Singer/Actress
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A professionally trained dancer and native of Seattle, Washington, Rebecca Luttio made her professional debut in the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s the Nutcracker at the age of nine years old. Since then, Ms. Luttio studied dance, musical theatre and opera at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Since the first year of her graduate vocal studies at New England Conservatory, Ms. Luttio has been cast in leading roles in every main-stage opera offered and will be completing her studies this December with a M.M. in vocal performance.
Ms. Luttio has sung in several young artist programs both domestic and abroad, including Operafestival di Roma, American Austrian Mozart Academy, Oberlin in Italy, Opera North, and the Chicago Opera Theater. Past opera roles include "Despina" in Cosi Fan Tutte, the "Widow" in The Boor,“Rosa Gonzales" in Summer and Smoke, "Clori" in L'Egisto, “Marcellina” from Le Nozze di Figaro, “Dinah” in Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti and most recently covering the title role in La Tragédie de Carmen for the Chicago Opera Theater. She studies with Chair, Mark St. Laurent of New England Conservatory. Distinctions include merit vocal and dance scholarships from St. Olaf College, American Musical and Dramatic Academy and New England Conservatory for a Masters in vocal performance. Ms. Luttio is also a two-time recipient of the SOS-Mount Scholarship from the Society of Singers. As a versatile actress, Ms. Luttio recently made her professional theatre debut at the American Repertory Theatre of Cambridge, as “Simonetta” in the world premiere of Stephen Greenblatt and Charles Mee’s Cardenio.
This summer Rebecca will be making her debut with the Châteauville Foundation in Virginia as “Suky Tawdry” in The Beggar’s Opera and covering the title role in The Rape of Lucretia.