Lyric coloratura soprano Analiese Pappas made her international debut as Flora in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw with the Trentino Music Festival (2023) in Italy, under the baton of Maestro J. David Jackson from the Metropolitan Opera. Currently based in the Washington, D.C. region, Analiese has appeared in operatic roles, concert opera scenes, or as a soloist with the Victorian Lyric Opera Company, Thomas Circle Singers, and Ward Virts Concert Series. Her role highlights include Despina (Così fan tutte), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Fiorella (The Brigands), and scenes as Ginevra (Ariodante), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Susannah (Le nozze di Figaro), and Pamina (Die Zauberflöte).

During the upcoming 2025-26 season, Analiese is excited to sing as a guest artist with the Friday Morning Music Club (FMMC), performing chamber and new music works at venues around Washington, D.C. She also joins Atelier Lyrique de Dordogne for a series of summer concerts featuring musical theatre, opera, and French chanson repertoire in the Périgord region of France. Additional details regarding upcoming performances and recitals will be announced at a later date.

An avid recitalist, Analiese returned to the Ward Virts Concert Series in 2024 for a recital featuring Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen and selections from Jocelyn Hagen’s Songs of Fields and Prairies. In 2025, Analiese programmed and performed a collaborative recital featuring Monteverdi’s “Zefiro torna” and partially staged opera scenes, including “The Presentation of the Rose” (Der Rosenkavalier) and duets from Così fan tutte (Fiordiligi) and La clemenza di Tito (Servilia) (2025). As an artist, Analiese is very passionate about sharing music with others and frequently creates and presents her own recital programs, both themed and otherwise. For recital inquiries, please contact Analiese via the contact form (linked below).

In addition to performing operas and recitals, Analiese also is a versatile choral and chamber performer of early, sacred, and new music. Recent notable solo appearances include “Laudate Dominum” in Mozart’s Vesperae Solennes de Confessore and “Rejoice Greatly” in Handel’s Messiah at Fourth Presbyterian Church. Analiese also sang Seraphim 1 in “Selig, sind die toten” (Mvt. 3) from Heinrich Schütz’ Musikalische Exequien and was the soprano soloist in Reena Esmail’s When the Violin and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with the Thomas Circle Singers in Washington, D.C. In competition, Analiese has won first place in Maryland D.C. Chapter NATS and was a winner of the Greek Women’s University Club Music Competition in Chicago (2023). Throughout her experience, Analiese has performed at venues such as the National Cathedral, Willard InterContinental Hotel, and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

Analiese holds a Bachelor of Music in Voice and Opera with departmental honors and a psychology minor from the Bienen School of Music (Northwestern University). At Northwestern, Analiese completed both the undergraduate and advanced graduate-level courses and teaching practicum in vocal pedagogy, as well as coursework in physiology and speech-language pathology. She integrates this knowledge and experience into her teaching and singing practice. Please continue reading for additional information about Analiese’s teaching (and singing) philosophy and send inquiries about voice and piano lessons through her contact form.

Praised for her “silver soprano” and “limpid coloratura,” Analiese Pappas is a versatile recitalist and opera, chamber, and choral musician currently based in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area. As an artist, Analiese seeks to share authenticity and connection through singing. Recent performance highlights include Flora (The Turn of the Screw) and Fiorella (The Brigands), along with scenes performances as Ginevra (Ariodante), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), and Adele (Die Fledermaus).

Analiese holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) summa cum laude from the University of Maryland School of Nursing and currently works as a registered nurse (RN) in adult critical care. Her nursing studies have increased her interests in the physiology of singing, nutrition, and holistic health. Analiese believes that just like athletes, singers must strengthen and support their physical, mental, and vocal health––in other words, a healthy singer produces a healthy voice. She implements these techniques in her own singing (and nursing!) practice and coaches her students to do the same. When she is not singing or working, Analiese enjoys time with friends and family, Pilates workouts, hiking, traveling, and exploring museums & coffee shops in the D.C. area!