Described as “radiant” by The Arts Desk, London-based soprano Caroline Bourg is originally from Chicago. Recent highlights include performing the role of Seconda Cercatrice in Suor Angelica with the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Antonio Pappano at both the BBC Proms and the Edinburgh International Festival in summer 2025. In October 2025, she appeared as the Soprano III soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Bach Choir at St Paul’s Cathedral. In April 2026, she performed with Mad Song in a programme of 20th- and 21st-century works.
A passionate advocate for art song, Caroline has appeared three times at the Oxford International Song Festival. During her studies, she collaborated with the BBC for its 2022 Total Immersion concert celebrating the music of Jean Sibelius, performed in a masterclass with Anne Sofie von Otter at Wigmore Hall in 2023, and was a member of Graham Johnson’s Song Guild at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she coached and performed the songs of Robert Schumann.
Caroline recently completed an Artist Diploma at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, having previously earned a Master’s degree with Concert Recital Diploma in 2023. During her studies, she performed the excerpted roles of Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Sandrina (La finta giardiniera), Poppea (Agrippina), Noémie (Cendrillon), and Clémence (L'amour de loin).
She completed her undergraduate studies at Boston University in 2020, where she performed the Young Vixen in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen in a production presented in collaboration with the Glimmerglass Festival. During her studies, she won first prize in the Carnegie Hall Competition, leading to a performance at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall.
Alongside her operatic work, Caroline performs a wide range of recital repertoire encompassing art song and the Great American Songbook, and has a particular interest in 20th- and 21st-century music. She has participated in both the Ravinia Steans Music Institute and SongFest and is a recipient of the Josephine Baker Trust.