Resident Artists
Sasha Hashemipour, mezzo-soprano
AVA second-year resident artist
Hometown: San Diego, California
Education: B.M., Manhattan School of Music, 2010
Competitions: District Winner, Metropolitan National Council Auditions (San Diego), 2012; Winner, Musical Merit Foundation of Greater San Diego, 2011, 2010, and 2009; Winner, Palm Beach Opera Competition, 2010; First Place, Mondavi Young Artist Competition, 2010; Second Place, Crescendo Music Awards of Tulsa, 2010; Second Place, Stewart Brady Competition of the Y.E.S Foundation for the Arts, 2008; First Place, N.A.T.S San Diego Young Artist's Competition, 2006.
Roles at AVA: Imelda, Oberto; Nicklausse and the Muse, Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Zerlina, Don Giovanni; Fortune Teller, Arabella; La Conversa and La Novizia, Suor Angelica.
Other Roles: Dorinda, Il Pastor Fido, Manhattan School of Music; Giovanna, Rigoletto, DiCapo Opera; Siebel, Faust, Opera Manhattan Repertory Theater; Pastore, Orfeo, International Institute of Vocal Arts.
Website: www.sashahashemipour.com
