Resident Artists
Alex Lawrence, baritone
AVA fourth-year resident artist
Hometown: Weston, Mass.
Education: B. M. in Voice, Northwestern University
Competitions: Fourth place, Opera Index Awards, 2009; finalist, Liederkranz Vocal Competition, 2009; encouragement grant, Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation, 2008; encouragement grant, Opera Index Foundation, 2008; finalist, Concorso Lirico di G. Martinelli and A. Pertile, Montagnana, Italy; third place, Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2008 and 2009; first place, American Opera Society Scholarship in Men’s Voice, 2007.
Roles at AVA: Marcello, La bohème; Count, Capriccio; Ford, Falstaff; Enrico, Lucia di Lammermoor; Dottor Malatesta, Don Pasquale; Giorgio Germont, La traviata; title role, Elijah (Part l); Guglielmo, Cosi fan tutte.
Other Roles: Kothner, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Baritone I, Renard, both with Tanglewood Music Festival; Die Captain Corcoran, HMS Pinafore, Elder Ott, Susannah, both with Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre; Tagliaferro, La buona figliuola, Teatro Piccinni, Bari, Italy; the Marquis, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Zweiter Priester, The Magic Flute, Falke, Die Fledermaus, Second Vagabond, Die Kluge, all with Northwestern University; Il Conte di Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro, Oberlin in Italy Program.
