Schedule
Upcoming Performances
2019 – 2020 Season TBA
Past Performances
Countess Ceprano (cover) in Rigoletto at The Metropolitan Opera
April 15 2019 – May 10 2019 
Soprano Soloist and Chorus in the World Premiere of Jimmy Lopez’s Dreamers
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Ana-Maria Martinez, soloist
Volti and UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus
March 17, 2019 Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley
March 18, 2019 Bing Hall at Stanford
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Poulenc’s Gloria and Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate
Bozeman Symphony Orchestra
December 8th & 9th, 2018
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2017 – 2018 Season
Sylviane in The Merry Widow at The Metropolitan Opera
December 14th 2017 – January 11th 2018 
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The Cunning Little Vixen with The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst conductor
Saturday September 23rd
Sunday September 24th
Monday September 26th
Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
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Thursday October 19th
Friday October 20th
Saturday October 21st
Golden Hall in the Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
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Saturday October 28th 2017
Grand Auditorium Philharmonie Luxembourg
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Ravinia Steans Music Institute
In residence July 24th through August 14th 2017
Celebrating the Music of Finland
Thursday August 3rd 2017
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Additional Performances TBA
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The Metropolitan Opera
Countess Ceprano in Verdi’s Rigoletto
January 20 – April 27 2017
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The Metropolitan Opera
Sunday Brunches on the Grand Tier of The Metropolitan Opera
Sunday January 29, 2017, March 26, 2017, & Sunday April 23, 2017
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Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium – Lindemann Young Artist Program Recital series
Recital featuring Messiaen and Haydn alongside pianist Valeriya Polunina
April 7th, 2017 6:00 pm
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The Metropolitan Opera
Cretan Woman (cover) in Mozart’s Idomeneo
March 6 – March 25 2017
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“With a Song in my Heart” benefit concert for James Toland Vocal Arts
C’era una Volta Alameda, CA
February 19th, 5:00 pm
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The Frick Collection
“Intrigues and Sentiments”: A play by Marivaux with excerpts from Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte
February 2, 3, 4 2017 7:00 pm
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The Lindemann Young Artist Development Program Patron Concert
Scenes from Handel’s Alcina, Poulenc’s The Dialogues of the Carmelites, and Puccini’s La Rondine
December 19th 2016
The Metropolitan Opera
Karolka in Janáček’s Jenufa
October 28 – November 17 2016
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2015-2016 Season
Piedmont Chamber Music Festival
Piedmont, California
Folk Traditions August 5 2016 7:30 pm – Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont California
Locally Grown August 6 2016 7:30 pm – Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont California
Final Concert August 7 2016 7:30 pm – Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont California
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Stonatrilla in Gassmann’s L’Opera Seria 
The Barns at Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap Opera, Vienna VA
July 15, 17, 20 & 23 2016
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From Lute Song to the Beatles: Songs of the British Isles
Alongside Steven Blier & Wolf Trap Opera Soloists
May 28 & 29 2016
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Recital with Longleash Piano Trio, Ridotto Concert Series
Songs of Copland with pianist Renate Rohlfing
May 1, 2016
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Lindemann Young Artist Development Program Orchestra Workshop Concert with The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conducted by James Levine
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
Thursday April 28, 2016
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program Recital Series
Alongside Giuseppe Mentuccia, Rihab Chaieb, and Sophia Muñoz
April 6, 2016 6:00 pm
Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Lindemann Young Artist Recital Series at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory Board of Officers Room, New York NY
March 8 & 10 2016
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Lisa in Bellini’s La Sonnambula
Juilliard’s Peter J. Sharp Theater
The Met + Juilliard Production
February 9, 11, 13 2016
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Spotlight Recital with The Song Continues at Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall
with tenor Miles Mykkanen and pianist Ken Noda
January 21, 2016 5:30 pm
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The Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program
Patron Concert
Friday December 11th 2015
Symphony Space
Bel Canto Young Artist with Caramoor Music Festival
Blanche (cover) in Dialogues of the Carmelites
June 7 through July 30 2015
James Toland Vocal Arts Competition Finals
Saturday June 27 2015 7:00 pm
Holy Names College Oakland, CA
James Toland Vocal Arts Masterclass with Bruce Ford
Friday June 26 2015 6:00 pm
Holy Names College, Oakland, CA
Anonimo Innamorato
Italian Songs and Arias with the 2015 Bel Canto Young Artists
Caramoor Music Festival
June 25 2015
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Clarissa Lyons in recital with Bretton Brown, pianist, sponsored by University of California Berkeley Alfred Hertz Memorial Scholarship
Saturday April 25th 2015 2:00pm
National Opera Center
New York City
Shreveport Opera Singer of the Year Competition Semifinalist
March 7 & 8 2015
Shreveport, Louisiana
Garrison New York Arias & Ensembles
March 14th 7 pm Location TBA
Chorus, Love is in the Air and in the Aria: Hertz Hall Noon Concert Series
Wednesday February 11th 2015 at Hertz Hall on the UC Berkeley Campus
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The Song Continues: Warren Jones Masterclass
Wednesday January 14th 2015 in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
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May 18th – June 23rd 2014 – Opera on the Avalon St. John’s Newfoundland, Canada
May 30th – Opera’s Greatest Hits – Gilda in Rigoletto Quartet
June 19th, 21st – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena)
March 28, 2014 – New York, NY
Mark Morris Dance Group Love Song Waltzes & New Love Song Waltzes
March 3 2014 – On Site Opera New York, NY
Mrs. Cat in Shostakovich’s The Tale Silly Baby Mouse
February 14, 15, & 16 – 2014 Seattle, Washington
Mark Morris Dance Group
New Love Song Waltzes and Love Song Waltzes
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Davis, CA
Guest Soloist with Davis Senior High School Madrigals and Baroque Ensemble Handel’s Messiah
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September 15, 2013 – Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Dawn Upshaw and Friends Benefit Recital
Clarissa will appear alongside Dawn Upshaw and other alumna from Bard’s Vocal Arts Program in a benefit concert
September 5, 2013 – Brooklyn, NY
Resonant Bodies Festival
Clarissa will participate in a group piece by Lautaro Mantilla in Lucy Dhegrae’s set
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July 9th – July 20th, 2013 – Los Angeles, CA
Guest Artist at SongFest
July 13th 8 pm Marina Stage at California Plaza –
World Premiere of Bernstein’s Songfest arranged by John Musto for four hand piano and percussion
July 19th at The Coburn School – Libby Larsen’s The Magdelene
June 2 – June 22, 2013 – Blacksburg, VA
International Vocal Arts Institute
Performances will include: Mrs. Gleaton in Floyd’s Susannah and Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes
May 31st, 2013 – Carmel, CA
Carmel Music Society Winners Recital
May 31st, 2013 8 pm Sunset Center in Carmel, California alongside Bretton Brown, piano
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May 4, 2013 – New York, NY
Recital and Lecture featuring the research of Ashley Jackson alongside Bretton Brown on the work of Margaret Bonds
7:30 pm Saturday May 4 WMP Concert Hall
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April 20, 2013 – Berkeley, CA
Soprano Soloist in Poulenc’s Gloria
Saturday April 20th, 8pm Hertz Hall University of California Berkeley Campus conducted by Marika Kuzma
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Mostly Mozart Festival
Dido and Aeneas with Mark Morris Dance Group
August 22- 25 2012
Mark Morris, conductor
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Jeremiah, baritone
Yulia Van Doren, soprano
Clarissa Lyons, soprano
Trinity Choir
MMDG Music Ensemble
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Tanglewood Music Center June 23rd – August 20th 2012 Lenox, MA
July 10th, 8 pm Seiji Ozawa Hall – Songs of Messaien and Debussy
July 22nd, 8pm Seiji Ozawa Hall- Ravel’s Trois Poeme de Stephane Mallarme with Chamber ensemble
August 7th, 5 pm Seiji Ozawa Hall “Tanglewood on Parade” – Prokofiev’s Ugly Duckling
August 18th, 6 pm Seiji Ozawa Hall – Seven for Luck by John Williams in celebration of the composer’s 80th birthday
August 19th, 10 am Seiji Ozawa Hall – Robert Schumann’s Spanisches Liebeslieder
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Four Saints in Three Acts by Virgil Thomson with Mark Morris Dance Group – St. Settlement
Choral Fantasy by Beethoven with Mark Morris Dance Group
March 1 – 3, 2012
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Poets Out Loud 25th Anniversary Celebration at Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
Thursday October 27th 2011, 8:30 pm
“That Lonesome Whistle” Text and Music by Lawrence Kramer
with Julia den Boer, piano
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Mendelssohn’s Elijah with San Francisco Choral Society
Conducted by Robert Geary, Featuring Rod Gilfry, Wendy Hillhouse, and Brian Thorsett
August 26th and 27th 2011 8:00 pm, Davies Symphony Hall San Francisco
Phyllis Curtin’s 90th Birthday Celebration at Tanglewood performed with the Tanglewood Vocal and Piano Fellows
Sunday August 14th 2011, 10:00 am
Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood
Baudelaire Project with Stephanie Blythe performing songs with text by Charles Baudelaire
Saturday August 6th 2011, 6:00 pm
Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood
Prelude Concert at the Tanglewood Music Center performing Sibelius’ Opus 37 with Matthew Gemmill, piano
Saturday July 23rd 2011, 6:00 pm
Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood
As Chorus in excerpts from Iphigenie en Tauride with Susan Graham and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday July 22nd 2011, 8:00 pm
Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood
As Arianna in Monteverdi’s Lamento d’Arianna in a night of Opera and Song directed by Mark Morris at Tanglewood
Sunday July 10th, 8:00 pm
Dawn Upshaw and Friends: A Benefit for Bard College’s Vocal Arts Program
Sunday May 16th 2011, 3:00 pm
Fisher Center at Bard College