“fearless, charismatic, and
musically intent...an artist to watch.”
In the first-ever conservatory performance of the most dramatically and musically challenging part I have ever composed for soprano, Alexandra Kzeski, in the title rôle of Lysistrata, swept all before her. Her voice is seamlessly organized over a two-octave-plus range—a sequence in her first act cabaletta which requires pinpoint intonation in rapid sixteenths from low B-flat to the same pitch two octaves above, capped by a surging high C, was dispatched with an accuracy of pitch, an evenness of timbre, a dramatic alertness, and a seeming effortlessness of execution that sounded, in the theatre, like pure joy; and, in every measure of a long role, it was everywhere audible that her understanding of the character went bone-deep.
Fearless, charismatic, and musically intent, Alexandra Kzeski is an artist to watch.
MARK ADAMO | MANNES OPERA, LYSISTRATA
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Meet Alexandra
American soprano Alexandra Kzeski, known for her "larger-than-life voice and flawless stage presence" (OperaWire), shines in a broad-ranging repertoire of classic to contemporary operatic roles. So far in the 2025 season, she performed the role of Pamina in The Magic Flute with The Janiec Opera Company of the Brevard Music Center, and made her professional debut as Berta in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Sarasota Opera as an Apprentice Artist. Alexandra joins Opera Orlando for the 25-26 season, covering Mimì in La Bohème, debuting Madeleine and covering Anna Sørensen in Silent Night, and debuting Valencienne in The Merry Widow. She will also be singing Musetta in a series of concerts with the Orlando Philharmonic.
In the 2024 season, Alexandra performed as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Mannes Opera and as Musetta in La Bohème with The Janiec Opera Company. Prior, Alexandra triumphed in the title role in Lysistrata, composed by Mark Adamo and produced by Mannes Opera. She also graduated with her Master’s of Music from Mannes Opera at The New School in 2024.
