Alexis Peart

A first-year Ryan Opera Center mezzo-soprano from Titusville, New Jersey, Peart will appear at Lyric this season as Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly and in El último sueño de Frida y Diego. A former Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artist with Boston Lyric Opera, she appeared there as Arbate/Mitridate, The Choreographer/The Seasons, Mrs. Noah/Noah’s Flood, Tisbe/La cenerentola, and Big Stone/Eurydice, as well as in the company’s educational touring productions. Other recent roles include Dorabella/Così fan tutte, Jo/Little Women, Ruggiero/Alcina, Taller Daughter/Proving Up, title role/Giulio Cesare, Der Trommler/Der Kaiser von Atlantis, and Ada Lovelace in the world premiere workshop of Ruehr’s The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage. The mezzo can be heard on Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Odyssey Opera’s Grammy-nominated recording of Anthony Davis’s X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X and on several art song releases by PARMA Recordings. An Encouragement Award winner in the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition New England Region, Peart is a two-time alumna of the Wolf Trap Opera Studio and has worked with the Princeton Festival, Chautauqua Opera Company (Studio Artist), Rochester Oratorio Society, Guerilla Opera, and Castle of Our Skins.

Alexis Peart is sponsored by Lead Sponsor Blythe McGarvie and cosponsors Karen Petitte and Nasrin & Mark Thierer.

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