About
Mezzo Soprano Rachel DiBlasio is a singing-actor interested in art as the mirror in which we both see ourselves as we are and as we wish to become. Rachel is excited by both traditional and contemporary work, cross-genre collaboration, and intimate theater spaces.
Rachel’s most recent work was as co-producer of Kate Soper’s opera theater work Here Be Sirens in the 2023 Philadelphia Fringe Festival where they performed the role of Polyxo.
During the 22-23 season, Rachel performed Annina (La Traviata) with Opera Delaware and Opera Baltimore, covered the role of Dorabella (Così fan tutte) with Opera Delaware, and premiered the character of Zona in Earth Girls Named Molly, a new opera with Philadelphia’s ENA Ensemble in their Celestial Series.
In 21-22, Rachel sang in a collaboration between the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and the American Repertory Ballet as a fairy in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia’s premier of Andrea Clearfield’s Beyond the Binary at The Fillmore and performed a monologue during the event.
In 20-21, she performed Gerry (Non Motus) with Poptart Punk Opera in Philadelphia and was honored to win the General Curation Prize for her performance and artistic direction of Lembit Beecher’s “Stay Asleep” as a short film in Opera MODO’s Aria competition. Rachel was also one of the 24 semi-finalists in the 2020 Rochester International Vocal Competition .
Previous roles include Meg March (Little Women), Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Penelope (Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria), La Zelatrice (Suor Angelica), Armelinde (Cendrillon). In scene showcases, they have sung Mercedes (Carmen), Orfeo (Orfeo ed Euridice), Romeo (I capuleti e i montecchi), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), and Frau Reich (Die lustigan Weiber von Windsor).
Dream Roles Include: Romeo (I Capuletti e i Montecchi), Nerone (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Dodo (Breaking the Waves), Mignon (Mignon), and Peter Pan
2016 B.A. Music Westminster Choir College
2020 M.M. Vocal Performance Temple University
Teachers: Amy Owens, Dr. Kathryn Leemhuis, Katherine Johnson
