Alexandra Loutsion - Soprano

2011-2012 Performances Rising Stars Annina – La traviata Mother – Hansel & Gretel Witch – Hansel & Gretel Tosca (role study) – Tosca Konstanze (cover) – The Abduction from the Seraglio Art song Recital March 4, 2012

 

Biography

Alexandra Loutsion, a Pittsburgh-area native, is a second-year Resident Artist at Pittsburgh Opera. In the 2011-12 season, she is slated to perform as Annina/La traviata and Mother and Witch/Hansel & Gretel. In the 2010-11 season, she was seen as Berta/The Barber of Seville and Armida/Rinaldo. Also in the 2011-12 season, Ms. Loutsion will appear with Opera on the James as Cio-Cio San/Madama Butterfly.
In Summer 2011 as an Apprentice Artist with Central City Opera, Ms. Loutsion sang Melissa in the North American premiere of Handel's Amadigi di Gaula family performance. She also performed as Frasquita/Carmen and La Dama Elegante/Les Mamelles di Tiresias. Previous roles with Central City Opera include Cio-Cio San in the Madama Butterfly family performance and Minerva in Orpheus in the Underworld.
Other past performances include two West Coast premieres: Isabella in Wagner’s Das Liebesverbot with the USC Thornton Opera as a featured production of Ring Festival LA; and Fay Doyle in Lowell Liebermann’s Miss Lonelyhearts. Other roles include Donna Anna/Don Giovanni, Anna Glawari/The Merry Widow, Second Woman/The Dido Project with Sybarite 5, Sie in Hartmann’s Wachsfiguren Kabinett with the Aspen Music Festival, and Witch in the Los Angeles premiere of The Mortal Thoughts of Lady Macbeth.
Ms. Loutsion recently had the honor of singing for His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Athenagoras Human Rights Award Weekend Celebration in New York City. Recent awards include Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions District winner, the John Moriarty Award from Central City Opera, and Aspen Music Festival New Horizon Fellowship.
Ms. Loutsion holds music degrees from the University of Southern California and Ithaca College.
Michele and Pat Atkins generously sponsor Ms. Loutsion's residency.

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