Passion, personified.

Passion, personified.

Hailed for her “scintillating” coloratura tone and “bubbly” personality, Alexandra Gilliam’s mainstage engagements for the 2026-2027 season include a reprise appearance as Gilda in Rigoletto with Orchestra Society of Philadelphia (October 9), as well as a role debut of Elsie Maynard in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Yeomen of the Guard with the BaltiQWERT Ensemble (November 7). She will also join Settlement Orchestra for a program of selections and scenes from Der Schauspieldirektor as Mademoiselle Silberklang (January 10), and Lower Merion Symphony Orchestra for a semi-staged concert production as Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte (March 21).

A passionate recitalist and ensemble collaborator, Gilliam will also join friends as soloist and co-producer of Opera Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (November 21), an all-women opera scenes program, and returns for her fifth season as Soprano Soloist in the Northeast Oratorio Society’s annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah (November 29).  She will also perform under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin as a member of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir both in the Philadelphia Orchestra’s highly anticipated presentation of Carmina Burana at the Kimmel Center (October 22-25) and with the Vienna Philharmonic as they perform Mahler’s Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection” at Carnegie Hall (February 28).