Alexa Rosenberg

Alexa Rosenberg has been described as an “intuitive and creative performer,” with “nuanced sound.” As a lyric mezzo, she easily transforms into the wide range of characters that opera repertoire has to offer. Anything from romantic leads to pants roles to high comedy is a treat for her to portray. 

This season, Alexa took on principal roles with American Opera Projects and Experiments in Opera, two NYC companies dedicated to producing new works. Alexa was a soloist in Marshall Opera's inaugural concert, performing Scott Wheeler's Eurydice. Later this season, she will be a soloist in a staged version of Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus. Other announcements are soon to come...

Last season, Alexa performed the role of Sesto in Handel's Giulio Cesare with the Historical Performance Department at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She also performed a solo recital featuring Rossini, Lizst and Bordese's musical interpretations of Joan of Arc, as well as shared many forgotten gems of cabaret repertoire. In July, Alexa returned to NYC to sing the role of Sor Rafaela in Carla Lucero's professional premiere of Juana with dell'Arte Opera Ensemble. Parterre described Alexa in this performance as having  "clever comic instincts and,....an increasingly nuanced sound." 

In 2021, Alexa took on the complex and brooding role of Ottone in a virtual production of L'incoronazione di Poppea. In 2019, she sang in SongFest concerts curated by Javier Arrebola, Amy Burton and John Musto. She also covered the role of Carmen while singing Mercedes at the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival.

Alexa has performed works ranging from Monteverdi to world premieres written just for her. She has sung with a variety of companies in NYC, including Utopia Opera, Amore Opera, Bronx Opera and more. Her favorite roles include Hänsel, Carmen and Mercedes, Nicklausse and Bradamante.

Before focusing entirely on opera, she studied acting at the Stella Adler Acting Studio and at the Atlantic Theater School, which were vital to her growth into the artist she is today. She is passionate about communication and telling stories and aspires to do so through her musicianship and acting training. 

Outreach is a growing part of the opera world and Alexa is working toward becoming a major part of that movement. Alexa works with incarcerated populations to bring some beauty and humanity within cinderblock walls. Through her studies at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, she became involved in the acting and playwriting classes the studio provided to NYC jails, including Rikers Island. She eventually created her own opera immersion class, bringing in classical pieces and connecting them to pop culture, politics, and moral issues we all face. Experiencing success with that model, she decided to start a non-profit, Arias Beyond Boundaries, which provides live opera, discussion, and connection throughout the NYC jail system with a network of talented and compassionate teaching artists. ​

Alexa completed her graduate studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with the Presidential Scholarship.  Alexa is a writer, NYC lover, fan of all cats, and major goofball.