Sun-Ly Pierce

Biography

Chinese-American mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce was the Third Prize Winner of the 2024 Operalia competition and has an active international career. Ms. Pierce is a first-place winner of the Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers and a graduate of the prestigious Butler Studio at Houston Grand Opera. She has won top prizes in the Marilyn Horne Song Competition, Dallas Opera National Vocal Competition, and Butler Opera International Voice Competition. A native of Clinton, New York, she holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Bard College Conservatory of Music.