Aurora Bardes Soprano

Aurora made her operatic debut with Seattle Opera, in The Marriage of Figaro and returned to the prestigious company in Rusalka as a Woodnymph. She received her Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and has performed extensively throughout the Bay Area and West Coast. An experienced mezzo-soprano, Ms. Bardes has recently entered into soprano repertoire and debuted in her new voice category as the star of Puccini’s Tosca with West Bay Opera in February 1997.

Ms. Bardes has been seen as Rosina in The Barber of Seville with both Festival and North Bay Operas. Her Carmen has been seen throughout the West Coast, as well as performances of Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Nicklausse in The Tales of Hoffman, Natasha in War and Peace, Ljubasha in The Czar’s Bride, and Nancy in Martha with such companies as West Bay Opera, Berkeley Opera, North Bay and Pacific Repertory Opera and others. She has been heard in numerous Messiah presentations, including a Davies Symphony Hall performance, Haydn’s Creation, Beethoven’s C Major Mass, and with Opus 90 and more. Ms. Bardes has received many glowing reviews of her performances and has received several awards, including the prestigious UNGARO Diva Award. A native of the Napa Valley, Aurora conducts a private music studio and is the director of music at St. Michael’s and All Angels Episcopal Church in Concord.