Joanna Parisi is an Italian-American operatic spinto soprano. She has sung many Verdi, Puccini, dramatic bel canto and verismo roles on stages in Europe, the Americas and Asia. She has also starred in operatic performances featured internationally in cinema and on television, such as Tosca and Carmen. In 2016, she was named as one of "The Next Generation of Great Opera Singers" by WQXR-FM. She has performed with opera stars including Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Ramón Vargas, Plácido Domingo, Walter Fraccaro, George Petean and Elena Maximova.