native of California, Judith Siirila has appeared in leading roles in such operas as Lucia di Lammermoor, La Bohème, Madama Butterfly, Aida, Il Trovatore, Le Nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte, The Magic Flute, Die Fledermaus and Hansel and Gretel, with companies that include the Long Beach Opera, West Coast Opera, Opera Theatre of the Inland Empire, West End Opera and the Redlands Bowl Festival. She was a member of Opera A La Carte, the touring repertory Gilbert & Sullivan company, performing lead roles in The Mikado, Patience and The Pirates of Penzance. Judi has appeared as soprano soloist with numerous symphony orchestras, including the Redlands, Torrance, Palisades, Cypress and Westchester Symphonies, as well as the Estonian National Symphony. Judi has toured Estonia and Russia with the Pacific Chorale, performing the soprano solos in Orff’s Carmina Burana and Herbert Howell’s Hymnus Paradisi. Additional oratorio performances include soprano soloist in Verdi’s Requiem, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Bach’s St. John Passion, Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate, Great Mass in C Minor and Requiem, Rutter’s Magnificat, Gloria and Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria and Magnificat, Schubert’s Mass in G, Fauré’s Requiem, Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem, Poulenc’s Gloria, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and the Conversion of St. Paul, René Clausen’s A New Creation, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater and Handel’s Messiah. She has also performed lead roles in many musical productions, including Oklahoma, The Fantasticks, Carousel, Fiddler on the Roof and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. A musical theater highlight was as a pit singer for the L.A. company “Reprise!” in a production of Promises, Promises, starring Jason Alexander, Jean Smart and Alan Thicke. Other highlights include a 16-concert tour of Japan with the Roger Wagner Chorale and a tour of France with the St. Cyril of Jerusalem Choir. Judi is active as a recording artist for television and films, including the feature films The Sum of All Fears, Scary Movie 2, 102 Dalmatians, Titan A.E., Labor Pains, Galaxy Quest, End of Days, For Love of the Game, The Astronaut’s Wife, Detroit Rock City, Inspector Gadget, Wild, Wild West, South Park, A Bug’s Life, Blast from the Past, Mafia!, Armageddon, Mulan, Godzilla, Quest for Camelot, Good Will Hunting, The Postman, Scream 2, Alien Resurrection, Anastasia, Flubber, Batman and Robin, Men in Black, Hercules, Trojan War, Mars Attacks, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mission Impossible, Pocahontas, The Net, Species, Waterworld, House Guest, Baby's Day Out, Aladdin, The Three Musketeers, Batman (animated feature), Hocus Pocus; TV: Popular, Mario Puzo’s The Last Don and The Last Don II, Sharon’s Secret USA cable movie, The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best, Quantum Leap, The Wonder Years; Commercials: BMW Unavoidable, Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, L.A. Times Tanks (TV & theaters), Epson Not Fade Away (radio), McDonald’s Lovers’ Lane, Suntory Royal Whiskey (recorded & shown only in Japan), Nissan Enjoy the Ride series, Noxzema, Providian Insurance Bridges, UPN fall season Dramatically Different, Mercedes Heavens, Microsoft Business as War and Business Competition, Honda Inspire; the concept albums for the Wildhorn/Bricusse musicals Jekyll and Hyde and Civil War, Barbra Streisand’s Higher Ground album, Harry Connick, Jr.’s When My Heart Finds Christmas album, Les Brown’s Voices of Christmas album, Michael Jackson’s opening number for 1992 tour, and soloist for “Concerto II” and “Prelude” segments of Sony Music Entertainment’s The Search for Gershwin.She also can be heard as the singing voice for Eve in the Sony PlayStation game “Parasite Eve.”