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, and The Mikado, 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 member of The Verdi Chorus since 2019 and has been a Walter Fox Singer with them 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.  Last year she performed her role debut as Kate in Pacific Opera Project’s production of The Pirates of Penzance and was recently a featured soloist in The Verdi Chorus’ concert “This and My Heart: A Portrait of Emily Dickinson and Her Words Through Text and Song”. Currently she is preparing to sing with the Opera Santa Barbara chorus in their February production of Il Trovatore, and she will be singing in the Verdi Chorus’ Cavalleria Rusticana concert in January. 

Alexandra is also a member of SAG-AFTRA.