art-song,recital, piano vocal duo, classical music, concert, competition

​​ALEXANDRA HOTZ, soprano
With a magnetic stage presence and captivating artistry described as “soul-stirring” (Voice Magazine Santa Barbara), soprano Alexandra Rose Hotz is equally at home on the opera, concert, and recital stages. She has been seen as Frasquita in Carmen and Le Feu in L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Music Academy of the West as well as the title role in Handel’s Alcina, and Phaino in Kate Soper’s Here be Sirens with Eastman Opera Theatre. As a concert soloist, she has interpreted a diverse repertoire, including Bernstein’s West Side Story Concert Suite, Stephen Stucky’s Sappho Fragments, Mahler’s Second Symphony, oratorios by Handel and Haydn, and cantatas by Bach and Tom Cipullo. A passionate recitalist, she joined as a fellow for the Cincinnati Song Initiative’s inaugural Fellowship of the Song in May, performing in song concerts coached by Margo Garrett. Ms. Hotz has been awarded Second Place in Opera Birmingham’s Vocal Competition, Third Place in the Artist Division at the NOA’s Carolyn Bailey Argento Vocal Competition, and recognition as a winner at the Los Angeles District, along with an Encouragement Award at the Western Regional Auditions of the Laffont Metropolitan Opera Competition. Currently based in Southern California and originally from Toledo, OH, she recently received the Doctorate of Musical Arts at the Eastman School of Music, where she also received her Masters under the tutelage of Anthony Dean Griffey