25 Facts About Alyson Cambridge

Alyson Cambridge is known for her work as a model, actress, and host.

In 2003 Cambridge won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, becoming the competition's youngest Grand Prize winner ever.

Alyson Cambridge made her Metropolitan Opera debut the following year in Carmen.

Alyson Cambridge was awarded First Prize in the 2003 Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Voice Competition, First Prize in the 2004 George London Foundation Award, and the Regine Crespin Award at the 2008 Elardo International Opera Competition.

In 2016, Alyson Cambridge released her second solo album, with the jazz standards and American popular song-based Until Now.

Alyson Cambridge has served as brand ambassador for Swiss luxury watch and jewelry designer Chopard, as well as for fashion designers Vivianne Tam and Monika Chiang.

In 2018, Alyson Cambridge is performing on Broadway, as one of the lead vocalists in Rocktopia, which fuses iconic 20th-century rock with classical masterpieces.

Alyson Cambridge's father Richard, whose parents are from Guyana, immigrated to the United States for college at the age of 19 from Guyana on the Caribbean coast of South America, and is a principal economist at the World Bank.

Alyson Cambridge's mother is from Minnesota, of Danish-Norwegian heritage, and works at the National Academy of Sciences.

Alyson Cambridge grew up with diverse music being played in her home, as her mother played opera around the house, and was a big classical music fan, her father gravitated to Caribbean music, calypso, reggae, soca, disco, and jazz, and she loved Whitney Houston and Madonna.

Alyson Cambridge started taking vocal lessons after a friend suggested that she do so, after hearing her jokingly pretend to sing opera.

Alyson Cambridge decided in her senior year at Oberlin to pursue an operatic career full-time.

Alyson Cambridge then continued her vocal studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, studying for a master's degree in Opera for one year.

Alyson Cambridge began as a light lyric soprano, then developed into a full lyric soprano, and more recently begun to develop into a spinto soprano, a more powerful voice that can handle more dramatic climaxes.

In 2003 Alyson Cambridge won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, while still a student at The Curtis Institute of Music, becoming the competition's youngest Grand Prize winner ever.

Alyson Cambridge was able to imbue long, pregnant pauses in her lines with the same intensity that accompanied her coloratura passages and, even when the chorus was most out of sync with the orchestra.

In 2004 Alyson Cambridge made her Met debut as Frasquita in Georges Bizet's Carmen, and was noted by Anne Midgette of The New York Times for her "powerful, clear voice".

Alyson Cambridge has since appeared in several roles with that company, including Giannetta in L'elisir d'amore, a Flower Maiden in Parsifal, Karolka in Jenufa, Crobyle in Thais, and Bianca in La Rondine.

Alyson Cambridge played Giulietta in The Tales of Hoffmann with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Juliette in Romeo et Juliette at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

Alyson Cambridge has performed with Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Cleveland, Atlanta Opera, Palm Beach Opera, and Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

Alyson Cambridge has appeared in solo recitals and concerts in New York, Washington, DC, Barbados, and Hawaii.

In 2016, Alyson Cambridge released her second solo album with the jazz standards and American popular song-based Until Now.

Alyson Cambridge is a brand ambassador for Swiss luxury watch and jewelry designer Chopard, as well as for fashion designer Monika Chiang.

Alyson Cambridge has modeled for Sculpsure, Monika Chiang, Chopard, The Today Show and other various fashion, lifestyle and fashion brands.

Alyson Cambridge has donated her time to charities, including The Fresh Air Fund, The Humane Society, K9s for Warriors, Sing For Hope, the American Red Cross, and Hope For Hearts Foundation.