Алиса Тьопфер

Engaged by Wichita Grand Opera for its William Tell of 22 February 2014, Alyssa Toepfer sang in a cast that also included Michael Spyres, Michael Nansel, Lucas Meachem and Suzanne Hendrix. She appears also as Alyssa Nance and teaches singing. Brought up in Sioux Falls, she studied at Augustana University and took a master's degree in voice at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and her Wichita parts were Jemmy in Guillaume Tell and Wanda in The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein. Elsewhere she has sung Gretel for Opera Omaha, Pamina with the South Dakota Symphony and Jean Binnicker in Stinney: An American Execution for Opera Grand Rapids, alongside oratorio and contemporary vocal music.