About Juliet Renée Rand

Juliet Renée Rand, a 22-year-old soprano, from Southold, N.Y., entered Curtis Institute of Music in 2021 and is the Barbara Moskow Fellow. Ms. Rand earned her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance in May of 2025 and will continue her studies at the Curtis Institute, where she is pursuing a Master of Music in Opera, expected in May 2027. She studies with Elliot Madore and coaches with Miloš Repický, Eric Owens, Grant Loehnig, Mark Markham, and Ting Ting Wong. 

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In the 2025/2026 season, Ms. Rand will perform the role of Euridice in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo with Curtis Opera Theater on Novemeber 14 and 16. In February, she will cover the role of Simone in Curtis Opera Theatre and Curtis New Music Ensemble's La Passion de Simone. Recent roles with Curtis Opera Theater include Joan of Arc 3 (Savior), Baroness/First Sheep (Candide), Due ragazze (Le nozze di Figaro), Pepík (The Cunning Little Vixen), La Dame élégante (Les Mamelles de Tirésias) and soprano in L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, as well as in the choruses of Infernal Angel, Così fan tutte, L’elisir d’amore, and Ariodante. In summer 2024, she covered the role of Alcina (Alcina) as a member of the Chautauqua Opera Conservatory. She has also performed Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) and Despina (Così fan tutte) with the Queens Summer Vocal Institute. 

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At Curtis in the fall of 2024, Ms. Rand performed the scene “Vous ne savez pas où je vous ai menée” from Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, Dominic Argento’s song cycle,To Be Sung Upon the Water  with Simon Bakos, clarinet, and Ting Ting Wong, piano and premiered a new piece by Curtis composition student Delfin Demiray titled, “wreck.repair.repeat.”​

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In June, Ms. Rand performed 20th & 21st century arias, including Carlisle Floyd's Ain't it a Pretty Night!, the world premiere of Peter Damon-Cronmiller's Exciting Arcadia: Strophe, I.--  and Ania Vu's Strange Birds, with the American Modern Ensemble, as a fellowship artist at the international Mostly Modern Festival in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.​ In July, she traveled to the Berkshires for a two-week summer training experience devoted to mastering the artistry of Mozart’s operas as the Classic Lyric Arts Berkshires 2025 Mario Lanza Grant artist. 

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Ms. Rand is a teaching artist at Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA). She also serves as a substitute organist and cantor for St. Patrick's Church in Southold, N.Y. Additionally, she sings for liturgical celebrations at Mattituck Presbyterian Church in Mattituck, N.Y., Gwynedd Square Presbyterian Church in Lansdale, P.A. and sings and has played the organ for Newtown Square Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.