Milan McCray
Bio
Milan McCray is a soprano from Fort Worth, Texas. She earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Chapman University in Orange, California. Her notable honors include first place in the Classical Voice Division of the NAACP’s Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics ACT-SO in 2015, first place in the Schloss Mirabell Vocal Competition in Salzburg, Austria 2017, and fourth place in the American Institute of Musical Studies AIMS Meistersinger Vocal Competition in Graz, Austria 2018. In 2024 she was awarded second place in the International Singing Competition of Lyrical Voices of Africa, hosted by Africa Lyric’s Opera in Paris, France. Following her success in the competition, Milan participated in the 2025 Africa Lyric’s Opera Winners’ Tour, performing concerts at the Opéra National de Montpellier, Opéra de Tours, Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Salle Cortot in Paris, and the Opéra de Lille. In 2025 Milan joined the apprentice artist roster of Des Moines Metro Opera. During her residency she covered the role of Rooster in Leoš Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen and performed in the opera’s Hen Chorus. She also appeared in scenes from Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro as the Countess and Puccini’s La Bohème as Mimì in Florence (USA). In September 2026, she joined Mascarade Opera as an Emerging Artist.
