Mezzo-soprano Alexandra Bass was born and raised in Southern California.  She earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, while studying with Lorraine Manz.  Performance highlights at Oberlin include Mrs. Grose (The Turn of the Screw), Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro), as well as both Sorceress and Spirit (Dido and Aeneas).  She is also an alumna of Oberlin in Italy, the Taos Opera Institute, and SongFest’s Young Artist Program. 

Upon graduating, Alexandra returned to Los Angeles where she has been seen in various productions including Carmen with Vox Visceralis, Faust with Valley Opera & Performing Arts, Iolanta and The Elixir of Love with Pacific Opera Project.  During the pandemic, Ms. Bass performed virtually in projects by Santa Monica College, as well as SongFest’s digital concert, ‘Songs of Unity and Hope’.  Alexandra has been a Walter Fox Singer with the Verdi Chorus of Santa Monica since 2021.  In 2022 she performed her role debut as Mercedes in Carmen with Landmark Opera, and spent the summer at the Toronto Summer Music Festival as an Art of Song Academy Fellow.  In 2023 she performed her role debut as Kate in Pacific Opera Project’s production of The Pirates of Penzance and was a featured soloist in The Verdi Chorus’ concert “This and My Heart: A Portrait of Emily Dickinson and Her Words Through Text and Song”.  In 2024, she sang Chorus and covered Suzuki in Pacific Opera Project’s bilingual production of Madama Butterfly, sung in both Japanese and English, and finished the year as the Alto Soloist in the Japanese Messiah Project’s annual Messiah sung in Japanese.  

In February of 2025, she debuted the role of Haruko Shimono in the World Premiere of Daniel Kessner’s, The Camp: An Opera in Two Acts.  That March, she sang the role of Betsy Rebensky in Lyric Opera of Orange County’s production of, The Mighty Casey.  She also sings regularly with the Opera Santa Barbara Chorus.  In October of 2025, Alexandra premiered the role of, Officer, in Felix Jarrar’s opera, The Tell-Tale Heart.

This past February she made her Mainstage Debut with Opera Santa Barbara as Nireno in their production of Giulio Cesare. This fall you can find her singing with Opera Santa Barbara on their Season Preview Concert, Opera Under the Oaks.

Alexandra is also a proud member of SAG-AFTRA.