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Alison Collins-Alpar

Director - Musician - Singer

About the artist:

Alison
 Collins,
 Soprano


Opera/Operetta
:

Drusilla (Masque), Dioclesian (H. Purcell), Goat Hall Productions, 2009
Starbird, Starbird (H. Mollicone), Pocket Opera, 2007
Ann Page, Merry Wives of Windsor, Pocket Opera, 2007
Gilda, Rigoletto, Townsend Opera Players, 2007
Marie, Daughter of the Regiment, Townsend Opera Players, 2005
Mabel, Pirates of Penzance, Townsend Opera Players, 2005
Papagena, Die Zauberflöte, West Bay Opera, 2005
Martha Seldon, The Crucible, Opera San José, 2005
Adele, Die Fledermaus, Stockton Opera Association, 2003
Papagena, Die Zauberflöte, Opera San José, 2003
Frasquita, Carmen, Stockton Opera Association, 2002
Yum-Yum, The Mikado, Townsend Opera Players, 2001
Galatea, My Fair Galatea, Intermountain Opera Chamber Ensemble, 2001
Gretel, Hänsel and Gretel, Townsend Opera Players, 2001
Magnolia, Show Boat, Townsend Opera Players 1999
Sugar Plum Fairy, Flurry Tale (R. McGee) Premier, American Opera Projects, 1999
Violetta (cover), La Traviata, Portland Opera Repertory Theatre, 1998
Snow White, Snow White (S. Barab), Virginia Opera SPECtrum 1999
Manon (cover), Manon, Sarasota Opera, 1997
Broomchild, Königskinder, Sarasota Opera, 1997
Papagena, Die Zauberflöte, Sarasota Opera, 1996
Gilda, Rigoletto, New York Opera Inc., 1996
Alma Mahler, Uliana Rooney (V. Fine) Premier, American Opera Projects, 1996

Concert/Oratorio:

Soprano
 Soloist,
 Carmina
 Burana,
 Ballet 
San
 José
 Tour
 of
 China
 2008
Soprano
 Soloist
, Carmina
 Burana,
 Ballet
 San 
José
 2008

Soprano 
Soloist
, Gounod:
 Missa
 Solemnis,
 Winchester
 Orchestra
 2007
Soprano
 Soloist
, Messiah,
 Symphony
 Silicon 
Valley
 2006

Soprano
 Soloist
, Fauré
 Requiem,
 Winchester 
Orchestra
 2006

Soprano
 Soloist
, Exultate
 Jubilate
 KV
165,
 San
 José
 State
 University
 Orchestra
 2003

Honors
:

Brian
 F.
 Scott 
Career 
Grant
, American
 Opera
 Projects
 1996
Richard
 F.
Gold
 Career 
Grant,
 Sarasota 
Opera
 1995

Education
 and
 Training
:

Master
 of
 Arts,
 Music
 San
 José
 State 
University
 2004

Apprentice
 Artist,
 Portland
 Opera
 Repertory
 Theatre

 1998

Apprentice
 Artist,
 Des
 Moines
 Metro
 Opera

 1997

Studio
 Artist
, Sarasota
 Opera

 1997

Apprentice
 Artist,
 Sarasota
 Opera

 1996

Apprentice
 Artist
, Sarasota
 Opera
 1995
Bachelor
 of
 Music,
 Voice
 San
 Francisco
 Conservatory 
of 
Music
 1993
Young
 Artist,
 Music
 Academy
 of 
the
 West
 1992