Lauded by the San Francisco Chronicle as “vocally resplendent” and possessing “impeccable coloratura,” in the 2026/27 season soprano Alisa Jordheim returns to the role of Daria Prima Donna in Viva la Mamma with Shreveport Opera, and also joins the South Bend Symphony for Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. Last season, she made her debut as Liu in Turandot in a return to Pacific Symphony, sang Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and Mahler’s Symphony No.4 with Milwaukee Musaik, and sang concerts with NY Opera Society, Cincinnati Song Initiative, The New Philharmonic, Source Song Festival, and the Florentine Opera. She recently made several role debuts: Violetta in La traviata with Opera Western Reserve, Adina in L’elisir d’amore with the New Philharmonic, Le Fée in Cendrillon with Opera Orlando, Daria Prima Donna in Viva la Mamma with Florentine Opera, and the Young Woman in Cipullo’s After Life for Music for Remembrance in Seattle and San Francisco, in addition to joining San Francisco Opera for their productions of The Handmaid’s Tale and Un ballo in maschera. On the concert stage, she sang further performances of Carmina Burana with both Pacific Symphony and Evansville Symphony, Christmas concerts with San Diego Opera and the Spreckels Organ Society, and Salute to Broadway in concert with the NW Indiana Symphony.
Ms. Jordheim recently returned to the Pacific Symphony for her role debut as Musetta in La bohème, to Florentine Opera for Berginella of Offenbach’s Songbird, made her London debut in concert with the Voces8 foundation, and returned to Amarillo Opera in recital. She also recently returned to the role of Gilda in Rigoletto with both the Pacific Symphony and Amarillo Opera, and made her Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra debut singing Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 and Prangcharoen’s Endless Tears. She sang her first performances of Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro in her debut with Virginia Opera, joined the Enescu Festival as First Maid in Der Zwerg, returned to San Diego Opera as Despina in Cosi fan tutte, and returned to Central City Opera for Adele in Die Fledermaus and for further performances of Gilda in Rigoletto. She made her role and company debut as Clothilde in Pacini’s Maria, regina d’Inghilterra with Odyssey Opera, was engaged as Norina in Don Pasquale in a return to Boston Midsummer Opera, sang Hannah in The Merry Widow with the New Philharmonic, Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the Bach Collegium San Diego, and joined the Bochumer Symphoniker in a concert of Rachmaninoff and Gershwin. Ms. Jordheim made her company and role debut as Gilda in Rigoletto with San Diego Opera, sang Ninetta in Rossini’s La Gazza Ladra with Teatro Nuovo, Mozart’s Exultate Jubilate with Milwaukee Symphony, Mozart’s Mass in C minor with the Bel Canto Chorus, along with various concerts with the New Philharmonic and the New York Opera Society. She also recently joined Palm Beach Opera for Cunegonde in Candide, made her Paris Opera debut as 1st Knappe in Parsifal, returned to Florentine Opera for both Venus in Venus and Adonis and Belinda in Dido and Aeneas, and joined Boston Midsummer Opera for Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
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