AVA Alumni

Sahel Salam ’23 · tenor

AVA Fourth-year Resident Artist

Hometown

Cypress, Texas

Education

Master of Performance-Vocal Royal College of Music in London (2017-2019); Bachelor of Music-Vocal Performance University of Texas at Austin (2012-2017)

Competitions

Finalist, Loren L. Zachary Competition; Winner, Mario Lanza Institute Competition; Myers Family Full Scholarship in Voice for Music Academy of the West (2020); Jerwood Young Artist Designation (2019); Charles Branchini Scholarship Royal College of Music in London (2018); Academy Vocal Fellowship Music Academy of the West (2018); Alice Templeton Scholarship Royal College of Music in London (2017); Semifinalist Classical Singer Competition (Boston) (2016)

Roles at AVA

Ernesto, Don Pasquale; Rodolfo, La bohème; Fernand, La favorite

Previous Roles

Tamino, The Magic Flute, Merola; Jerwood Young Artist at Glyndebourne Festival Opera (2019);  Basilio/Don Curzio, Le Nozze di Figaro, Music Academy of the West; Rinuccio, Gianni Schicchi, Royal College of Music in London; Ferrando, Così fan tutte, Royal College of Music in London; Tamino, Die Zauberflöte, University of Texas at Austin; Gherardo, Gianni Schicchi, University of Texas at Austin; Vincent, Mireille, Franco-American Vocal Academy; Der Italian Tenor, Der Rosenkavalier, University of Texas at Austin; First Commissioner, Dialogues of the Carmelites, University of Texas at Austin; Tamino, Die Zauberflöte, Franco-American Vocal Academy; Geharnischter, Die Zauberflöte, Franco-American Vocal Academy

Roles at AVA