Sasha Hashemipour (Mezzo-Soprano) a native of
San Diego, CA began singing at age 11 In 2006, she won 1st
place in N.A.T.S San Diego Young Artists Competition. In 2007
she attended the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari,
Italy, and performed the role of Cherubino in scenes of Le Nozze
Di Figaro, as well as Annio in scenes of La Clemenza Di Tito. She
returned again to IIVA this summer where she preformed the role
of Smeton in scenes of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, scenes as Suzuki
in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, along with Arsace in Rossini’s
Semiramide. This summer she also attended the Canadian
Vocal Arts Institute in Montreal directed by the Metropolitan
Opera Assistant Conductor, Joan Dornemann, and this past year
she won 2nd Place in the Stewart Brady Competition in San
Francisco. This fall she will be covering the role of Estelle, one
the lead roles in the New York premiere of the opera Later the
Same Evening by John Musto put on by the Manhattan School of
Music Opera Theater. She is currently a candidate for her
Bachelors of Music at Manhattan School of Music, where she
studies with world-renowned mezzo-soprano Mignon Dunn.
This season with Opera Manhattan, she will be singing the role of
Siebel in Gounod's Faust.
San Diego, CA began singing at age 11 In 2006, she won 1st
place in N.A.T.S San Diego Young Artists Competition. In 2007
she attended the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari,
Italy, and performed the role of Cherubino in scenes of Le Nozze
Di Figaro, as well as Annio in scenes of La Clemenza Di Tito. She
returned again to IIVA this summer where she preformed the role
of Smeton in scenes of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, scenes as Suzuki
in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, along with Arsace in Rossini’s
Semiramide. This summer she also attended the Canadian
Vocal Arts Institute in Montreal directed by the Metropolitan
Opera Assistant Conductor, Joan Dornemann, and this past year
she won 2nd Place in the Stewart Brady Competition in San
Francisco. This fall she will be covering the role of Estelle, one
the lead roles in the New York premiere of the opera Later the
Same Evening by John Musto put on by the Manhattan School of
Music Opera Theater. She is currently a candidate for her
Bachelors of Music at Manhattan School of Music, where she
studies with world-renowned mezzo-soprano Mignon Dunn.
This season with Opera Manhattan, she will be singing the role of
Siebel in Gounod's Faust.
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