Arizona Opera Cast Members & Creatives

Ava Linvog is a sought-after collaborator known for her sensitive, dynamic playing and for bringing warmth and candor to the rehearsal room. Linvog works as a repetiteur across the country, appearing regularly with Opera Omaha, North Carolina Opera, and the Janiec Opera Company at Brevard Music Center. In 2022, she was an apprentice artist with Sarasota Opera. In her hometown of Seattle, Linvog worked with Lowbrow Opera Collective to premiere the new opera Adulting and performed with Northwest Opera in Schools etc., bringing opera to schools throughout the Puget Sound. The 2024/25 Season will see Linvog join the Marion Roose Pullin Opera Studio at Arizona Opera, in addition to returning to Opera Omaha (Don Giovanni) and North Carolina Opera (Ernani, The Marriage of Figaro).

Currently based in New York City, Linvog is in demand as a vocal coach and recitalist. Recent performances include Awakening, a recital sponsored by City Lyric Opera which featured three world premieres in a program combining art song, chamber works, and spoken poetry to explore the meaning of freedom. Linvog was featured alongside soprano Jazmine Saunders in the young artist showcase of Eastman School of Music at WQXR’s Greene Space in Manhattan, sponsored by the Gerda Lissner Foundation. Glyndebourne America also engaged Linvog at their annual fundraising event, where she performed arias and art songs by Rachmaninoff and Strauss with soprano Alexandra Kzeski.

Linvog completed her graduate studies at the Eastman School of Music, where she studied under Andrew Harley, Timothy Long, and Russell Miller. Throughout her time at Eastman she held an assistantship with Eastman Opera Theatre, playing a diverse range of repertoire including Argento’s Postcard from Morocco, Cavalli’s La Calisto, and Puts’ Elizabeth Cree. Upon graduating, she received the Jean Barr Award for excellence in accompanying. Linvog holds a Bachelor’s degree from Vassar College, where she studied music and mathematics. At Vassar she studied piano under Todd Crow and Thomas Sauer, and assisted Dr. Kathryn Libin in musicological studies at the Lobkowicz Collections.