Resident Artists
Alex Lawrence, baritone
AVA 2011 GRADUATE
Hometown: Weston, Massachusetts
Education: B. M. in Voice, Northwestern University
Competitions: Third Prize, Gerda Lisnner Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2011; Fourth Place, Opera Index Awards, 2009; Finalist, Liederkranz Vocal Competition, 2009; Grant Winner, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2008; Encouragement Grant, Opera Index Foundation, 2008; Finalist, Concorso Lirico di G. Martinelli and A. Pertile, Montagnana, Italy; Third Prize, Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2008 and 2009; First Place, American Opera Society Scholarship in Men’s Voice, 2007.
Roles at AVA: title role, Don Giovanni; Mandryka, Arabella; Roger Chillingworth, The Scarlet Letter; Marcello, La bohème; Count, Capriccio; Ford, Falstaff; Enrico, Lucia di Lammermoor; Dottor Malatesta, Don Pasquale; Giorgio Germont, La traviata; title role, Elijah (Part l); Guglielmo, Cosi fan tutte.
Other Roles: Kothner, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Baritone I, Renard, both with Tanglewood Music Festival; Die Captain Corcoran, HMS Pinafore, Elder Ott, Susannah, both with Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre; Tagliaferro, La buona figliuola, Teatro Piccinni, Bari, Italy; the Marquis, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Zweiter Priester, The Magic Flute, Falke, Die Fledermaus, Second Vagabond, Die Kluge, all with Northwestern University; Il Conte di Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro, Oberlin in Italy Program.
Upcoming: Dancaïro, Carmen; Joe Harland (cover), Later This Same Evening; both with the Glimmerglass Opera.
Website: www.alexlawrencebaritone.com
