Lynn Baker

She is an English diction coach and assistant conductor at The Metropolitan Opera, Director of the Resident Artist Program at Berkshire Opera Festival, and an adjunct faculty member at Mannes School of Music, The New School. Lynn has been English diction coach for numerous productions at Lincoln Center Theater, Opera Philadelphia, and The Glimmerglass Festival. She was an assistant conductor and English diction coach at the original company of New York City Opera and Artistic Director of Crested Butte Opera Studio.

English diction credits for recordings include Mass, by Leonard Bernstein: Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director (Deutsche Grammophon); Mass, by Leonard Bernstein: Baltimore Symphony, Marin Alsop, Music Director (Naxos); Champion, by Terence Blanchard, The Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director (2024 Grammy winner for Best Opera Recording). Credits for The Metropolitan Opera live HD broadcasts include Eurydice (2021), Champion (2023), Dead Man Walking (2023), X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (2023), Grounded (2024), and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2026).

Other coaching and performing credits include New York City Ballet, Philadelphia Orchestra, Seattle Opera, Atlanta Opera, Renata Scotto Opera Academy, Washington National Opera, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Bard SummerScape, Spoleto Festival USA, Louisville Symphony, and The Juilliard School. She has performed extensively with the soprano Harolyn Blackwell at such venues as The Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, The Morgan Library, and the East Room of the White House. She is an editor for transcriptions at the International Dialects of English Archive. Lynn received a Master of Music degree in Accompanying from The Juilliard School.