Ailyn Pérez
Ailyn Pérez is a graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts and Indiana University. Her “inner radiance combined with vocal luster” (Philadelphia Inquirer) has made her one of the most promising and exciting young artists today.
Pérez has won awards in both opera and recital: second Prize in the 2006 Operalia Competition in Valencia, Spain, the George London Award in the 2006 George London Foundation Competition, and a Shoshana Foundation Career Grant in 2007. In 2005 she placed second in the Loren L. Zachary Competition and received an encouragement award from Opera Index. She was awarded second place from the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation in 2004. Read more →
Perez and Costello meet the big time
Sunday Times
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Opera’s latest hot couple are in demand worldwide. Just don’t expect the Alagnas, says Hugh Canning
Pérez and Costello sound like a comedy double act, but they are, in fact, young American opera singers, a married couple who spent the Christmas and new year periods in London. Ailyn (Pronounced Eileen) Pérez sang Verdi’s La traviata at the Royal Opera House in November and December, while Stephen Costello prepared for January performances as Alfredo to the Violettas of the Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho and the Russian diva Anna Netrebko. They have already sung Verdi’s melodrama together, but Covent Garden decided to cast them separately – a compliment, as they clearly don’t wish to be seen as an inseparable item professionally.
Rising Stars – An Interview with Ailyn Perez, part 1
Opera Warhorses
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The following interview took place at the Santa Fe Opera Ranch the day after Ms. Pérez’s festival debut as Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust. The facilitation of this interview by the Santa Fe Opera is gratefully acknowledged.
Wm: You were raised in the Chicago area. When and where were your earliest memories of opera?
AP: I was born in Chicago. My parents never had known opera. When I was six we moved to Elk Grove Village, a Northeast suburb of Chicago, halfway through the school year.
Dallas Opera: A conversation with Ailyn Pérez and Stephen Costello part 1
Dallas Examiner | by Marilee Vergati
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Ailyn Pérez and Stephen Costello are two young and bright international stars in the opera world. Their performance reviews are so expressive and enthusiastic that critics are running out of superlatives to describe their artistry. After receiving quite a buzz in the opera world over the last few years, they are now a creative force. Both Pérez and Costello are currently performing in different productions at the Dallas Opera. Pérez in “Don Giovanni” is beautifully portraying the earthy Zerlina—Giovanni’s latest obsession. After only six years as a professional, her dazzling vocals and effortless acting abilities are impressing opera fans worldwide.
