Chelsea Lyons | Mezzo-Soprano

Mezzo-soprano Chelsea Lyons enjoys a colorful singing career of solo, choral, and chamber ensemble performances of music from a wide variety of stylistic periods and genres. Recently, Chelsea premiered David Clay Mettens’ Ink Dark as soloist with Grammy-nominated Spektral Quartet at Constellation in Chicago. Other soloist engagements include Bach’s Magnificat, Vivaldi’s Dixit Dominus and Gloria; Handel’s Messiah; and Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor and Requiem. On the operatic stage, Chelsea has performed the roles of Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Hansel (Hansel & Gretel), and Nancy (Albert Herring). Chelsea is a member of Philadelphia’s acclaimed new-music ensemble, The Crossing, and can be heard on several studio albums, including the 2020 Grammy-nominated Carthage. Additional choral ensemble memberships include the Grant Park Music Festival Chorus, Music of the Baroque, and Chicago a cappella.  Chelsea is a graduate of Northwestern University and California State University, Fullerton.