About Analiese
Analiese Pappas recently made her international debut as Flora in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw with the Trentino Music Festival in Italy, under the baton of Maestro J. David Jackson from the Metropolitan Opera. Her festival performances also included scenes as Ginevra in Handel’s Ariodante, as well as an aria concert and several masterclasses. Currently based in the Washington, D.C. region, Analiese has performed concert scenes as Adele in Die Fledermaus and the role of Fiorella in Offenbach’s The Brigands with the Victorian Lyric Opera Company.
In 2024, Analiese returned to the Ward Virts Concert Series for a recital featuring Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (“The Shepherd on the Rock”) by Franz Schubert and opera scenes as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte. Upcoming performance engagements will be announced at a later date. Performance highlights from past seasons include Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte with the Atlantic Music Festival and scenes as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte for the Ward Virts Concert Series. In 2023, Analiese won First Place in Maryland D.C. Chapter NATS and was a winner of the Greek Women’s University Club Music Competition in Chicago. Analiese earned her Bachelor of Music in Voice and Opera Performance at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, where she made her title role debut as Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel.
In addition to her operatic endeavors, Analiese 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 at Fourth Presbyterian Church, as well as Seraphim 1 in “Selig, sind die toten” (Mvt. 3) from Heinrich Schütz’ Musikalische Exequien and the soprano soloist in Reena Esmail’s When the Violin and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with the Thomas Circle Singers in Washington, D.C. 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.
As an avid vocal pedagogue, Analiese also has a passion for teaching voice and piano lessons to aspiring musicians in private and group settings with experience in-person and on virtual platforms. With over a decade of voice and piano experience, Analiese seeks to serve as both teacher and mentor to her students to teach healthy technique while encouraging them to love music and achieve their musical and performance goals. For more information about lessons, please contact Analiese.
When she’s not singing…
Analiese anticipates earning her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Maryland in May 2025 and is pursuing interests in neuroscience and cardiovascular critical care. Her nursing studies have increased her interests in the physiology of the voice, nutrition, and holistic vocal health, which she implements into her own singing practice and teaches to her voice students. When she is not singing or studying for nursing school, Analiese enjoys time with friends and family, Pilates workouts, hiking, traveling, and exploring museums & coffee shops in the D.C. area!