Bio
Praised for her “impassioned performance” (Seattle Times) in the title role of Aida at Seattle Opera, American soprano Alexandra LoBianco has established herself as a dramatic soprano of remarkable versatility, musicality, and consistency. This season, she performs Il trovatore (Leonora) in Opera Colorado’s semi-staged production and appears in concert with the Madison Symphony Orchestra.
LoBianco’s career highlights include Fidelio (Leonore) at Wiener Staatsoper and North Carolina Opera, Die Walküre (Brünnhilde) at Seattle Opera and North Carolina Opera, La fanciulla del West (Minnie) at Des Moines Metro Opera, and Turandot (title role) at Des Moines Metro Opera, Palm Beach Opera, and Maryland Lyric Opera. She has also performed Cavalleria rusticana (Santuzza) at Seattle Opera, Falstaff (Alice Ford) at Santa Fe Opera, and Der Rosenkavalier (Marianne Leitmetzerin) at the Metropolitan Opera, featured in the Met’s Live in HD series. Additional roles include Elektra (Chrysothemis, Fourth Maid) and Die Walküre (Helmwige) at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Tosca (title role) at North Carolina Opera, Minnesota Opera, Seattle Opera, and Portland Opera, and Un ballo in maschera (Amelia) at Florida Grand Opera.
Recent seasons have included Rusalka (Foreign Princess) at Canadian Opera Company and Hansel and Gretel (Mother) at Lyric Opera of Chicago. LoBianco made a thrilling Wiener Staatsoper debut stepping in as Leonore in Fidelio while under contract for Turandot (title role) and later returned for Die Walküre (Helmwige) and Brünnhilde cover while on tour in Japan. Her repertoire also includes Die Walküre (Sieglinde), Suor Angelica (title role), Madama Butterfly (title role), Don Giovanni (Donna Elvira), La bohème (Mimì), The Consul (Magda Sorel), and Jonathan Dove’s abridged Ring Cycle (Brünnhilde).