Tahanee
Aluwihare
Mezzo Soprano
Mezzo Soprano
"Tahanee Aluwihare’s singing was impeccable. The role sat beautifully within her tessitura... the reflection pool was in every way her playground as she splashed about with her feet, and sometimes hands, dancing her gypsy dances and chasing after Escamillo like a bull in a ring."
Chris Ruel,
OperaWire
VIDEO
Voi lo sapete - Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)
“Mezzo-soprano Tahanee Aluwihare brought a depth and maturity to the titular role of Dido, belying the singer’s paucity of years; the Carthaginian queen is a mature character and an established leader, deceived by the gods into this ill-fated love match. Aluwihare captured this conflict memorably.”
Cashman Kerr Prince,
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
PRODUCTIONS
"Overcome by Savriti’s beauty and her grief, not to mention the exquisite poetic and dramatic singing by Aluwihare, Death eventually recants and allows her to revive Satyavan back to life.” Stephen Martorella, The Boston Musical Intelligencer
ABOUT
Celebrated for her “magnificently rich, earthy mezzo-soprano” (Boston Music Intelligencer) and “impeccable” singing (OperaWire), Sri Lankan-American performer Tahanee Aluwihare is regularly sought out for her unique vocal timbre and vibrant stage presence.
Recently, Ms. Aluwihare “gave a masterful turn as the spinsterish Marcellina [Le nozze di Figaro]” (San Francisco Chronicle) in her debut with Opera San Jose; performed with Cambridge Chamber Ensemble in the title role of Holst’s seldom performed opera, Savitri; and returned to Opera Idaho for the role of Ježibaba in Rusalka, and Boston Camerata for the title role in Dido and Aeneas.
Previous seasons’ highlights have included singing the roles of La Badessa, La Suor Zelatrice, and La Maestra della Novizie in Suor Angelica; La Ciesca and Zita in Gianni Schicchi, Ruggiero in Alcina; Beppe in L’amico Fritz; Idamante in Idomeneo; and Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana.
Ms. Aluwihare has been featured in the press for her work in both opera and the history world, where she specializes in late Medieval and early Renaissance art.