Alexandra Nowakowski ’18 · soprano
Hometown
Palatine, Illinois
Education
B.M. in Vocal Performance with Italian Minor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
Competitions
Second Place, Gerda Lissner Lieder/Song Competition (2017); First Place, Opera at Florham Violetta DuPont Competition; Fourth Place, The Giulio Gari Competition; First Place, Gerda Lissner Foundation Vocal Competition; Encouragement Award, The Giulio Gari Foundation, 2016; District Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2015; Second Place, Grand Concours Vocal Competition, 2015; Winner, Marcella Sembrich Voice Competition, 2014; Second Place, Hal Leonard Vocal Competition, 2014; Winner, Krannert Debut Artist Competition, 2014.
Previous Roles
Gretel, Hänsel und Gretel, Philadelphia Sinfonia; Susanna (cover), Le nozze di Figaro, Wolf Trap Opera; Dido, Dido and Aeneas, Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana; Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Lyric Opera Studio Weimar.
Roles at AVA
- Ariadne auf Naxos · Zerbinetta, Naiad
- Das Rheingold · Freia
- Il trovatore · Ensemble
- Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) · Pamina
- Lucia di Lammermoor · Lucia
- The Demon · Maiden, Nuns Ensemble
- Rigoletto · Supernumerary
- An Evening of Puccini: Gianni Schicchi & Il tabarro · Minionette, Voce di soprano, Lover
- Werther · Sophie
- Russian Romances
- L'italiana in Algeri · Ensemble
- La bohème · Musetta