Soprano Alice Del Simone, a San Francisco Bay Area native, received her B.A. in Vocal Performance and B.S. in Plant Science from the University of California-Davis, and her M.M. in Voice Pedagogy and Performance at the University of Colorado – Boulder where she is currently pursuing her D.M.A, studying with Andrew Garland and Jennifer Bird-Arvidsson.

Del Simone enjoys performing varied roles including as Cricket and Blue Fairy in The Adventures of Pinocchio (Dove) with Boulder Opera, Nannetta in Falstaff (Verdi) with Eklund Opera, First Witch in Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) with Opera Fort Collins, La Fée in Cendrillon (Massenet) with Eklund Opera, Clytemnestra in the premiere of Anne Hege’s The Furies with Stanford Laptop Orchestra, The Lady with a Hand Mirror in Postcard from Morocco (Argento) with Eklund Opera, Gilda in Three Feathers (Laitman) with Opera Steamboat, La Princesse, Le Rosignol, and Le Feu in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (Ravel) with Boulder Opera, and Poppea in Agrippina (Handel) with Eklund Opera. In 2022 and 2024, Del Simone was a Certificate of Merit recipient in the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition and in 2023 she was a semi-finalist for the Ekstrand Competition. Her recent concert appearances include as soprano soloist in Messiah (Handel) with Boulder Bach Festival and as the Israelitish Woman in Judas Maccabaeus (Handel) with Seicento Baroque Ensemble. Del Simone is an avid performer of new music, frequently presenting solo and chamber recitals.

Del Simone is also a passionate music educator and voice science researcher. She previously taught music theory and vocal pedagogy for the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir where she served as Program Director. Del Simone enjoys approaching the challenges of education and research with positive energy and optimism and celebrates the differences that make each voice unique. She currently maintains a small private voice studio and conducts research exploring student-specific effective vocal techniques.