Carly Cummings is a San Diego based soprano who has performed in a wide variety of productions throughout the country. Carly has most recently been on stage performing La Cugina in San Diego Opera’s production of Madama Butterfly. Carly joined the San Diego Opera chorus in the 2022-2023 season, and has enjoyed being a part of this group for many productions.

In the Spring of 2023 Carly performed the role of Berta in Opera Neo’s production of Il barbiere di Siviglia. This piece was performed in the Spanish Village at Balboa park. Rounding out the 2023 season Carly collaborated with the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus as their soprano soloist for The Messiah.

Carly utilized her musical theater skills to perform the role of Maria in The Sound of Music as a part of the 2022 musical worship season at St. Bartholomew’s church in Poway. Prior to that she performed as Pamina in a fully staged production of Die Zauberflöte with Music on Site in Wichita Kansas.

During the height of the pandemic Carly performed as a part of Angel Joy Blue’s online studio. She presented arias included in an online vocal recital as a part of this project. Carly also performed Juliette in Romeo et Juliette and first Lesní žínka in Rusalka for online operas with the companies, Midwest Institute of Opera and LAH-SOW. 

At Peabody Conservatory Carly starred as Magda in Puccini’s La Rondine, and prior to that she sang Prima Sorella Cercatrici in Suor Angelica, Soprano Monster in the outreach production of The Hiding Tree, and Doctor #3 in The Falling and the Rising.

Other roles include Cendrillon in Cendrillon, Adina in L'elisir d'amore, Alice in Le Comte Ory, and Gretel in Hansel und Gretel with companies including Chicago Summer Opera and Manhattan Opera Studio (NY).  Also with Chicago Summer Opera she was featured in scenes as Alice in Falstaff and Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia.  Additional scenes include Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and Antonia in Le Contes d’Hoffmann at Carnegie Hall. 

Previous experience includes the roles of Witch One in Dido and Aeneas, and Girl in Strawberry Fields with San Diego State University’s Opera Theater, scenes as Pamina and Eurydice with the Seattle Opera Academy, and being a part of Music Academy of the West’s production of Carmen. 

Carly was recently named a scholarship winner with the Musical Merit Foundation of San Diego, as a part of their 2024 competition. Carly also placed as a semi finalist in the 2023 Musical Merit Foundation Scholarship Competition. Carly has been a scholarship winner with the Santa Barbara Music Club in 2021 and Peabody Conservatory in 2019. Cummings was awarded first place in the NATS San Diego competition (San Diego region division 11) in 2017, and first place in San Diego Campus Superstar in the spring of 2018.  

Cummings currently resides in San Diego, California. Her teachers include Ah Young Hong at the Peabody Conservatory, where she received a Masters degree and Enrique Toral with whom she is currently studying.