Marisa Johnson

Music – Las Vegas

Marisa Johnson is an up-and-coming classical-crossover artist currently working on her forthcoming album. She opened for Enrique Iglesias at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay has performed all over the Las Vegas Strip including the Hotels: Planet Hollywood, Palazzo, Rio, Bally’s, and the Venetian. She is currently in the Young Artist Program with Opera Las Vegas. Marisa has performed lead roles in both operas and musicals alike including The Medium with Sin City Opera where she played Monica, Gertrude Cherry in Sin City Opera’s An Incomplete Education, and in the off-Broadway production of Tony and Tina’s Wedding at Bally’s Hotel. Marisa has performed her original music at many prestigious events and TV shows including at the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival, RAW Las Vegas, The Will Edwards Show, Sandy Kastel Show, No Harm Done Charity CD, and the Las Vegas Smith Center. Her music has been featured on radio stations worldwide from Australia to the West Coast. She also headlined several concerts including the 2nd Annual Broadway Gala in Los Angeles and the Women in Music and Arts: Masquerade Ball in Las Vegas. She has sung with Andrea Bocelli during his Christmas Special on PBS where she worked under the direction of David Foster. Her many accolades include Female Vocalist of the Year at the Kern County’s Most Talented Singer competition, Bakersfield’s Idol, Best in Classipop at the Best New Talent Awards, two Talent Awards at Miss California, and the title of Miss San Fernando Valley ’10.