Praised for her “silver soprano” and “limpid coloratura,” Analiese Pappas is a versatile recitalist, chamber, and choral musician currently based in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area. As an artist, Analiese seeks to share authenticity in song and bring stories to life onstage. 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 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 aria concerts 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. In the 2025-26 season, Analiese organized 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 Mozart’s Così fan tutte and La clemenza di Tito. Analiese also is excited to join the Friday Morning Music Club (FMMC) as a guest performer in several chamber music works this upcoming season. Additional details regarding upcoming performances and recitals 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 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. 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.

Analiese holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the University of Maryland School of Nursing and is pursuing interests in neuroscience and cardiovascular 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!