Elaine Alvarez

About Elaine Alvarez

Cuban-American soprano Elaine Alvarez burst onto the international opera scene in 2007, making a break-out company debut with her soulful portrayal of Mimi in Puccini’s La Bohème at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis and directed by Renata Scotto, critics were unanimous with praise: “Conveying lyric pathos seems to come as naturally to Alvarez as breathing.” (Chicago Tribune)During the 20••••23 season, Ms. Alvarez appears as Suor Angelica with Opera Omaha and joins Atlanta Opera for Madama Butterfly. Concert engagements include Beethoven’s Sym No 9 for Idaho Falls Symphony, Bruckner’s Te Deum for South Florida Symphony, a debut with Orchestra Iowa for l the Verdi Requiem, and a featured recital at the historic Dock Street Theater in Charleston, South Carolina for Holy City Arts & Lyric Opera (HALO). Ms. Alvarez will also collaborate once again with the Sphinx Organization for a performance of Undine Smith Moore\'s Scenes from the Life of a Martyr, an oratorio on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, featuring the Exigence Vocal Ensemble and the Eugene Concert Choir & Orchestra at the Hult Center for Performing Arts in Eugene, Oregon. Notable engagements have featured Alvarez in numerous role and house debuts of iconic leading ladies including Aïda for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Riccardo Muti, Tosca with Choregies d’Orange, Opera de Oviedo and Chautauqua Opera; Mimì in La bohème for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera National de Bordeaux, Teatro Carlo Felice and Oper Frankfurt, among others; La traviata for Munich\'s Bayerische Staatsoper, Oper Leipzig, Theater St Gallen and Fort Worth Opera; Magda in La rondine for Oper Frankfurt; Kat’a Kabanova with Boston Lyric Opera; Florencia en el Amazonas for San Diego Opera; Cecilia Valdes for Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid; major Verdi debuts as Elvira in Ernani, Hélène in the rarely produced Jerusalem, Aïda for Opera Royal de Wallonie, as well as Donizetti\'s infamous Tudor Queen, Anna Bolena, in Liege and on tour at the Royal Opera House Muscat.Ms. Alvarez is a high school graduate of New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. She then obtained Bachelor\'s (2002) and Master\'s (2004) Degrees from Manhattan School of Music in the studios of Joan Patenaude-Yarnell and Warren Jones. Additional studies continued at the Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara, California) studying with Marilyn Horne, the Academy of Vocal Arts (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome, Italy) studying with Renata Scotto.May 2023

Experience

1. Artist

   Metropolitan Opera

   Jan 2017 — Present

Education

• Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara

  Young Artist

  2004 — 2004

• Glimmerglass Opera

  Apprentice Artist

  2006 — 2006

• The Academy of Vocal Arts

  Resident Artist

  2004 — 2005

• Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara

  Young Artist

  2005 — 2005

• Manhattan School of Music

  Master of Music, Classical Vocal Performance

  2002 — 2004

• Manhattan School of Music

  Master's degree, Classical Vocal Performance

  2002 — 2004

• Manhattan School of Music

  Bachelor of Music, Classical Vocal Performance

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Vocal
• Opera
• Singing
• Choral
• Classical
• Music Theory
• Vocal Coaching
• Music Education
• Chamber Music
• Performing Arts
• Musical Theatre
• Music