Alexandra LoBianco

American dramatic soprano Alexandra LoBianco has established herself as an artist of great versatility, musicality, and consistency. In the 2023-24 season, LoBianco sings Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene from Götterdämmerung in Seattle Symphony’s opening concert, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Inland Northwest Opera, and Verdi’s Requiem with the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Recent seasons have included Brünnhilde in Die Walküre at Seattle Opera, Marianne Leitmetzerin in Der Rosenkavalier at the Metropolitan Opera, Alice Ford in Falstaff with Santa Fe Opera, the Mother in Hansel and Gretel at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Foreign Princess in Rusalka at the Canadian Opera Company, the title role in Turandot with Palm Beach Opera and Maryland Lyric Opera, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana with Seattle Opera, the title role in Tosca with Seattle Opera and Portland Opera, Leonore in Fidelio and Brünnhilde in Siegfried with North Carolina Opera, Fata Morgana in The Love for Three Oranges with Des Moines Metro Opera, and finally, the Overseer and Confidante in Elektra at the Metropolitan Opera, as well as the cover of Aida. Operatic highlights of previous seasons have included Leonore in Fidelio with the Vienna State Opera, Chrysothemis and the Fourth Maid in Elektra as well as Helmwige in Die Walküre at Lyric Opera of Chicago, the title role in Tosca at both North Carolina Opera and Minnesota Opera, the title role in Aida at Opera Colorado, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at Seattle Opera, Miss Jessel in The Turn of the Screw at Dallas Opera, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera at Florida Grand Opera, and the prima donna in Ariadne auf Naxos at Austin Opera. At Des Moines Metro Opera, LoBianco has performed Minnie in La fanciulla del West and the title role in Turandot, earning acclaim for the latter in Opera Today. She made her European debut singing at a Viva Verdi concert in Zurich under the direction of Lotfi Mansouri. A native of Saint Petersburg, Florida, Alexandra LoBianco received her education in voice, theater, and clarinet, and currently resides in Chicago, where she trains the next generation of opera singers and advocates for music education.