Alice Chung ’22 · mezzo-soprano
AVA Fourth-year Resident Artist
Hometown
Loma Linda, California
Education
BA in Sociology, Minor in Music from University of California, Santa Barbara; Performer’s Certificate in Vocal Performance from University of Missouri, Kansas City
Competitions
First Place Winner, The Cooper-Bing Competition, 2021; Encouragement Award, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2021; The Shoshana Foundation Richard F. Gold Career Grant, 2020; Third Place Winner, Mildred Miller International Voice Competition, 2020; District Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2020; Bizet Award, Orpheus Vocal Competition, 2020; Gerda Lissner Foundation Grant Recipient, 2018; Second Place Midwest Regionals, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2018
Upcoming and Previous Roles
Mercédès, Carmen cover, Carmen (Tulsa Opera); Rachel cover, If I Were You (world premiere), (Merola Opera Program); Azucena cover, Il trovatore, (Central City Opera); Giovanna, Rigoletto, (Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Die Hexe, Hänsel und Gretel, (UMKC Opera); Madame Larina, Eugene Onegin, (Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Eduige, Rodelinda (UMKC Opera); La zia Principessa/Zita, Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi, (UMKC Opera); Mama McCourt, The Ballad of Baby Doe (Central City Opera); Mrs. Grose, The Turn of the Screw, (UMKC Opera); Dritte Dame, Die Zauberflöte (UMKC Opera)
Roles at AVA
- Farewell Recital
- Jubilate! A Concert of Sacred Music
- Russian Romances
- Jubilate! A Concert of Sacred Music
- Massenet Les oubliés Forgotten Opera Excerpts of Jules Massenet
- Winter Recital 2020
- Russian Romances
- Fall Recital · German Lieder Rarities
- Roméo et Juliette · Gertrude
- Jubilate! A Concert of Sacred Music
- Così fan tutte · Despina
- Rusalka · Jezibaba
- Russian Romances
- Suor Angelica and Le Villi · La Zia Principessa/La Badessa, Ensemble
- New Artists Recital
