Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah 

Sydney Pexton is a soprano from Salt Lake City, Utah, who has prepared and performed in various operas and concerts with New England Conservatory and Utah Valley University, including L’incoronazione di Poppea, Die Fledermaus, and Les Contes d’Hoffmann. She most recently performed the role of Elaine in New England Conservatory’s production of John Musto’s Later the Same Evening and attended the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival’s New Music Workshop as a New Music Fellow, where she was able to premiere eight pieces as part of the Emerging Artist Series. While at New England Conservatory, she has been able to cover the role of Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, perform the role of Little Red in Barab’s Little Red Riding Hood, and has been featured on various concerts as part of NEC’s Liederabend concert series, where she has been able to work with renowned coaches such as Cameron Stowe, JJ Penna, and Tanya Blaich. She has also performed the roles of The Governess in Britten’s Turn of the Screw and Adele in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus with the Trentino Music Festival and the Lyric Opera Studio Weimar.  

Sydney will be graduating with her Master of Music in Opera Performance from New England Conservatory this spring.