Miss La Toya Lewis is an emerging soprano from Brooklyn, NY. She is a Resident Artist with Opus Opera NY and a Featured Artist with Opera Singers Initiative for the 2010 season.
A graduate of Binghamton University, Miss Lewis has obtained her Master of Music degree while singing with the Tri-Cities Opera. While there, she performed the roles of Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) and Micaela (Carmen) with Tri-Cities. Miss Lewis was also the Soprano Soloist in the Bach B-Minor Mass with the University Orchestra.
Since graduation, Miss Lewis has enjoyed performing on local stages around NYC. For the 2009 season, she performed in concert with Chelsea Opera in "Chelsea Opera Presents: One Night Only - Covers take the Stage". She also sang Fiordiligi (Cosi fan Tutte) with Underworld Productions. That Summer, she performed the title role of Susanna in Il Segreto di Susanna with Opera Manhattan Repertory Theatre.
Miss Lewis participated in the summer opera intensive workshop International Vocal Arts Institute (IVAI) where she performed with the San Juan Symphony in 2008. In Summer 2007, Ms. Lewis covered the role of Clara (Porgy and Bess) with the Utah Festival Opera and performed the role of Consuela (West Side Story).
In Fall 2006, Ms. Lewis placed second in the 2nd Annual Charles A. Lynam Vocal Competition in Greensboro, NC and was a Finalist in the Spring 2006 Jenny Lind Competition.
Ms. Lewis completed her undergraduate work at Purchase College where she performed Belinda and the First Witch (Dido and Aeneas) and Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro).
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