Quickly gaining attention as a lyric coloratura soprano with exceptional bel canto technique, Aubry Ballarò, recently made several role and house debuts including Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Opera Grand Rapids, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte with The Princeton Festival, Mozart’s Requiem in D minor with Sofia Philharmonic, and Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor with Columbus Symphony. Ms. Ballarò returned this season to Opera in the Park Portland to reprise the role of Violetta in La Traviata, and to Opera Grand Rapids to debut the role of Adina in L’elisir d’amore. Making her Spanish debut, Ms. Ballarò sang a solo gala at the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra this past fall.

Ms. Ballarò made her international debut in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor with State Opera Stara Zagora in Bulgaria in 2022 and subsequently, joined The Princeton Festival to sing the role of Madame Herz in their production of Mozart’s The Impresario. In 2023, Aubry returned to State Opera Stara Zagora to debut Violetta in La Traviata, and debuted the role of Gilda in Rigoletto with Opera Columbus later that month. Under the baton of Steven Mercurio, she appeared twice at the Festival de Musique de Saint Barthélemy, singing Micaëla in their 2020 production of Carmen, and popular operatic selections in their 2021 concert with orchestra.

Ms. Ballarò is a recent graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts, where she was seen performing roles such as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Juliette in Roméo et Juliette, and Oscar in Un ballo in maschera. Other roles during her education were Queen in the world premiere of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Lisette in La Rondine, Miss Wordsworth in Albert Herring, Despina in Così fan tutte, and Adele in Die Fledermaus.