ALEX SOARE, BASS
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Romanian-American Bass, Alex Soare praised as a “stand out”, Opera News and "magnificent”, Talk in Broadway, was recently a Finalist at Francisco Viñas International Singing Competition in Barcelona and received the Third Place Prize at the Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition.

In the coming months Alex will perform Leporello in Don Giovanni with Opera Grand Rapids and Opera Carolina. He will also perform Escamillo in Carmen with Helena Symphony and Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville with Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera in 2022.

In 2019, Alex made his international debut as Leporello in Don Giovanni with Opera Hong Kong, performing Mustafa in L'Italiana in Algeri with Winter Opera St. Louis, Peter in Hansel and Gretel with Brava! Opera Theater, John and the Farmhand in the world premiere of Strokes of Genius: The Grant Wood Operas with Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, returning to Opera Saratoga as Sulpice in La fille du régiment, and performing Colline in La bohème with Finger Lakes Opera. Alex also recently performed as a soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Glacier Symphony Orchestra and Chorale.

As a member of the Florida Grand Opera Studio he performed the roles of Zuniga in Carmen, Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin, Tom in Un ballo in maschera, Don Basilo in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and First SS Officer in The Passenger. He covered the roles of Victor in Before Night Falls and the title role in Don Pasquale.

Previous engagements have included Sulpice in La fille du regiment with Opera North, Samuel in The Pirates of Penzance with Nashville Opera, Gremin in Eugene Onegin and Escamillo in Carmen with the Aspen Music Festival, der Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte and Elisha Fitzgibbon/Legs Diamond in a world premiere workshop Rosco with Opera Saratoga, Dulcamara in L'elisir d'amore with Opera Iowa, the title role in Gianni Schicchi with Opera on the Avalon, Superintendent Budd in Albert Herring and King Balthazar in Amahl and the Night Visitors. At Des Moines Metro Opera he covered Jack Rance in La fanciulla del West, Orest in Elektra and Capulet in Roméo et Juliette.
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[ AWARDS ]
Alex has received awards from The Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition, The Metropolitan Opera National Council, The Bel Canto Foundation, The Mary Jacobs Smith Singer of the Year Competition, The National Society of Arts and Letters, and the Romanian National Song Competition. He has been a finalist for the Francisco Viñas International Singing Competition & The Marcello Giordani Vocal Competition.

[ EDUCATION ]
Alex completed studies at the Transilvania University of Brașov, Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria and Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.


Review


"The opera begins with Leporello, servant to the titular character, singing of a wish to be free of his master. This production is set in contemporary times, as his clothes make clear; he might have been an Eastern European  man headed for a night at the club. Alex Soare portrayed him convincingly, his rich voice investing the character with dignity and even nobility."
- The Rapidian​
Don Giovanni, Opera Grand Rapids


"Soare was startlingly convincing as Leporello when the servant was called upon to masquerade as his master."
- CVNC
Don Giovanni, Opera Carolina

"Alex Soare’s Leporello, on the other hand, was a lout who looked like a sailor on the lam. Vocally and dramatically, the two formed a riveting pair."
- Asian Review of Books
Don Giovanni, Opera Hong Kong

"Alex Soare glories in all the comic wickedness of Mustafa."
Steve Callahan KDHX St. Louis

"Some very fine voices here, Tombaugh, Schmidt, and Soare in particular, working the zippy, tuneful score. Soare is wonderfully glowering as the bey."
Ann Lemons Pollack St. Louis Eats and Drinks

​"There’s also fine work by bass-baritone Alex Soare as the imperious but easily duped Mustafa, whose thick-witted ways offer a suitable contrast to the quick-thinking Isabella."
Mark Bretz Ladue News
"Soare finds the right element of gratitude and the necessary pinch of worry that Gremin finds in his unexpected marriage; greatly moving and beautifully sung."
- Concerto Net, Jeff Haller
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“Alex Soare, does not enter until the next to final scene, as Tatyana's husband. He has my personal favorite aria, and sings it magnificently. Stentorian, yet emotional, he essentially stands still and breaks your heart."
- Talk in Broadway

"Alex Soare had the dignified bearing for Prince Gremin and his low bass notes and lyric line communicated his love for Tatyana."
- South Florida Classical Review ​

"As the officer Zuniga, the bass-baritone Alex Soare brought assurance befitting his rank as he tried to replace Don José in Carmen’s life."
- South Florida Classical Review

"A particular delight was bass-baritone Alex Soare as Sergeant Sulpice, Marie’s father-figure. Soare’s deep vocal and physical presence seemed to anchor the performance."  - Times Argus

"American bass-baritone Alex Soare, showed off an impressive voice in his few lines as an SS man (he was quite a good Don Basilio earlier in the season for FGO’s Barber of Seville)."
 - Palm Beach Arts Paper
"Alex Soare, as Don Basilio, here reconceived as a photographer as well as a music master, demonstrated a rich, elegant bass-baritone" 
        - Palm Beach Arts Paper

"Alex Soare, tall, lithe and thin, was refreshing in his characterization of the music coach and paparazzi, Don Basilio. His big instrument brought delicious slime to La calunnia è un venticello."
​         - Miami Art Zine

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