VIP Biography for
Alexandra O. Hughes
 | Alexandra O. Hughes |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Title | Opera Singer; Artistic Liaison to the Nuage France Foundation (www.nuage-france.org) |
| Expertise | Mezzo soprano |
| Current Organization | Self employed |
| Major Product | Opera, recital and orchestral engagements, crossover popular events, recordings |
| Area of Distribution | International |
| University/Degree | B.F.A., Bennington College, 1973; B.M.F.A., The Julliard School of Music, 1978; M.A., The Julliard School of Music, 1979 |
| Born | January 30, 1957, New York, New York |
| Honors & Awards | Acclaimed by critics worldwide for her performances in "Tristan und Isolde" (Brangaene), Honolulu Star Bulletin, Opera, Opera News; "Das Rheingold" (Fricka), Seattle Post Intelligencer, Seattle Times, Opera, London Observer; "Werther" (Charlotte), Opernwelt, Das Orchester, Sudkurier; "Hansel und Gretal" (Hansel), Opera, Seattle Post Intelligencer; "Der Rosenkavalier" (Octavian), Opera, Montreal Gazette, The Suburban; "Ariadne auf Naxos" (Komponist), Badische Zeitung, Basler Zeitung, Sudkurier, Sudwest Presse; "Carmen" (Carmen), Opernwelt, Seattle Gay News; "Samson and Dalila" (Dalila), Fyns Stiffende Odense; "The Turn of the Screw" (Mrs. Grose), The New York Times, The Philadelphia Enquirer, Opera News, New York Magazine; Performing venues worldwide include Carnegie Hall, San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera Co., New York City Opera Co., Canadian Opera Co., Montreal Opera, Live from Town Hall with Garrison Keillor, Cabrillo Festival, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, New Orleans Opera, Opera Omaha, Detroit Opera, Pierpont Morgan Library, Hyde Collection, Brooklyn Bargemusic Series, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Grand Theatre Geneva, Opera de Marseille, Giverny, Basle Opera Switzerland, American Choral Society Soloist in Paris, Finnish National Opera, Odense Symphony Orchestra as well as the Aspen Music Festival and Cologne Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Published Works | Recordings: Finnish National Opera, Richard Wagner, "Die Walküre, Act II, Scene II"; "You Must Remember This... From Gershwin to Lerner and Lowe"; "Alexandra Hughes, Monteverdi Excerpts"; "Alexandra Hughes, American Music in the time of Thomas Eakins"; "Alexandra Hughes, Italian Arias & Duets" |
| Affiliations | Council of Fellows at Pierpont Morgan Library; Academy of American Poets; Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Library of America; Moveon.org |
| Hobbies & Sports | Physical fitness, the outdoors, sailing, painting; fluent in English, French and German |
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