Caitlin Vincent

Biography

Caitlin Vincent is an award-winning opera librettist whose writing has been praised as “nuanced and honest” (DC Theatre Scene), “intriguing” (The Baltimore Sun), and “luminous” (The Huffington Post). Vincent’s works have been performed by Washington National Opera, SUNY Potsdam, the University of Connecticut, the Schubert Club of Minnesota, On Site Opera, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Semperoper Dresden, Oxford Lieder Festival, Melbourne Fringe Festival, and Wigmore Hall, among others.

Recent accolades include the 2017/19 Sackler Music Composition Prize and 2025 Dominick Argento Chamber Opera Prize for the opera Bessie and Ma (2019) with composer Douglas Buchanan, the Domenic J. Pellicciotti Opera Composition Prize for the opera Computing Venus (2024) with composer Timothy C. Takach, and the NATS Art Song Composition Award for the song cycle Love Songs from a Third-Floor Walk Up (2025) with composer Raphael Fusco.

Other works include Leaving Gatsby (2026), Paw and Tail (2025), AHAB (2020), and Godiva (2019) with composer Juliana Hall; The Woman Behind the Sleigh (2026) and Night-Time in the Fourth Trimester (2025) with composer Jodi Goble; Beyond (2024) and Honeyed Voices (2023) with composer Lisa Neher; and Tienda (2019) with composer Reinaldo Moya. In 2022, Vincent and composer Lori Laitman were commissioned to write “Thanks a Latte” as part of soprano Laura Strickling’s 40@40 commissioning project. The song was featured on Strickling’s 40@40 album with pianist Daniel Schlosberg, which was nominated for a 2024 GRAMMY Award.

A classically-trained ballet dancer and former professional soprano, Vincent is on faculty at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century (Routledge 2022) and OPERA WARS: Inside the World of Opera and the Battles for its Future (Scribner 2026).