ABOUT
PRESSKIT
Alize Francheska Rozsnyai is a coloratura soprano “displaying profound imagination and control” (Philadelphia Inquirer), building a diverse and exciting performance career as a classical soprano with a "superb voice" (Harrogate News), and acclaimed interpreter of new music, supplying "deliciously diva performances" (I CARE IF YOU LISTEN).
In her September 2021's performances of Alcina REVAMPED, Alize "impresses as Morgana. She attacks the melismatic demands of “Tornami a vagheggiar” ("Come Back to Woo Me") with practiced ease and accentuates the besotted naiveté of her character..." (Broad Street Review).
Her recent engagements include the role of Zina in Nico Muhly's Dark Sisters with Opera Fayetteville, Soprano Soloist in Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass and Soprano Soloist in Mozart's Missa Solemnis under the baton of Gregory Geehern of the Princeton Festival, with PMSA, Nicole in Jason Cady's modulated synth-accompanied Candy Corn with Experiments in Opera at the Flea Theatre in NYC, the role of Zohara in the world premiere of Meira Warshauer's Elijah's Violin at the Presidio of San Francisco, under the baton of Jonathan Khuner and direction by Yefim Maizel, George Crumb's Apparition, performed for George himself, at the Annenberg Center to celebrate the composer's 90th birthday, and several more world premieres. In May 2021, Alize made her debut with Beth Morrison Projects in their Next Gen concert, performing Maya Miro Johnson's "when icarus fell, was there a splash?" under the baton of Kamna Gupta. September 2021, she makes her role debut as Morgana in Alcina REVAMPED with Alter Ego Chamber Opera.
Alize is co-founder, a soprano performer and librettist with the Philadelphia-based chamber opera company Alter Ego Chamber Opera, whose mission is to tell new stories and old stories in new ways, supporting the creative voices of women, POC and other under represented artists in order to create brand new opera theatre "without the ego." Click this link to find out more about Alize's work as a librettist.
Alize Francheska is managed by Matthew Laifer Artist Management. To find out more about Alize's work and previous performance history, please visit the Press Kit.
VIDEO & AUDIO RECORDINGS
Opera & Operetta
"Die Wiener Herrn verstehen sich" (Fiakermilli) from Arabella // R. Strauss - June 2022 w/Gabriel Rebolla
"Alla selva, al prato, al fonte" (Elisa) from Il re pastore // W. A. Mozart
"Bel Piacere" from Rinaldo // Handel
"Won't someone say..." from Elegy for Young
Lovers // H. W. Henze
"Go shameless one...For riches and rank" (Phyllis) from Iolanthe // Gilbert / Sullivan
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New Music
"when icarus fell, was there a splash?" (3 minute excerpts version) // Maya Miro Johnson with Beth Morrison Projects and Contemporaneous Ensemble
"Seven Impressions" // Anahita Abbasi - with Andy Theirauf, Percussion -Arcana New Music Ensemble
"Sequenza III" for Voice Staged as part of Dido and Aeneas + (role of Belinda) // Luciano Berio
Aria (with score examples) - Performed with Arcana New Music Ensemble // John Cage
Wild Angels of the Open Hills - with Emma Resmini, Flute, and Héloïse Carlean-Jones, Harp // Joseph Schwantner
Baroque & Early Music
VIDEO
"O s'apre al riso" from Alcina // Handel
"Sprich mir doch von der Liebe nicht/Su mio core la vendetta" from Orpheus // Telemann
"Tornami a vagheggiar" from Alcina // Handel
"Le fameux chantre de la Thrace - Fidèles échos de ces bois " from Orphée // Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
AUDIO
EVENTS
HUB CITY OPERA AND DANCE CO.
Phony & The Coffee Cantata
Music by David Matthew Brown and J.S. Bach, respectively
Libretto and Adaptation, respectively, by Alize Francheska Rozsnyai
Role: Heather
April 29th and 30th, 2023
Avenel Performing Arts Center, NJ
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NATHAN FELIX OPERA COLLECTIVE
WORLD PREMIERE of The Great Hurricane, a new immersive opera
Role: Cordelia
April 20th, 2023 at 6:30 pm
Columbia Museum of Art
1515 Main St, Columbia, SC
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12th INTERNATIONAL TELEMANN COMPETITION
MUSIC OF TELEMANN AND HANDEL
Selections from Emma und Eginhard (TVWV 21:25), Die wunderbare Beständigkeit
der Liebe oder Orpheus TVWV 21:18, I/1, Brockes-Passion, TWV 5:1, and more.
March 10th-18th, 2023
Masterclass with Elvira Bill, Peter Van Heyghen and Kris Verhelst , March 17th, 2023
Gala Concert of Laureates with Leipzig Baroque Orchestra, March 18th 19:30, 2023
Gesellschaftshaus, Magdeburg, Germany
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ARCANA NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
AFTER SHIRAZ: MUSIC FROM EXILE AND DIASPORA
Seven Impressions by Anahita Abbasi, with Andy Thierauf, Percussion
Soprano Soloist
February 3rd, 2023
Kislak Center at The University of Pennsylvania
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ENA ENSEMBLE
World Premiere of Earth Girls Named Molly by Helena Michelson and Maya Johnson
& World Premiere of Mercury Admits, a Song Cycle by Michael Lewis and Dicky Dutton
Role: Molly ; (Soprano Soloist)
November 14th, 2022
Joan B. Kroc Theater, Philadelphia
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PHILADELPHIA FRINGE FESTIVAL
World Premiere of Liebovar (PART II) By Misha Dutka
Role: Rivka/Mother
September 16th at 18th, 2022
Venice Island Performing Arts Center
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ARCANA NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE & WILDFLOWER COMPOSERS
Songs of myself/songs for myself by Flannery Cunningham
Soloist
July 14th, 2022
University Lutheran Church, Philadelphia
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NEW MUSIC ON THE POINT: CONCERT AT BARN OPERA
Works Amy Beth Kirsten and Kerrith Livengood
June 17th at 8 pm, 2022
Brandon, VT
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HUB CITY OPERA AND DANCE COMPANY
La Serva Padrona by G. Pergolesi
Role: Serpina
May 28th at 7:30 pm, and May 29th at 2 pm, 2022
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Der Durchzug durchs Rote Meer, S. 33
Oratorio by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Role: Eine Israelitin
Conducted and Edited by Rebecca Ostermann
May 4th, 2022 at 7 pm
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Philadelphia, 19151
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BOHEME OPERA NJ
World Premiere of Liebovar (PART I) by Misha Dutka
Role: Rivka
April 27th, 2022
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GARDEN STATE OPERA
Silk City by F. Santelli
Role: Evelyn Katryna Hutchinson
April 10th, 3 pm 2022
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ARTS AND COVENANT: Solo Vocal Recital with Daniel Espie, Pianist
A Celebration of Women in Song
Works by women composers, including Philadelphia-based composer Melissa Dunphy's, Tesla's Pigeon
March 13th, 2022 at 4 pm
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ARCANA NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Persepolis: Modern Music from Iran related to the Shiraz Arts Festival
Seven Impressions (2017) (for Voice and Percussion) by Anahita Abbasi
Streaming March 2022
Information on the rescheduled event from 2020
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HAVERFORD-BRYN MAWR CHORALE AND ORCHESTRA
After A Long Silence
Featuring J. S. BACH: Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196, ULYSSES KAY: Choral Triptych and Brief Elegy, and GEOFFREY BUSH: Christmas Cantata
Soprano Soloist
December 5th, 2021 at 3 pm
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FAUSTO RICCI INTERNATIONAL OPERA VOCAL COMPETITION
International Semi-Finalist
October 17th, 2021
Teatro dell'unione, Viterbo, Italy
ALTER EGO CHAMBER OPERA / PHILADELPHIA FRINGE FESTIVAL
Alcina REVAMPED by G.F. Handel, Libretto/Adaptation by Alize Rozsnyai
Morgana
September 24th and 26th, 2021, at 8 pm and 3 pm
Adrienne Theater, Philadelphia
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BETH MORRISON PROJECTS
NEXT GEN CONCERT: "When icarus fell, was there a splash?" by Maya Miro Johnson
Soprano Soloist with Kamna Gupta, Conductor, and Contemporaneous Ensemble
May 27th, 2021 at 7:30 pm
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PAST PERFORMANCES
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GALLERY & INSTAGRAM
ALTER EGO CHAMBER OPERA
In 2019, Alize and three friends founded Alter Ego Chamber Opera with the mission of bringing brand new and reimagined works to audiences "without the ego" that generally surrounds classical music culture. For Alize personally, the desire to create this group stemmed from the realization that most of the people her age didn't like to go to the opera, or further, hadn't ever attended, and when asked why they would simply respond: "I just don't know enough about it." Alize firmly believes that art should be able to speak for itself, without an explanation or synopsis, and that operatic theatre needs to be performed in the language of its attendees for that reason -- in order to feel immediately connective and impactful. She also believes that we are (and become) the stories we tell ourselves, and that art and media culture should do its part to tell stories which reflect values that are positive, or inspire change within our culture and society for the better. For our future and the future of the operatic artform, that means the portrayal of strong female characters, stories that ask important questions and cause significant audience reflection. The purpose of art and live performances is to tell a story, connect people to one another and to culture, and the only way it can do that is if people attend in greater quantities, feeling welcomed and empowered to do so. Thus, AECO was born. Alize now serves as Artistic Director, soprano, and resident librettist for the Philadelphia-based ensemble which endeavors to "serve as a catalyst for change, bringing intimate, experimental opera theatre to the region." To find more about Alter Ego Chamber Opera, please visit www.AlterEgoChamberOpera.org.
CONTACT
For voice lesson inquiries, please visit Voice Lessons.
For major booking inquiries, please contact Matthew Laifer Artist Management.
For all other engagements and for lesson information, please use the form above.
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