Anita Lyons Soprano (612) 210-7797
[email protected] Biography American soprano Anita Lyons is quickly creating a niche for herself in the dramatic repertoire, most recently performing the title role of La Gioconda and the Primadonna/Ariadne (Ariadne auf Naxos), both performed at Lincoln Center with New York Opera Forum. Upcoming engagements include the title roles of Norma and Elektra, as well as Brünnhilde (Siegfried), and Giorgetta (Il Tabarro) with New York Opera Forum. Ms. Lyons will be seen in concert with Boheme Opera NJ in a program of the music of Richard Wagner and with the Riverside Opera Company as a soloist on their gala orchestra concert at Snug Harbor on Staten Island. Last season, Ms. Lyons sang Elsa (Lohengrin) with Amici Opera in Philadelphia, and Sieglinde (Die Walküre) and the title role of Aïda with New York Opera Forum. She was also a featured guest artist on Riverside Opera Company’s Concerto di Primavera orchestra concert at St. John’s University. Other roles to her credit include the title roles of Adriana Lecouvreur, Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni ), the title role of Suor Angelica, the Mother/Witch (Hansel and Gretel), Alice Ford (Falstaff), and Amelia (Simon Boccanegra). Ms. Lyons was an Artist-in-Residence with New York Lyric Opera Theatre, and an Emerging Artist in Opera Manhattan Repertory Theatre’s Artist Development Program. Radio appearances include Minnesota and Peoria Public Radio, and she has performed at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Brevard Music Festival in North Carolina, Indianapolis Opera, the Bach Society of Minnesota, North Star Opera in St.