Alisa Suzanne Jordheim
Soprano / 2012-2013 Studio Artist
Alisa Suzanne Jordheim is a versatile performer of opera, oratorio, musical theater, and art song. Her
recent portrayal of Flora in Central City Opera’s production of The Turn of the Screw received great
acclaim. “Alisa Suzanne Jordheim has a
gorgeous soprano voice and the looks to match and is magnetic on stage, every
bit as comfortable acting as singing” (OperaLively). Also with Central City
Opera, she has performed as Sirena in Rinaldo, Fredrika in A
Little Night Music, and Ellen in Oklahoma!, and she sang the
roles of 2nd Knabe in Die Zauberflöte and the Page in Rigoletto
with Cincinnati Opera. A native of Appleton, Wisconsin, Ms. Jordheim earned her
Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the College-Conservatory of Music
(CCM) at the University of Cincinnati, where she recently completed all
coursework for the DMA, specializing in Scandinavian song and diction. At
CCM, she appeared as Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Lucia in The Rape of
Lucretia, Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos, Pamina in Die
Zauberflöte, and Une Pâstourelle in L’enfant et les sortilèges.
Ms. Jordheim has performed as soloist with the Columbus Symphony, Dayton
Philharmonic, Hilton Head Symphony, and the Fox Valley Symphony. She was
the recipient of the 2012 Central City Opera Young Artist Award and an American
Scandinavian Foundation Fellowship for study and research in Scandinavia,
winner of the 2011 Wisconsin District Metropolitan Opera National Council
Auditions, and finalist in the Kurt Weill Foundation’s 2011 Lotte Lenya
International Competition in New York.
Miss Jordheim will perform the following mainstage roles for the Florentine Opera’s 2012-2013 Season: Frasquita in the October 2012 production of Carmen, Miss Wordsworth in the March 2013 production of Albert Herring, and Barbarina in the May production of The Marriage of Figaro.