About TessRaised in Rochester, NY Tess is a mezzo-soprano pursuing her Artist Diploma at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) under the tutelage of Amy Johnson. She is a trained actress and dancer, with over 22 years of formal dance training. Tess incorporates elements of dance and body awareness into her work as a singing actress. She just completed her role debut of Mère Marie in Poulenc's Les Dialogues des Carmélites. Most recently, Tess debuted the title role of CCM’s production of Agrippina. This Spring, Tess will be choreographing her first musical and singing in Opera Fusion: New Works Workshop with Santa Fe Opera on Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith’s The Righteous singing the role of Ruth. This summer she returns to the Cincinnati Opera Chorus and will be stage directing the Bach Coffee Cantata for Queen City Opera.
Her recent credits include Core Chorister for Cincinnati Opera, Dorothée in Chevalier de Saint-George's L'Amant Anonyme and Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro. She also debuted the role of Turnspit in LAH-SOW's production of Dvořák's Rusalka, the title role in Bizet's operas Carmen and Djamileh at CCM’s Opera Bootcamp, and Suzy in CCM's production of La Rondine. Some of Tess’s other roles include Adina in L'elisir d'amore, Girl in Michael Torke’s Strawberry Fields, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and Musetta in La Boheme. |
Tess was the assistant choreographer in CCM's 2022 production of Galileo Galilei (Glass). She served as dance captain in the CCM productions of Le nozze di Figaro, L'Amant Anonyme, and La Rondine. Tess was a soloist at the Independence Day Gala held at the United States Embassy in Florence, Italy. Tess made her debut at Carnegie Hall in 2016 singing Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni, as well as Suor Genovieffa in Puccini's Suor Angelica. She made her debut at AVA's Helen Corning Warden Theatre in Russian Opera Workshop's production of Tchaikovsky's Mazeppa. In 2016 she made her debut at New York Lyric Opera this as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Tess played the role of Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore in Oberlin in Italy's Site-Specific Opera productions. In the winter of 2015, Tess took part in Oberlin Opera Theater's production of Strawberry Fields, by Michael Torke, playing the role of Girl. Tess held residency as a young artist with Songfest, where she was named a prestigious Schubert Fellow and worked with world-renowned pianist Alan Smith, composers John Musto and Lucy Shelton, as well as sopranos Lisa Saffer and Audrey Luna. Tess played Frasquinella in La Périchole by Jacques Offenbach at the Franco-American Vocal Academy. There, she worked with famed composer Isabelle Aboulker. Tess was also in Oberlin Opera Theater's production of Die Fledermaus.
Some of Tess's recital repertoire includes Barbara Strozzi's Sospira, respira and Mentita, Bizet's Les nuits d'été, Bach's Erbarme Dich, Rimsky-Korsakov's Op. 46, and a selection of Florence Price art songs. As a soprano, Tess performed Handel's HWV 140, Grieg's Op. 48, Wolf-Ferrari's Rispetti, Ravel's Hebrew Songs, Rachmaninoff's Op. 38, Debussy's Ariettes Oubliées, and Jake Heggie's Natural Selection, in addition to many other recitals featuring varied works. Tess performed for many years in the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra's annual Holiday Pops Concert under conductor Jeff Tyzik.
Tess completed her Master of Music at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). She is trilingual, fluent in both Italian and French, majoring in the latter concurrent with her Bachelor’s in Music at Oberlin College & Conservatory. She hopes to perform regularly pole dancing and singing opera simultaneously.
Tess played the role of Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore in Oberlin in Italy's Site-Specific Opera productions. In the winter of 2015, Tess took part in Oberlin Opera Theater's production of Strawberry Fields, by Michael Torke, playing the role of Girl. Tess held residency as a young artist with Songfest, where she was named a prestigious Schubert Fellow and worked with world-renowned pianist Alan Smith, composers John Musto and Lucy Shelton, as well as sopranos Lisa Saffer and Audrey Luna. Tess played Frasquinella in La Périchole by Jacques Offenbach at the Franco-American Vocal Academy. There, she worked with famed composer Isabelle Aboulker. Tess was also in Oberlin Opera Theater's production of Die Fledermaus.
Some of Tess's recital repertoire includes Barbara Strozzi's Sospira, respira and Mentita, Bizet's Les nuits d'été, Bach's Erbarme Dich, Rimsky-Korsakov's Op. 46, and a selection of Florence Price art songs. As a soprano, Tess performed Handel's HWV 140, Grieg's Op. 48, Wolf-Ferrari's Rispetti, Ravel's Hebrew Songs, Rachmaninoff's Op. 38, Debussy's Ariettes Oubliées, and Jake Heggie's Natural Selection, in addition to many other recitals featuring varied works. Tess performed for many years in the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra's annual Holiday Pops Concert under conductor Jeff Tyzik.
Tess completed her Master of Music at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). She is trilingual, fluent in both Italian and French, majoring in the latter concurrent with her Bachelor’s in Music at Oberlin College & Conservatory. She hopes to perform regularly pole dancing and singing opera simultaneously.