Clarice Alfonso, Soprano

Clarice Alfonso, soprano, has been praised by audiences for her musical elegance, passion, and dynamic expression. She enjoys a busy and vibrant performing schedule throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Recent engagements include Rosita in Seattle Opera’s Frida Kahlo, Lucy in The Telephone with Puget Sound Concert Opera, Pamina with Northwest Opera in Schools, Gretel with Engage Opera (Kingston), Sister Genovieffa in Suor Angelica with Puget Sound Concert Opera, and Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 at the Seattle Art Museum. Favorite roles include Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Desirè (Fedora), Julia Jellicoe (The Grand Duke), and Silvia in the world premiere of Philip Seward’s Sincerely Yours. An avid singer of not just classical music, Clarice is one of the founders of Forte! Chicago, an all-women's opera improv ensemble, and frequently performs concerts consisting of art song, early music, and cabaret.

In concert, Clarice made her Chicago Orchestra Hall debut as the soloist in the North American premiere of Jacob TV’s Mountaintop. She has performed with the esteemed organist, David Briggs, in Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony, Bach’s Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen, BWV 51 with North Corner Chamber Orchestra (NOCCO), Schubert's Mass in G Major with the Salt Creek Symphony, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at St. James Cathedral, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Columbia Singers and St. James’ Cantorei, Carmina Burana with the Chicago College of Performing Arts Orchestra, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky in both Chicago and Carnegie Hall with the Chicago Symphony Chorus. She regularly sings at the St. James Cathedral and Temple Beth Am in Seattle, WA, as well as with Seattle choral groups including Emerald Ensemble, Opus 7, and Opera on Tap.