Alessandra Visconti

Alessandra Visconti was born in Beirut, Lebanon and spent her formative years in Rome.  Her academic background includes studies in comparative literature, early vocal performance and second language acquisition. As a vocalist she has performed throughout the US, Europe and Japan and has recorded medieval and renaissance music with the Deutsche Grammaphon Archiv label. She is a diction coach for Chicago Opera Theater and the Ryan Opera Center, and she has performed with the Newberry Consort, Music of the Baroque and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.  She continues to explore the many ties between language and music and is currently writing a workbook for beginning/intermediate learners of Italian.

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