Chelsea Laggan ’22 · mezzo-soprano

AVA Fourth-year Resident Artist

Hometown

Holland, Pennsylvania

Education

B.S in Vocal Performance; Hofstra University; M.S. in Education, Hofstra University 

Competitions

2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions District Winner; 2017 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Encouragement Award

Previous and Recent Roles

Third Lady, The Magic Flute, Opera North; Flora, La traviata, Capitol Opera Harrisburg; Alisa, Lucia di Lammermoor, New York Opera Exchange; Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus, New York Opera Exchange; Dido, Dido and Aeneas, Hofstra Opera Theater; Bradamante, Alcina, Hofstra Opera Theater.

Roles at AVA

• Farewell Recital
• Spring Recital - Entre l’amour et la mort (between love and death)
• Eugene Onegin · Olga
• Winter Recital: Trailblazers of the Early 20th Century
• The Giargiari Bel Canto Competition
• A Celebration of American Composers
• Giargiari Bel Canto Competition
• Jubilate! A Concert of Sacred Music
• Massenet Les oubliés Forgotten Opera Excerpts of Jules Massenet
• Winter Recital 2020
• Russian Romances
• Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) · Marcellina
• Roméo et Juliette · Stephano
• Così fan tutte · Dorabella Cover
• Winter Recital
• Rusalka · Jezibaba
• Russian Romances
• Suor Angelica and Le Villi · La Zia Principessa/La Badessa, Ensemble
• New Artists Recital