Alyssa Nicole Samson is a Filipino-Canadian mezzo-soprano based in Vancouver, BC. Her artistic presence is inspired by her continued curiosity and dedication in bridging the gap between her Western classical education and her Filipino heritage. Driven by her passion to connect with the community through the operatic art form, it enabled Alyssa to tour and perform internationally in Portugal, Italy, Spain, Austria and the United States, in addition to working with musical communities within the Lower Mainland.

Alyssa is a graduate of the Master of Music in Opera Performance program at the University of British Columbia (UBC) under the tutalage of mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabo and a 2022 recipient of the Vancouver Opera Foundation Bursary for an aspiring BC opera singing student. With UBC Opera, Alyssa has performed the roles of Jezibaba in Rusalka, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, Lady Bertram in Mansfield Park, The Spirit of the Maple Trees in Shadow Catch (a collaborative contemporary chamber opera by Dorothy Chang, Benton Roark, Jennifer Butler and Farshid Samandari) and Bronka in the Canadian premier of Weinberg’s Pasażerka. Most recently, Alyssa collaborated with Re:Naissance Opera, Sound the Alarm Theatre, Loose Tea Theatre, Array Music and Turning Point Ensemble during IndieFest 2022 performing the role of Mrs. XE in the Canadian premier of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winning opera, Angel's Bone by Du Yun.

In addition to her time on the operatic stage, Alyssa is the assistant artistic director of Wings Vocal Collective (WVC): a multi-genre ensemble consisting of singers from a multitude of career paths who are connected through the power of music. With WVC, Alyssa has performed in a variety of community engagements including the Vancouver General Hospital’s Telus Night of a Thousand Stars Gala.