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

Artist Website