With a voice and stage presence described as “warm and lyrical with a lot of dramatic power” by the Omaha World Herald, Karen Hughes Beacom is making a name for herself on the opera and concert stage. A Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Finalist, her career has crossed borders, with international performances at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, China as the soprano soloist in Bach’s Mass in B Minor with the Tianjin Symphony and as the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro under the baton of Joseph Rescigno in Novafeltria, Bellaria and Sant’Archangelo, Italy. This versatile soprano has performed dozens of leading roles in opera, with highlights including Violetta in La Traviata, Mimí in La Bohème, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Rosalinde in Die