Described by The New York Times as having a “buttery, booming baritone," Alex DeSocio (Wichita, KS), received his BM in Vocal Performance from Northwestern University and his MM at the University of Maryland. He is a two-time alumnus of the San Francisco Opera Merola Program. He is the only opera singer certified as an Actor Combatant in The Society of American Fight Directors.
Alex has worked in regional opera companies including Sarasota Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Opera Birmingham, Pensacola Opera, Anchorage Opera, Wichita Grand Opera, Opera Memphis, Livermore Valley Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, and the Pacific Opera Project. Professional role experience includes Silvio in Pagliacci, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette, Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte, Marcello in La Boheme, Lescaut in Manon, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Count in Le nozze di Figaro, and Dandini in La Cenerentola.
Alex's awards include being a two-time Metropolitan Opera Council Audition Semi-Finalist, Winner/Laureate with the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Sullivan Foundation Winner, 1st Place Palm Springs Opera Guild Competition, 1st Place Opera Birmingham Vocal Competition, 2nd Place Premiere Vocal Competition and Merola Opera Program Shoshana Grant Award.
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