Adjunct Assistant Professor at Western Michigan University, Dr. Rhea Olivaccé,  soprano, is known for her “wonderfully warm lyric soprano voice.” She has performed the  leading soprano roles of Tatyana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Mimi in Puccini’s La  Bohème, both conducted by Martin Katz at University of Michigan–Ann Arbor. Other roles at  UMAA include La Contessa in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Suzel in Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz. Being from the performing arts, she offers an exciting perspective for the chorus and a lot of knowledge.