Erica Brookhyser

ALTO

Mezzo-soprano, Erica Brookhyser, has performed on operatic stages throughout the US and Europe. Known for her portrayal of Carmen, Brookhyser was the winner of ARTE-TV’s “Open Opera: Who will become Carmen?”—a reality talent-search television show that aired in Germany and France. Her other roles include Suzuki/Madama Butterfly, Brangäne/Tristan und Isolde, Preziosilla/La Forza del Destino, Nicklausse-Muse/Tales of Hoffmann, Didon/Les Troyens, and Lola/Cavalleria Rusticana.

As a concert soloist she has performed Das Lied von der Erde and Wesendonck Lieder with Orchester Staatstheater Darmstadt under the baton of Elias Grandy, Mahler’s Rückert Lieder with the Newport Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adam Flatt, and Bach St. Matthew Passion and Mozart Mass in C-minor with the Cincinnati May Festival conducted by James Conlon.