AVA Alumni

Lydia Grindatto ’25 · soprano

Hometown

Tijeras, New Mexico

Education:

University of New Mexico

 

Awards:

The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (Grand Prize Winner), Giargiari Bel Canto Competition First Prize Winner (2022); San Francisco District Winner, MONCA (2023); First Place in the Vocal Artistry Art Song Festival Competition (2020, 2021); First Prize and named Most Promising Singer, Rio Grande NATS Student Auditions (2021); Semifinalist in the 2017 Classical Singer Magazine Competition; Encouragement Winner in the 2021 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; Grant winner at the Gerda Lissner Foundation Competition; Winner in the Loren L. Zachary Society Competition.

 

Recent Roles:

Juliette in Roméo et Juliette (Palm Beach Opera), Nedda in Pagliacci (Utah Opera), Marguerite in Faust (The Academy of Vocal Arts), Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Merola Opera & Arizona Opera), Tatyana in Eugene Onegin (Opera Columbus), Anna Bolena in Anna Bolena (AVA).

Roles at AVA