about alexis

Italian-American soprano Alexis Seminario is a singer-artist dedicated to sharing stories that empower people and inspire vulnerability. Alexis most recently completed her first season as an Apprentice Artist with The Santa Fe Opera, where she covered both Miss Jessel in The Turn of the Screw and Ortlinde in Die Walküre. Her summer culminated in her performance as Rosalinde from Die Fledermaus under the baton of Ivan Lopez-Reynoso in a scene staged by world-renowned soprano Patricia Racette, as well as receiving The Anna Case MacKay Memorial Award for her extraordinary artistry over the summer. During the 2025-2026 season, Ms. Seminario returns to The Atlanta Opera as a Glynn Studio Artist where she will make her company debut as Annina in La traviata, as well as cover Liù in Turandot, Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro, and Félicie/Adédaïde in La Belle et la Bête. This fall, she will compete as a Semi-Finalist in the 2025 Butler Opera International Competition. Ms. Seminario was a Finalist in the 2025 Houston Grand Opera Concert of Arias and also a Southeast Regional Finalist in the 2025 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. She spent the 2024-2025 and 2023-2024 seasons with Palm Beach Opera, both as a Young Artist and Cornelia T. Bailey Apprentice Artist. While she was there, she made her role and company debut as Annina in La traviata, covered Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro, and Clotilde in Norma, while also study-covering Antonia and Giuletta in Les contes d’Hoffman. During the 2024 summer season, Alexis joined the Aspen Music Festival and School as a Renée Fleming Artist where she debuted the role of Gertrude in Hänsel und Gretel under the baton of Maestro Patrick Summers. In their season closing concert, she sang both Sieglinde, filling in for Tamara Wilson, & Helmwige in Act III of Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre conducted by Robert Spano, alongside Christine Goerke & Greer Grimsley. Prior to her time in Aspen and Palm Beach, Alexis was a Glynn Studio Artist with The Atlanta Opera where her assignments included covering Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Woglinde & Wellgunde in Das Rheingold, and Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. Alexis spent two summers as an Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera where she discovered her affinity for new operatic works. She covered the leading role of Soldier in The Falling and the Rising and Rose in the highly anticipated world premiere of A Thousand Acres. Over her two summers, her scene assignments included Clarissa Vaughan in The Hours, Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Ma Zegner in Proving Up, Helmwige in Die Walküre, and Antonia in Les contes d'Hoffmann. In the symphonic sphere, Alexis debuted with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra as the Soprano Soloist in Dvořák’s Te Deum in fall 2022. Ms. Seminario is a proud alumna of Bard College Conservatory Vocal Arts Program where she worked closely with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and also debuted the role of Monica in The Medium. She received her Bachelor of Music from Manhattan School of Music where she studied with Marlena Malas. Alexis is an alumna of Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artist Vocal Academy. She is also the recipient of awards from the Anna Sosenko Assist Trust Grant, Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition, John Alexander National Vocal Competition, and D’Angelo Young Artist Competition. In addition to her work on the operatic stage, Alexis is also deeply engaged in the world of recital and program curation. She has twice appeared as a featured solo recitalist at the Bard Music Festival, and as part of her degree at Bard College she curated a project called Femme Fatale. This program explores themes of innocence, growing up, vulnerability, betrayal, revenge, and healing. More details about the project can be found in the Projects tab.