last updated 02/18/2008
Hear me sing: Un Bel Di (mp3, 2Mb), Sempre Libera (mp3, 3Mb)
Alicia
Alexander,
a native of Philadelphia, is a graduate of the The
Boston Conservatory, where she received her Bachelor of Music in Piano. Her
operatic roles include the title roles in Verdi's La
Traviata, Puccini's Madama
Butterfly, and, most recently, Lehar's The
Merry Widow at the Amato Opera in New York. She has also performed
the roles of Marguerite in Faust,
Rosalinda in Die
Fledermaus, Gilda in Rigoletto,
Donna Elvira in Don
Giovanni and both Mimi and Musetta in La
Bohème.
Ms.
Alexander has performed in three American stage premieres: singing
the title role in Verdi's little known work Alzira;
the role of Genariello in Carlos Gomez' Salvador
Rosa; and the role of Maria in Martin Kalmanoff's Empty
Bottle.
Ms.
Alexander
had the privilege of working with one of Bulgaria’s foremost conductors,
Mikhail Angeloff, during a concert tour there in the summer of 1996, where she
sang to critical acclaim. Also at home in musical theatre, Ms.
Alexander has been seen at the West End Gate in New York City in a
musical revue entitled The
10% Solution and at Lincoln Center in a stage adaptation of Martin
Eden.
Ms.
Alexander’s
performances of Violetta in Verdi’s La
Traviata and Cio-Cio-San in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Garde
Arts Center in New London, CT garnered rave reviews. Ms.
Alexander
and her husband, Professor
Michael Tuts of Columbia University
reside in New York City where they enjoy a near-perfect harmony between the Arts
and Sciences.