Resident Artists
Sydney Mancasola, soprano
AVA first-year resident artist
Hometown: Redding, California
Education: B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music, 2010
Competitions: Encouragement Award, Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2012; Encouragement Award, George London Foundation Vocal Competition, 2012; Regional Finalist and Encouragement Award, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Southeast), 2012; Third Place, Giargiari Bel Canto Competition - WRTI broadcast radio online poll, 2011; Second Prize, Florida Grand Opera Young Patronesses Competition, 2011; Margot Bos Strandler Scholarship, Oberlin Conservatory, 2011; First Place, Dayton Opera Guild Tri-State Vocal Competition, 2010; First Place, Oberlin Conservatory Concerto Competition, 2010.
Roles at AVA: Mélisande, Pelléas et Mélisande; Antonia and Stella, Les Contes d'Hoffmann.
Other Roles: Adina, L'elisir d'amore; Adele, Die Fledermaus, Brevard Music Center; Marie (cover), The Daughter of the Regiment, Opera Theatre of St. Louis; Cunegonde, Candide; Servilia, La Clemenza di Tito; and Despina, Così fan tutte, all with Oberlin Opera Theater.
Upcoming: Zdenka (Cover), Arabella, Santa Fe Opera; Young Alyce, Glory Denied, Fort Worth Opera, 2013.
