Boston-based mezzo-soprano Alexis Peart has been praised for her “plush yet robust voice” and “incredible clarity" in roles ranging from baroque operas to world premiere performances. She is a 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition New England Region Encouragement Award Winner, Boston District Winner, and a 2023/2024 Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artist with Boston Lyric Opera. She debuts with Boston Lyric Opera in the 2023/2024 season as Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Big Stone (Eurydice), and covers Dorothée (L’Amant Anonyme). Peart also makes her Princeton Festival debut as Dorabella (Cosí fan tutte).
She spent the summer as a Young Artist with Chautauqua Opera, covering the title role in La Tragédie de Carmen. Peart is a two-time alumna of the Wolf Trap Opera Studio (2020/2021), where she covered Dorothée (L’Amant Anonyme) and Beggar Woman (Sweeney Todd). Peart holds a B.M. in Vocal Performance from the Eastman School of Music and an M.M. in Vocal Performance from Boston University.