Meet Alexis
About
Boston-based mezzo-soprano Alexis Peart has been praised for her "plush yet robust voice" and "incredible clarity," earning acclaim in roles ranging from baroque masterpieces to world premieres. A 2024/2025 returning Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artist with Boston Lyric Opera, Alexis is a 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition New England Region Encouragement Award Winner, Boston District Winner, and the 2024 Lyric Opera of Chicago Final Audition Audience Favorite Award Winner.
This season, Alexis appears with Boston Lyric Opera as Arbate (covering Farnace) in Mozart's Mitridate re di Ponto, The Choreographer in the reimagining of Vivaldi and Sarah Ruhl's The Seasons, Hansel in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel (Educational Outreach Touring Production), and Mrs. Noah in Noah's Flood. She debuts as Lampito in Mark Adamo's Lysistrata with Odyssey Opera and Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and covers the title role in Ariodante with Boston Baroque. Equally at home on the opera stage and the concert hall, her additional season highlights include Handel's Messiah with the Columbus Symphony, Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, Julia Perry's Stabat Mater with Castle of our Skins, and a program of Emily Dickinson-inspired works by contemporary female composers with the Boston Festival Orchestra.
During the 2023/2024 season, Alexis debuted with Boston Lyric Opera as Tisbe (La Cenerentola) and Big Stone (Eurydice), and covered Dorothée (L'Amant Anonyme). She also made her Princeton Festival debut as Dorabella (Così fan tutte) and was the alto soloist in works including Freedom Song: When Gospel Came to the Empire with the Rochester Oratorio Society, Handel's Messiah with Assabet Valley Chorale, and Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass with Jubilate Chorale. She spent the summer as a Young Artist with Chautauqua Opera, where she covered the title role in La Tragédie de Carmen.
Her recording credits include Mezzo 1 on Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Odyssey Opera's Grammy-nominated recording of Anthony Davis' X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, and on several art song recordings released by PARMA Recordings, LLC. Alexis is a two-time alumna of the Wolf Trap Opera Studio (2020/2021), and is a 2025/2026 member of the Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Alexis Unfiltered
Alexis is a Capricorn sun, Taurus moon, Virgo Rising (with no water in her chart), and proud cat mom to her darling furbabies Brindi and Monteverdi. When not performing, Alexis enjoys crocheting, photography, and exploring new cities with her spouse, Nic. Her favorite cocktail is a Saturn, Pasta is the key to her heart, and her color of the season is lavender.
Alexis is a hardcore workaholic and also balances an extensive arts administration career. She is the BMP Producer Academy: Director of Administration, Associate Creative Producer, and DEIA Liason for Beth Morrison Projects, as well as a Teaching Artist and Curriculum Writer with Castle of Our Skins. Alexis previously served as the Executive Director of Boston Opera Collaborative.
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