Tess Altiveros | soprano

Praised for an “assured, glamorous soprano” (Opera Today), “magnetic acting” (Pioneer Press), and exceptional artistic versatility, Tess Altiveros is highly sought after in opera houses and concert halls alike. 

Tess’s 25/26 season includes a return to Seattle Opera for Pirates of Penzance, Iris Unveiled under the baton of Xian Zhang with the Seattle Symphony, Euridice in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice at Tacoma Opera, and appearances with the Auburn Symphony for Mozart’s Requiem, the Seattle Bach Festival, Kirkland Choral Society for Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem and Handel’s Messiah with Symphony Tacoma.

On the operatic stage, recent seasons have included Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro (Opera Idaho, Opera Montana, Kentucky Opera), Cephise/ L’Amour in Rameau’s Pygmalion (Kentucky Opera), and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte) and Nana in the world premiere of A Thousand Splendid Suns with her home company, Seattle Opera.  In performances hailed as a “triumph” (Classical Voice North America), Ms. Altiveros has sung her signature role of Female Soldier in The Falling and the Rising to high acclaim with such companies as Des Moines Metro Opera, Arizona Opera, Seattle Opera, Opera Montana and Opera Memphis. Other roles include Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte (Skylark Opera), E in O+E (Seattle Opera), Euridice/Proserpine in L’Orfeo (Portland Baroque), Clorinda in The Combat (Seattle Opera), Pamina in Die Zauberflöte (Pacific Symphony), Maria in West Side Story (Central City Opera/Boulder Philharmonic), Musetta in La Bohème with Mo. Andrew Litton (Colorado Symphony), Miss Jessel in Turn of the Screw (Eugene Opera), and Elle in La Voix Humaine (Vespertine Opera).  

In concert work, Ms. Altiveros has enjoyed great success presenting everything from early to contemporary repertoire.  Her voice has been hailed in contemporary works as “pure gold” (Opera Magazine), while her early music offerings have been described as “darker, creamy, sensuous…with an astonishing command of 17th century vocal technique” (Opera Today).  Recent appearances include Bach’s St Matthew Passion with Dame Jane Glover’s Music of the Baroque, the Brahms Requiem with Victoria Symphony, Beethoven Missa Solemnis (Boulder Philharmonic) and Ripper’s Cinco Poemas de Vinicius de Moraes with Greenville Symphony and Seattle Symphony. Ms. Altiveros has also been featured with the Colorado Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Boise Phil, Westsound Symphony, Boulder Philharmonic, Portland Baroque, Early Music Vancouver, Shreveport Symphony, San Francisco Early Music Society and the Vancouver Bach Festival.

A native Seattleite, Ms. Altiveros serves as music faculty at Seattle University and is proud to be a regular singer for many of her hometown teams, including the Seattle Mariners, OL Reign, Seattle Kraken, and the Seattle Sounders.