Tori Tedeschi ADAMS

Tori Tedeschi Adams is an exciting young soprano whose rich yet effervescent voice and talent for storytelling has quickly caught the attention of the opera world. Last season, Ms. Adams originated the role of Elva Heaster Shue in the world premiere of Everlasting Faint with Madison Opera, made her Opera Las Vegas debut as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, joined Opera Modesto as Gianetta in L’elisir d’amore, and sang the role of Clorinda in La Cenerentola with Salt Marsh Opera. She also joined the Metropolitan Opera roster to cover a role in Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence. Over the summer, she joined Central City Opera to cover Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, sang the role of Sarah in The Ballad of Baby Doe, and was also a featured soloist with Music in the Vineyards for their end of season gala. Upcoming season engagements include singing the title role in The Little Prince (Portman/Wright) with Opera Modesto, and First Trio Member in Trouble in Tahiti with Austin Symphony. She will also perform in Enchanted Melodies: An Interactive Opera Fairytale, a one woman show for children written by Caleb Yanez Glickman and Emily Gallagher throughout Napa Valley.

In the 2023-2024 season, Ms. Adams made an exciting house debut with the Houston Grand Opera as Liesl von Trapp in their production of The Sound of Music, after a successful run in the same role with the Glimmerglass Festival, in which she was praised as a “lovely, sonorous Liesl” (Opera News). In the summer, she joined both San Francisco Opera for the US Premiere of Innocence as the cover for Student #3 and the Creede Musical Arts Collective as a featured soloist and teaching artist. She returned to Music in the Vineyards, joined the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra for Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras, and made her Brooklyn Art Song Society debut for Michael Djupstrom’s 3 Teasdale Songs and the live premiere of Libby Larsen’s The Other Side of Silence. In the summer of 2023, Ms. Adams appeared in several concerts with the Lakes Area Music Festival as a vocal fellow. The previous summer, she appeared as Liesl in The Sound of Music and covered both Frasquita in Carmen and Mimi in the world premiere of Tenor Overboard with the Glimmerglass Festival.

Passionate about new music, Ms. Adams performed in the world premiere productions of Douglas Cuomo’s Doubt with Minnesota Opera and Susan Kander’s The Giver with Project Opera, originating the role of Jonas. She has participated in the workshops of acclaimed operas, including Paul Moravec’s The Shining with Minnesota Opera and Kevin Puts’ The Hours with Cincinnati Opera/Opera Fusion, which saw its premiere at The Metropolitan Opera. In concert, Ms. Adams has performed as the featured soloist in David Evan Thomas’s To Live in This World with Music in the Vineyards and Fauré’s Requiem with the Oberlin Conservatory Orchestra. She also presented a solo recital at Salon se Lêve Minneapolis and has appeared with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra as a guest artist.

In addition to The Glimmerglass Festival, Ms. Adams has been a Young Artist with SongFest and Oberlin in Italy. She has received honors from the ThreeArts Foundation, Thursday Musical, the National YoungArts Foundation, and the VSA International Young Soloists Competition, which led to her Kennedy Center debut. While attending the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Ms. Adams sang Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro and Bianca in La rondine. Other recent credits include Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites, Despina in Così fan tutte, Miles and Flora in The Turn of the Screw, and Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel.

Ms. Adams earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory and her Master of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.