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Following in the old Italian tradition of belcanto training, she studied privately and intensively with some of the world's greatest voice teachers and coaches of our time, including Italy's most beloved vocal coach, Enza Ferrari (who also taught Maria Callas), and Maestro Alberto Zedda, who urged Diana to pursue a professional operatic career and was pivotal in her decision. Diana grew up singing spirituals and gospel music in church and started her formal training when she was adopted by her parents and they discovered her gifts in music. Diana celebrates being a woman of color in opera, being mixed and proud of her West African and Latina heritage. She has a unique Cinderella story- from being abandoned as an orphan to becoming a world-class opera singer and composer, traveling and using her voice and gifts to inspire and give hope to others.

Altiveros has been a regular anthem singer for the Seattle Mariners for over a decade.ĭiana Amati's remarkable life resembles that of an opera itself.
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Upcoming engagements include L’Elisir d’Amore (Seattle Opera), La Voix Humaine (Opera on the James), Sourdough, Rise Up (Resonance Works), Mozart C Minor Mass (Seattle Pro Musica), and Rodas Recordada (Music of Remembrance). A native Seattleite, Ms.

Known for her versatility, recent credits span repertoire from the 17th century to the 21st, including The Falling and the Rising (Seattle Opera), Le Nozze di Figaro (Kentucky Opera), Die Zauberflote (Pacific Symphony) West Side Story (Boulder Philharmonic & Central City Opera), the West Coast tour of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo under Maestro Stephen Stubbs (Pacific MusicWorks), St Matthew Passion (fully staged with the Colorado Symphony), and the world premiere of Muehleisen’s Borders at Carnegie Hall.

Hailed by Opera News for "a ripe, sensual lyric soprano", Tess Altiveros’s work has been described as a “tour de force" by the Pioneer Press and “particularly soulful” by the L.A. In the 2019-2020 season, Acosta made his Ravinia Festival debut in Bernstein's Mass, his Atlanta Opera debut as Alejandro in Frida, reprised the role of Arcadio in Florencia en el Amazonas in his house debut with Pittsburgh Opera, made his Houston Grand Opera debut as Father Matias in El Milagro del Recuerdo, reprised the role of Timothy Laughlin in Fellow Travelers in his house debut with Madison Opera, and returned to Minnesota Opera and debuted with the Glimmerglass Festival as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni. Acosta makes his international debut as Tony in Francesca Zambello's production of West Side Story. In the 2020-2021 season, Acosta workshops the role of the Pigeon Keeper in Santa Fe Opera's commission of The Pigeon Keeper by David Hanlon and Stephanie Fleischmann, he returns to Houston Grand Opera as Jasper in the world premiere of Snowy Day and as the Fourth Esquire in Parsifal, he makes his role debut as Prince Charmant in Cendrillon with Florentine Opera, and reprises the role of Timothy Laughlin in Fellow Travelers in his debut with Florida Grand Opera. Praised for his lyric voice, Cuban-American tenor Andres Acosta continues to stand out through his strong vocal presence and magnetic acting.
