Whitney Steele, a mezzo-soprano from Portland, Oregon, received her Master’s degree at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Favorite roles include Hermia in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nancy in Britten’s Albert Herring, Ottone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, as well as Jane Austen heroine Fanny Price in the West Coast premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park. She can often be seen on stage at San Francisco Opera as a member of the regular chorus.