Fabian, Ashley
No. 20
Voice type: Soprano
Country: United States of America
Date of birth: 3 December, 1990
The soprano holds a master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a bachelor’s degree and Artist Diploma from the College of Charleston. Recently, she joined Los Angeles Opera, as well as singing at the Indianapolis Opera and covering at the Des Moines Metro Opera. In the 2018-2019 season she performed at the Pittsburgh Opera and with Erie Philharmonic. She was Resident Artist of Pittsburgh Opera in the 2017-2018 season, and appeared at the Hudson Opera Theater, with the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra, at the Palmetto Opera and the Cincinnati Opera. Equally comfortable on the concert stage, she performed as a soloist in oratorio works, and with companies including the Virginia Arts Festival, Central City Opera, Asheville Lyric Opera and Charleston Opera Theater. She is a winner of the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, South Carolina District, and holds awards from Orpheus Vocal Competition, Central City Opera and National French Contest/Le Grand Concours and is a finalist in the Mildred Miller International Voice Competition, Cooper-Bing Competition, Piccola Opera Competition.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Enfant, si j’étais roi
Donizetti: Prendi, per me sei libero – Adina’s aria from L’elisir d’amore
Humperdinck: Wo bin ich? – Gretel’s aria from Hänsel und Gretel
Semi-final
Gounod: Je veux vivre dans le rêve – Juliette’s waltz from Roméo et Juliette
Verdi: Caro nome che il mio cor – Gilda’s aria from Rigoletto
Final
Verdi: È strano! è strano!… Ah, fors’è lui... Sempre libera – Violetta’s recitative and aria from La traviata
Gounod: Dieu! quel frisson court dans mes veines?... Amour, ranime mon courage – Juliette’s recitative and aria from Roméo et Juliette
Händel: Da tempeste il legno infranto – Cleopatra’s aria from Giulio Cesare in Egitto