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Hailed as a "fearless" (Opera News) "revelation" (Observer) possessing an "astonishingly powerful voice" (Opera Today), Greek-American soprano Alexandra Loutsion continues to be recognized for her passionate performances and vocal versatility on the operatic stage.  

In the 2025-2026 season, Ms. Loutsion makes her Houston Grand Opera debut in Hansel and Gretel (Gertrude) and debuts with Teatro Nuovo in Verdi’s 1847 version of Macbeth (Lady Macbeth). She also returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago covering the title role in Cherubini’s Medea, and San Francisco Opera singing the Overseer and covering the title role in Strauss’ Elektra. Last season, Ms. Loutsion joined The Metropolitan Opera roster for Aida and the roster of Lyric Opera of Kansas City for Turandot. She returned to Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Die Walküre (Gerhilde, Sieglinde cover), returned to Virginia Opera in Don Giovanni (Donna Elvira) and Washington National Opera in Macbeth (Lady Macbeth rehearsal cover). She made debuts with the Modesto Symphony Orchestra in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, as well as Out of the Box Opera singing the title role in Suor Angelica.

Other recent operatic engagements include the Jonathan Dove reduction of Siegfried (Brünnhilde) with Virginia Opera, Die Walküre (Brünnhilde) with Virginia Opera and Opera Santa Barbara, Tristan und Isolde (Isolde Act 2/Liebestod) with Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra, Nabucco (Abigaille) with Washington Concert Opera, Il Trovatore (Leonora) with Pittsburgh Opera, Elektra (Overseer/Confidante/Elektra cover) with The Dallas Opera and Washington National Opera, Macbeth (Lady Macbeth) with Opera Idaho, Fidelio (Leonore) with Austin Opera, The Sound of Music (Mother Abbess) with The Glimmerglass Festival and Salome (Salome) with Fisher Center at Bard. She also joined the rosters of Houston Grand Opera for Parsifal (Kundry cover) and Turandot, as well as Lyric Opera of Chicago for Aida and Macbeth (Lady Macbeth cover). Ms. Loutsion has also been seen on the stages of Palm Beach OperaTulsa OperaNew Orleans OperaCentral City OperaWolf Trap Opera with The National Symphony Orchestra, The Santa Fe Opera, Sacramento Philharmonic and OperaFort Wayne Philharmonic, Arizona OperaNorth Carolina Opera, among others.

In addition to iconic standard repertoire, Ms. Loutsion enjoys working with living composers. Most recently she recorded the leading role of Kayla in Kamala Sankaram’s Taking Up Serpents with Chicago Opera Theater, available on streaming services worldwide. She also recently debuted with Lyric Opera of Chicago as Brünnhilde in Yuval Sharon’s Twilight: Gods, a reinterpretation of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung. 

One of Ms. Loutsion's greatest joys is curating unique recital programs that blend storytelling, spoken narrative, and song. Recent examples include Grotesque Beauty: The Life of Maria Callas, a one-woman show highlighting the life of Maria Callas, and Greek Love, an eclectic vocal exploration of the eight ancient Greek words for love. She is currently working on a new project entitled Kendima, which will feature a commission with transcendental pop artist Tommy Bravos using her own text.

On the concert stage, Ms. Loutsion has sung the soprano solo in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with the Santa Fe Symphony and the Academy Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh, as well as Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Cathedral Choral SocietyWest Virginia SymphonySyracuse SymphoriaErie Philharmonic and as a guest soloist with the Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra.

Ms. Loutsion represented the United States as a quarterfinalist in the Francisco Viñas International Singing Contest in Barcelona, Spain. She was a winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition District Auditions and the Long Beach Mozart Competition, as well as a finalist in the Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Foundation Competition, McCammon Voice Competition, and Dallas Opera Competition. She is the recipient of the Catherine Filene Shouse Education Fund Career Grant from Wolf Trap Opera, Santa Fe Opera’s Donald Gramm Memorial Award and Anna Case MacKay Award, the Shoshana Foundation Richard F. Gold Career Grant, the Central City Opera John Moriarty Award, and the Aspen Music Festival New Horizon Fellowship. 

She spent two seasons each with The Santa Fe Opera and Central City Opera as an Apprentice Artist, as well as Pittsburgh Opera as a Resident Artist. She holds a Master of Music in Vocal Arts from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Ithaca College. Ms. Loutsion holds a place in the Greek America Foundation's "Forty under 40”, which celebrates the professional excellence and philanthropic endeavors of North Americans of Greek descent. She was recently inducted into the inaugural class of the Chartiers Houston School District “Hall of Honor,” which recognizes alumni who have excelled in education, leadership, service and achievement in their various disciplines. 

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