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Mezzo-soprano Lexa Ferrill enjoys a wide range of performance opportunities, from opera to the concert stage. In January 2008 she portrayed the role of Der Trommler in Opera Hub's performance of Der Kaiser von Atlantis. Recent operatic appearances include The Neighbor in Stravinsky's Mavra at the Tanglewood Music Center, Kate Pinkerton in the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra’s production of Madama Butterfly, and Betty Parris in The Crucible with Indianapolis Opera and Chautauqua Opera. Ferrill has also performed the roles of Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Meg Page in Falstaff, Dorabella in Cosí fan tutte, and the Secretary in The Consul.
Recent concert engagements include a performance with Bolivia's Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil de Santa Cruz for a concert of operatic arias and ensembles. Other notable engagements include Berio's Circles and Ligeti’s Síppal, dobbal, nadihegedüval at the Tanglewood Music Center, Mendelssohn's Elijah with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, and a recital at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts under the direction of Paul Sperry. In spring of 2006 Ferrill sang Mahler's Symphony #3 with the Macon Symphony Orchestra. In addition to opera and concert works, Ferrill is also a committed recitalist with a special interest in contemporary music. In June of 2007 she attended Songfest in Malibu, where she worked with Graham Johnson, Martin Katz, Jake Heggie, and Ricky Ian Gordon. Also, she and her husband, baritone Kyle Ferrill, have recently launched Full Circle Music, a concert series focusing on spreading interest in song repertoire and community involvement.
Ferrill holds both a bachelor's and master's degree in voice from Butler University and Florida State University, respectively. After completing a graduate teaching assistantship with the musical theater department at Florida State University, she went on to teach private voice at Mercer University and Macon State College, both in Macon, Georgia. |
