) and Pacific Symphony (L’enfant et les sortilèges).

She is a graduate of the Benenson Young Artist Program at Palm Beach Opera, an Atkins Young Artist at the Mariinsky Theatre, and a two-time participant in the Merola Opera Program, where she sang Elisa (Il re pastore) and created the role of Selena in the world premiere of Jake Heggie’s If I Were You.

A passionate interpreter of art song and poetry, Ms. Westley enjoys collaborating with pianists in song recitals. She has appeared in Opera Santa Barbara’s digital recital series and performed a Schwabacher Debut Recital alongside Martin Katz, presented by Merola Opera and the San Francisco Opera Center.

Ms. Westley is a 2023 Gerda Lissner Foundation Grant Winner, a New York district winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and has received awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation, the East Bay Opera League, and the Franco-American Vocal Academy. She was awarded the esteemed Opera Fellowship at the University of Oklahoma and career grants from the University of Oklahoma and Carnegie Mellon University.

Patricia Westley is currently represented by Devere Burnett at IMG Artists.