Lily Kass

Dr. Lily Kass is an interdisciplinary scholar and educator whose work focuses on the diverse ways in which operas are reimagined, adapted, and translated to meet the needs of new audiences. She earned an A.B. in Literature from Harvard University in 2010, and a PhD in Musicology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2017. Lily was appointed Opera Philadelphia's first Scholar in Residence in 2021. In this role, she gives pre-performance lectures and otherwise supports the company's Community Initiatives team. In addition, Lily lectures at Johns Hopkins University and the Peabody Institute and sings as a Marian Anderson Scholar artist with the National Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society.