In repertoire spanning Monteverdi to Gregory Spears, Cincinnati native Alexandra Schoeny is
known for her versatility and engaging stage presence. With a voice hailed as "hauntingly
beautiful" by Opera News, she is equally praised for her convincing character portrayals as she
"embodies melodrama with flair," (Broadway World).
 
Alexandra has performed with ensembles including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival Chorus, Cincinnati
Opera, Cincinnati Ballet, Het Residentie-Orkest (The Hague), het Nederlands Jeugd-Orkest, the
Omaha Symphony, the Reno Philharmonic, the Eugene Symphony, and in venues including Het
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Das Konzerthaus (Berlin), the Palace of Versailles, the Kimmel
Center, and the Mann Center.
 
Upcoming appearances include a collaborative presentation of Rebecca Dale’s Materna Requiem
with Breath Collective, the Vocal Arts Ensemble and the Cincinnati May Festival and a groundbreaking
re-imagining of Schumann’s Frauenliebe-und-leben and Joni Mitchell’s Blue.
 
Along with her colleague, conductor Trevor Kroeger, Alexandra founded Breath Collective, a
production company, to create immersive and relevant musical experiences that bring artists and
communities together. In her role as Founder and Co-President, Alexandra is deeply involved in
the creative process for the organization’s innovative programming. She also is the director of
the Lincoln Chapman Young Artists’ Preparatory Program, a one-of-a-kind operatic training
program for high school singers.
 
Alexandra attended the College-Conservatory of Music where she received her DMA in voice
with a cognate in stage direction, the Royal Conservatoire of the Hague (M. Opera), the Royal
Academy of Music (M.Mus, DipRAM), and Northwestern University (B.M). She is an alumna of
Aspen Music Festival, English National Opera OperaWorks, the Britten-Pears Programme, and
the Lincoln Chapman Young Artists’ Preparatory Program.
 
Operatic roles include: Micäela, Donna Anna, Erste Dame, Pamina, Zerlina, Dircé (Medée),
Sofia (Il Signor Bruschino), Clarina (La cambiale di matrimonio), Adina (L'elisir d'amore),
Thérèse (Les mamelles de Tirésias), Marie-Christine (Galileo Galilei), Frasquita, Mrs. Julian
(Owen Wingrave), Miss Lightfoot (Fellow Travelers), Nella (Gianni Schicchi). Oratorio
appearances include Messiah, Ein Deutsches Requiem, Mozart's Requiem, Faure's Requiem, Lord
Nelson Mass, Theresienmesse, St. Matthew Passion, Mass in b-minor, Carmina Burana, Finzi's
In Terra Pax, Mahler's Symphony No. 4, and Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915.
 
Alexandra can be heard as Miss Lightfoot on the original cast recording of Gregory
Spears' Fellow Travelers on the Fanfare Cincinnati label.