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​Heard in a wide variety of roles, Italian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Alessia Vitali has been praised for her “dedication to character and spine-tingling freedom” (emerging artist reviews).

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Alessia is in her first year of the McPhee Artists Development Program at Calgary Opera.

 

Her 2024-25 Calgary Opera season includes a role study of Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, the title role in Nino Rota’s family-friendly production of The Witty Squirrel, and the role of La Ciesca in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi.

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Recent highlights include Signora Guidotti in the Chautauqua Opera Conservatory’s production of I due Timidi by Nino Rota, participation in a Good Mess Theatre’s workshop for a new Canadian Opera titled Monsters Made by Roan Shankaruk, Mercédès in Carmen by Bizet with Southern Ontario Lyric Opera, Miles in Grand River Opera's production of The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten, Old Lady with the North York Concert Orchestra in their production of Candide and Rosina in the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra's concert version of Il Barbiere di Siviglia.

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​Alessia received a Master of Music in Opera Performance and a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from the University of Toronto under the tutelage of Elizabeth McDonald.

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