Alyssa Brode is a versatile soprano who has won over audiences with her interpretations of song, musical theater, and operatic repertoire, with extensive credits spanning both US coasts. Her artistic mission is to find the emotional core in music of all genres, whether bringing to life wholly new works or breathing fresh energy into the standard repertoire (Frasquita in Carmen, Musetta in La bohème, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel). Though Alyssa has already marked the career milestones of performing an opera during a blackout and performing an opera while eating cupcakes, she still aims to one day reach her all-time goal of performing while playing with cats.
The standout performances of Alyssa’s recent seasons have seen her embracing a true passion for curating unique, personal performances that showcase a wide range of repertoire. In her solo recital thirtysomething, featured as a part of Wilmington Concert Opera’s 10th anniversary season, Alyssa programmed music exclusively written by composers in their 30s, spanning 19th-century art song to contemporary pop and musical theater. She was also a featured soloist in Open Your Mouth: A Concert for Advocacy + Action, a fundraiser for Reclaim Philadelphia that highlighted pressing social issues through various genres of song; she directed and produced the concert as part of her own recently-founded arts initiative Incantra.
The 2026 season also saw Alyssa returning to New Jersey Lyric Opera, lending her voice to the ensemble in Romeo et Juliette. She debuted with SALT Performing Arts as the Nightingale in Once Upon a Mattress as well as with Upper Merion Performing Arts in their Miscast Cabaret, performing solos from A Chorus Line and Company. Alyssa’s upcoming appearances include the MOSS Community Sing Through as Alice Beane in Titanic and a yet-to-be-announced (but-really-exciting) passion project with Incantra.
Always ecstatic to partake in the creation of new works, Alyssa joined the world premiere production of Girondines (Pierrette) with Wilmington Concert Opera, workshopped multiple new musicals with Theatre on the Verge’s New Musicals Festival, and originated the role of Clover in the world premiere of Theodore Christman’s A Metamorphosis—a portrayal for which she was praised for her “endearing charm” and “glittery tones and demeanor” (OperaWire). An increasing number of musical theater engagements in recent seasons have demonstrated Alyssa’s considerable range and stylistic flexibility in both cabaret performances (Footlighters Theater, Opera on Tap Philadelphia) and full productions; one notable highlight was joining the cast of ActorsNET’s A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim, whose music she would happily perform until the end of time.
Alyssa’s vast opera credits include many repeat company engagements, including subsequent summer festivals with New Jersey Lyric Opera (Frasquita in Carmen; Adina cover in L’elisir d’amore) as well as numerous productions with Pacific Opera Project in Los Angeles, in capacities as wide-ranging as singing and dancing in the ensemble of their 1950’s-themed L’elisir d’amore to singing and dancing as the Valencienne cover/grisette swing in their Old West-themed Merry Widow. Alyssa also spent several years as a prominent fixture of LA-area companies Opera Animata (Amor in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Belinda cover in Dido and Aeneas) and Capitol Opera (Violetta in La traviata, Adina in L’elisir d’amore, Musetta in La bohème). She has made return appearances as a soloist in Bucks County Gilbert & Sullivan Society’s sing-along Messiah and is frequently featured with the Opera Project in New Jersey, singing greatly varied repertoire in an intimate concert setting.
She holds degrees from California State University, Northridge (MM) and Westminster Choir College (BM) and also works as a freelance graphic designer specializing in event programs/posters for operas and recitals. Alyssa is the proud creator of the first-ever collection of “Vocal Rest Apparel” which she sells along with other customizable music-themed designs and gifts in her online store “Musicisms.” Alyssa resides with her husband in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and–when not singing–she can be found going to concerts, binge-watching some acclaimed TV series, or traveling as much as she possibly can.