Andrea Chinedu Nwoke, soprano, recently added the roles of Magda Sorel in Menotti’s The Consul and Santuzza in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana to her repertoire. She returned to dell’Arte Opera Ensemble in the Summer of 2012 as Madame Lidoine (cover) in Poulenc’s heartwrenching Dialogues des Carmélites.

Formerly a mezzo-soprano, Ms. Nwoke has performed the roles of Frugola in Il Tabarro, Larina in Eugene Onegin, Kleonike in Lysistrata, and Aunt Cecilia March in the 2008 Israeli premiere of Little Women. In 2009 Ms. Nwoke returned to the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv to sing Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress under the baton of Metropolitan Opera conductor Paul Nadler. Her additional roles as a mezzo include Miss Todd in The Old Maid and the Thief, Die Stallmagd in Königskinder and Maman and Un Pâtre in L’Enfant et les Sortileges. Ms. Nwoke has performed with Dicapo Opera Theatre, Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble, Opera Manhattan Repertory Theatre, American Lyric Theater, Ocean City New Jersey Pops Orchestra, and the Delaware Valley Opera Company among others.

Ms. Nwoke holds a Bachelor of Music degree from The University of the Arts and received training at Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. Her additional training includes the International Vocal Arts Institute- Tel Aviv, the Seagle Music Colony, and the Intermezzo Opera Young Artist Program. She is currently a Resident Artist at Dicapo Opera Theatre (NYC).

A Colorado native, Ms. Nwoke currently makes her home in New York City and studies under the tutelage of world-renowned soprano Diana Soviero.