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Soprano Chelsea Basler performs with the Cape Symphony in November 2018

Chelsea Basler

GRAMMY Award-nominated soprano Chelsea Basler continues to make her mark in an extensive array of operatic roles due to her unique combination of vocal appeal and artistry. Praised for her “luminous voice” with its “easy soaring range,” she has also been noted for her “wonderful acting” and ultimately deemed “simply superb.” An accomplished concert and recital performer, Chelsea's most recent performance with the Cape Symphony was in the Mozart Requiem.

Chelsea enjoys a particularly strong relationship with Boston Lyric Opera, which she initially joined as an Emerging Artist during the 2013–2014 season. She rejoined the company for their March 2018 production of The Threepenny Opera as Lucy, and since then, made her critically acclaimed role debut as Micaëla in BLO’s mounting of Carmen, and performed as Moira in the East Coast premiere production of Poul Ruders’ The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the Margaret Atwood novel. Chelsea most recently appeared with BLO in The Fall of the House of Usher, a brand-new, cinematic version of Philip Glass’s opera based on Edgar Allan Poe’s spellbinding short story.

Chelsea has held several prestigious young artist residencies, joining Santa Fe Opera as an Apprentice Artist, where she created the role of Sara in the world premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain, a live recording of which was released by Pentatone and nominated for a GRAMMY.

The receipient of multiple vocal competition awards, Chelsea earned her Artist Certificate (Opera Institute) and Master of Music from Boston University and her Bachelor of Music from New England Conservatory.

To learn more about Chelsea, visit her website.

Chelsea Basler joins the Cape Symphony for Beethoven's 9th: Ode to Joy on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 7:30 PM & Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 3:00 PM. For more information and to purchase tickets for Beethoven's 9th: Ode to Joy, visit capesymphony.org, call the Box Office at 508-362-1111, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or visit 1060 Falmouth Road in Hyannis, MA. The Cape Symphony Box Office is open Monday – Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

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