Audrey Welsh (Mezzo-Soprano)
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Audrey Welsh is a first-year Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist in 2024-25. This season, her roles include Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana, Clotarco in Armida, Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and Curator in Woman with Eyes Closed.
Audrey Welsh, mezzo-soprano, is a native of Houston, Texas, and a recent graduate of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where she received a Master of Music in Vocal Performance under the tutelage of Nova Thomas. She is an alumna of the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Music in Voice and a Bachelor of Arts in Italian Studies. This spring at Rice University, Welsh performed a portion of the role of Dorabella in Così fan tutte in Rice Opera’s Mozart Workshop, as well as the role of Dido in the mainstage double bill of Dido and Aeneas and The Rape of Lucretia.
This summer, Welsh was an Apprentice Artist at Des Moines Metro Opera, where she made her mainstage debut as the Page in Strauss’ Salome. Welsh was a Houston District Winner and 3rd Place Gulf Coast Region Winner in the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition.
Previous credits include: Nerone (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti), Tolomeo (Giulio Cesare), Sibella Hallward (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder), Mae Jones (Street Scene), Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Petra (A Little Night Music), Mrs. Herring (Albert Herring), and Audrey (Little Shop of Horrors).
Ms. Welsh's residency is generously sponsored by John and Virginia DiPucci, Alice Victoria Gelormino, and Dr. Eugene N. Myers.
"Audrey Welsh brought an infuriating lack of remorse to her two-timing tryst, the evening’s standout performance." -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (photo credit: David Bachman)
Audrey Welsh as Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana (photo credit: David Bachman)
Audrey Welsh at An Overture (photo credit: David Bachman)
Audrey Welsh at Rising Stars (photo credit: David Bachman)
Audrey Welsh at Market Square (photo credit: David Bachman)
