American soprano Jill Gardner makes her company debut this spring. In the current season and beyond, performances include Cio-Cio San in Madame Butterfly at Arizona Opera and Tri-Cities Opera, and Beethoven’s Mass in C Major with the Wichita Symphony. In recent seasons, Ms. Gardner made her Lyric Opera of Chicago debut performing Nedda and covering Mimi in La Bohème, her Florida Grand Opera debut as Musetta in La Bohème, her Boston Lyric Opera debut as Mimi followed by her role debut as Tosca, and her Madison Opera debut as Marguerite in Faust.