Praised for her “dedication to character and spine-tingling freedom” (emerging artist reviews), Italian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Alessia Vitali has been heard in a wide variety of roles including Rosina in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Ma Moss in Copland’s The Tender Land, Carmen in La Tragédie de Carmen by Bizet, and Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. In the Canadian premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park, she was the cover for the role of Fanny Price and premiered new works by student composers all while a member of the University of Toronto Opera School. Most recently she performed the roles of Mercedes in Carmen with No Strings Theatre, Old Lady in Candide with the North York Concert Orchestra and Rosina in a concert version of Il barbiere di Siviglia with the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra.