Alexandra Sapan
Soprano
Alexandra Sapan has sung roles such as Amina from La Sonnambula with Calvià Opera in Mallorca, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Orlando Opera, The Beijing Music Festival and the Mozart Festival Opera, Zerlina from Don Giovanni with the Taconic Opera, Musetta from La Bohème with Orlando Opera and Teatro Lirico D'Europa, Mdms. Silberklang in Mozart's The Impresario with Opera at Florham, and Violetta from La Traviata as a featured soloist at Opera Hong Kong's Inauguration Gala Concert with the Orchestra International D'Italia. Her performance as Amina was described as "fantastic, possessing contagious emotion, a refined and powerful voice; capable of singing tasteful coloratura and agility in the highest ranges of her voice without hesitation." Ms. Sapan debuted at Weill Recital Hall at New York's Carnegie Hall with world-renowned pianist Enza Ferrari, after winning first place in the Classical Productions competition. She has recently sung gala concerts with the Grand Rapids Symphony featuring the arias of Mimì in La Bohème and Dvorak's Rusalka as well as portraying Mimì in La Bohème and Maria in West Side Story at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center in New York City. Upcoming engagements include the Wheaton College Artist Series "Festival of Voices" where she will participate in opera scenes as Donna Elvira from Don Giovanni, Rusalka, and the Brahms' Neue Liebeslieder Waltzer with other distinguished alumni. After taking time off to start a family, Ms. Sapan is now transitioning into the roles of Nedda, Fiordiligi, Leonore, and Suor Angelica.
While a Resident Artist at the Orlando Opera she toured throughout Florida and covered for the main stage roles such as Violetta in La Traviata, Nedda in I Pagliacci, the three heroines Olympia, Antonia, and Giulietta in The Tales of Hoffman, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Norina in Don Pasquale, Adina in L'Elisir d'Amore and Musetta in La Bohème. Ms. Sapan sang Papagena from Die Zauberflöte at the International Music Festival of Macau where Opera Now, The London Financial Times and Opera reviews stated, "soprano Alexandra Sapan presented a highly vivacious Papagena" and "sang with thorough consistency." Other roles with Orlando Opera include Josephine from Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S Pinafore, Berta from The Barber of Seville, and Annina in La Traviata. Ms Sapan sang the role of Fiordiligi from Così fan tutte in concert with the New York Opera Productions and covered the role of Melissa in Handel's Amadigi di Gaula for the Caramoor Music Festival while a Master's student at the Manhattan School of Music where she was a vocal performance scholarship recipient. While receiving her Master's degree she was granted scholarships to the Ezio Pinza Council for American Singers of Opera and the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Italy. At the Manhattan School of Music she was invited to sing the world premier of the modern chamber piece Metaphysics. Ms. Sapan received first place winner in the 2001 Heinz Rehfuss Singing Actor Awards with the Orlando Opera, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Encouragement Award, the Saritelli-DiPanni Bel Canto Vocal Scholarship Fund, Wheaton Conservatory of Music Scholarships, and the Chicago National Association of Teachers of Singing Award as well as a finalist in the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna and the Jenny Lind Soprano Competition. Alexandra Sapan has performed oratorios to acclaim, including Mozart's Requiem Mass with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Mendelssohn's Elijah with the Huntington Choral Society, the Jongen Mass with the West Suburban Choral Union, and Stravinsky's Les Noces at the Manhattan School of Music. She made her Avery Fisher Hall debut as a soloist with the Wheaton Concert Choir at Lincoln Center and has done various concert work in America and Europe. Ms. Sapan is a native of Long Island, New York.