Alicia Gianni, soprano

Beryl in Previn's Brief Encounter

Previous Engagements at HGO:

  • Musetta in Puccini's La bohème - alternate cast performances (2008)
  • Papagena in Mozart's The Magic Flute (2008)
  • The Rooster and the Jay in Jancek's The Cunning Little Vixen (2007)
  • Gretel in alternate-cast performances of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel (2006)

Recent Engagements:

  • Marenka in The Bartered Bride
  • Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi
  • Elisetta in Il Matrimonio Segreto
  • Infantin in Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg
  • Ms. Poe in Argento’s The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe
  • Micaëla in Carmen
  • Title role in Puccini’s Suor Angelica in concert in Lucca, Italy
  • Countess Ceprano in Verdi’s Rigoletto with Florida Grand Opera (house debut)
  • Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte with Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra
  • soprano soloist in The Mozart Requim with Palm Beach Symphony Orchestra

Awards/Accolades/Recordings:

  • 2nd place and Audience Choice awards in HGO's 2006 Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers
  • 2003 and 2005 Encouragement Award in the Metropolitan National Council Auditions
  • First and third place in CCM's annual scholarship competition in 2004 and 2005

Did you know?

  • Ms. Gianni is a native of Whidbey Island, Washington
  • She earned her bachelor of music degree at the University of Washington and an artists diploma degree at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
  • Ms. Gianni is a second-year member of Houston Grand Opera Studio