Multi-award-winning Canadian soprano Alexa Frankian is already making waves in the opera and art song world at just twenty-four years old, earning praise from Opera Canada as “abundantly talented.”

In 2024, Alexa joined the prestigious Merola Opera Program, where she delivered a “simple, unaffected, and beautifully sung Mimi” in La Bohème (San Francisco Classical Voice). She was also recognized for “singing in a voluptuously rich Russian… the powerfully focused soprano Alexa Frankian gave an expansive meditation on God, nature, and the universe in a duet from Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, performing with a radiant, surging sense of purpose” (San Francisco Chronicle). Building on this success, she returns to Merola for a second season in 2025.

Also in 2024, Alexa was invited to join the Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) in Philadelphia as a Resident Artist, where upcoming roles include Suzel in L’Amico Fritz (Mascagni) and Despina in Così fan tutte (Mozart). Her recent accolades include Encouragement Awards from both the 2024–25 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (Philadelphia District) and the 2023–24 Buffalo-Toronto District, as well as third place in the 2023 Mildred Miller International Voice Competition, where she was the youngest participant.

She holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Toronto and an Artist Diploma from The Royal Conservatory of Music’s Glenn Gould School, where she studied with Stephanie Bogle and David Eliakis. While at the Glenn Gould School, she performed Madame Lidoine in Dialogues des Carmélites, the Coach in Ice Time (a new Canadian work commissioned by Tapestry Opera), and the Older Woman in Jonathan Dove’s Flight.

Alexa’s artistic vision is fueled by her passion for timeless composers such as Puccini, Verdi, Strauss, Wagner, and Mozart, as well as contemporary repertoire. She also enjoys championing culturally significant works, including Bas Sheve (Yiddish Opera – North American Premiere) and Alice Ho’s Dora Award-nominated The Monkiest King (Chinese-Canadian Opera – World Premiere).