Talise Trevigne

Career highlights for American soprano Talise Trevigne include her celebrated portrayal in the title role of “Porgy and Bess” at The Atlanta Opera, where she returned as a Principal Artist in Season 2020-21 as Nedda in “Pagliacci”. She joined Cincinnati Symphony for her concert debut with Louis Langree and appeared at Cincinnati Opera in their Gala season opening presenting material from their upcoming production of “Castor and Patience” in which she soon sings the title role. Previous highlights include her return appearance with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for Tippett’s “A Child of our Time” in performances in the United Kingdom and Germany conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla. At Theater Basel she appeared in the title role of “Madama Butterfly”, and for her rendition of Christopher Rouse’s masterpiece “Kabir Padavali” with Albany Symphony she was honored with a 2016 Grammy Award nomination in the category Best Solo Classical CD. Other roles include Mabel in “Pirates of Penzance”, Julie in “Showboat”, Mimi in “La Boheme”, Jemmy in “Guillaume Tell”, Euridice in “Orfeo ed Euridice” and the title role in “Manon Lescaut”.

Enjoying a long collaboration with composer Jake Heggie, Miss Trevigne sang the world premiere of his song cycle “Pieces of 9/11 – Memories from Houston” at Houston Grand Opera, where she also inaugurated the role of Clara in “It’s a Wonderful Life”. Her solo CD, “At the Statue of Venus” (GPR Records), written by Heggie and Glen Roven, quickly climbed to the top of the US record charts; she is also featured on Heggie’s CD “here/after. Songs of lost voices” alongside Stephen Costello, Joyce DiDonato and Nathan Gunn.

Talise Trevigne made her UK stage debut as June Gibbons in the world premiere of Errollyn Wallen’s “The Silent Twins” with Almeida Opera; she originated the title role in the world premiere of Judith Weir’s “Armida” for the BBC. In 2007, she won the coveted Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for her mesmerizing portrayal of Violetta in Graham Vick’s production of “La Traviata” with Birmingham Opera and sang Gilda in “Rigoletto” at the Dublin International Opera Festival in 2008. In her Australian début, Miss Trevigne appeared as The Beloved in the world premiere of Liza Lim’s “The Navigator”, directed by Barrie Kosky for the Melbourne International Festival, and she revived the role at the Chekhov International Arts Festival in Moscow and at the Opéra Bastille in Paris in 2009.

In concert, the artist’s appearances include Cantaloube’s “Chants D’Auvergne”, Satie’s “Socrate”, Mahler’s Second Symphony and Fourth Symphony, Barber’s “Prayers of Kierkegaard”, Strauss’ “Vier letzte Lieder” and Orff’s “Carmina Burana”.

Talise Trevigne studied at the Manhattan School of Music and graduated with her Master’s in Music. While still a student, she made her operatic début under the direction of Julius Rudel as Violetta in “La Traviata” and Zerlina in “Don Giovanni” at the Aspen Music Festival.

As of November 2022