Multi-award-winning Canadian soprano Alexa Frankian is already making waves in the opera and art song world at just twenty-four years old, earning praise from Opera Canada as "abundantly talented."

In 2024, Alexa joined the prestigious Merola Opera Program, where she delivered a “simple, unaffected, and beautifully sung Mimi” in La Bohème (San Francisco Classical Voice). Among other standout performances, she was recognized for “singing in a voluptuously rich Russian… the powerfully focused soprano Alexa Frankian gave an expansive meditation on God, nature, and the universe in a duet from Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, performing with a radiant, surging sense of purpose” (San Francisco Chronicle). Building on this success, she has been invited to return for a second year with Merola in the summer of 2025.

Also in 2024, Alexa was offered a Resident Artist position at the esteemed Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) in Philadelphia, where she will perform Suzel in L’Amico Fritz (Mascagni) and Despina in Così fan tutte (Mozart). She was awarded an Encouragement Award at both the 2024–25 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Philadelphia District and the 2023–24 Buffalo-Toronto District. Additionally, she earned third place in the 2023 Mildred Miller International Voice Competition, where she was the youngest participant.

Alexa holds an Artist Diploma from The Royal Conservatory of Music’s Glenn Gould School, where she performed Madame Lidoine in Dialogues des Carmélites, Coach in Ice Time (a new Canadian work commissioned by Tapestry Opera), and Older Woman in Jonathan Dove’s Flight.

Her passion for timeless composers such as Puccini, Verdi, Strauss, Wagner, and Mozart, as well as contemporary repertoire, fuels her artistic vision. She has also enjoyed collaborating on culturally significant works, including Bas Sheve (Yiddish Opera – North American Premiere) and Alice Ho’s Dora Award-nominated The Monkiest King (Chinese-Canadian Opera – World Premiere).

Alexa holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance (B.Mus.Perf.) from The University of Toronto and an Artist Diploma (ADP) from The Royal Conservatory of Music’s Glenn Gould School, where she studied under the guidance of distinguished mentors Stephanie Bogle and David Eliakis.