Lydia Grindatto

A native of Tijeras, New Mexico, soprano Lydia Grindatto is a fourth-year Resident Artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) in Philadelphia, and was a 2024 Grand Finals Winner of The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition.  

Lydia begins the 2024-2025 season as a soloist with the Sag Harbor Song Festival, followed by her role debut as Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust at AVA. The spring brings her company and role debut with Utah Opera as Nedda in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.  

During the 2023-24 season Ms. Grindatto made house debuts with Arizona Opera as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and Opera Columbus as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin. During the summer, she joined the prestigious Merola Opera Program, returning to the role of Donna Anna. Earlier that season, Lydia sang the title role in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena at AVA, and was invited to perform popular opera selections alongside featured guest star Michael Fabiano in a concert with Opera Italiana in the Air at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. She was a 2023 Apprentice Artist at the Santa Fe Opera, where she made her company debut as the Second Wood Sprite, in addition to covering the title role, in Dvořák’s Rusalka.  

Her opera roles at the Academy of Vocal Arts have included Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Violetta in La Traviata, and Tatiana in Eugene Onegin. Lydia has been recently recognized as a winner in several prestigious competions, including the Opera Index Awards, The Loren L. Zachary Society Competition, the Gerda Lissner Foundation Competition, and AVA’s Giargiari Bel Canto Competition.