“So integral is Alesi’s fusion of voice and character, she makes Violetta’s emotions inhabit us as our own…defiant coloratura and  vocal line that  paint seamless as watercolor”
Saugerties Post Star 9/29/2010

"Melody brought a remarkably consummate skill to the role of Violetta. She not only possesses a lovely, lyrical voice, but is a truly talented actress."
- Anton Coppola

        "I saw something special in her a few years back. I knew she could sing then but now she is truly a singer - a singer with feeling - something I don't hear anymore in this day. She goes someplace else and takes the audience with her. This is what I did. She has everything that a great star must have, and in the role of Violetta - a role I have sung more than any other - in this role she made me cry."
- Licia Albanese

A native New Yorker, Melody Alesi studied voice primarily with her mother, Sandra Alesi, and subsequently, Arthur Spinetti. 
The daughter of two professional singers, Ms Alesi was already playing leading roles in musical com by the age of 15, while also studying ballet and modern dance. By age 17, she served as choreographer for the Boris Goldofsky Opera.

In a triumphant debut with the Hong Kong Opera, Ms. Alesi sang the role of Marguerite (Faust) under the direction of Maestro David Stern, (son of Isaac Stern).
Her signature roles include Gilda (Rigoletto), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), Violetta (La Traviata). Other roles include Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) Luisa Miller (Luisa Miller), Mimi (La Boheme), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Norina (Don Pasquale), Adina (L'Elisir D'amore) and Micaela (Carmen).

Ms. Alesi is a two time recipient of the Licia Albanese/Puccini Foundation Scholarship. It was at this time that she made her Alice Tully Hall debut at the winner‘s concert.

She is a winner of the Altamura/Enrico Caruso International Vocal Competition. Other Awards include the The Center for Contemporary Opera, The Gerda Lissner Foundation and The Joyce Dukta Award.

Ms. Alesi was a Young Artist with Bel Canto at Caramoor and sang the title role in excerpts from Verdi’s Luisa Miller under the direction of Maestro Will Crutchfield.
That same year, she also made her debut with the Center for Contemporary Opera under the direction of Mark Shapiro in the world premiere of Cheri, creating the role of Edmae, an opera based on the Colette novel.

Ms.Alesi is equally at home as a recitalist and has been invited numerous times to sing at Caramoor where she is joined by her accompanist, composer Joseph Turrin.

Ms. Alesi is a regular on the roster for the Mozart Festival Opera singing the role of Donna Anna, and also for Teatro Lirico D'Europa, singing the roles Gilda and Violetta.

Her debut with theTampa Opera inAnton Coppola’s Sacco and Vanzetti received critical acclaim for her portrayal of  three of the major characters , Lucia Mancini, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Luigia Vanzetti

This year, Ms. Alesi returns to Teatro Lirico  D’Europa for their 2011 winter tour in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor.
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REVIEWS

‘It was young American soprano Melody Alesi, making her Teatro Lirico debut as Gilda, who received the most applause….Alesi takes the stage with style and intelligence and possesses the voice of a world-class opera star’
The Desert Sun, Palm Springs

‘Soprano Melody Alesi won the audiences’ heart as Rigoletto’s daughter’Caro nome calls for transparent, virtuoso singing and that’s what Alesi gives it…..”
The Post-Standard, Rochester, NY

‘Clear notes and bell-like tone… This kind of singing occurred every time Ms. Alesi was on stage…And she seems to have that ‘star’ quality that promises much for the future.
Gary Morris, Boro Park Community News

‘A standing room audience responded to Ms. Alesi with an ovation reserved only for those who make this kind of vocal and theatrical magic. Hers is a career to watch. !’
Bergen News

‘Ms. Alesi was a sparkling, truly romantic Norina, who soared in florid coloratura! What a singer! What an actress!
Sunset News, Tom Lenihan

‘Soprano Melody Alesi offered the audience an appealingly plaintive account of Verdi’s Caro nome”.
Allen Kozinn, The New York Times

‘An enthusiastic standing ovation was given to Ms. Melody Alesi, prize winner of the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation.’
Bill Zacharisan, Westsider

‘Ms. Alesi has become known for her uniquely haunting timbre. It is a voice filed with pathos and a potpourri of color.’

‘Indeed Ms. Alesi’s ‘Deh Vieni’ in first act of ‘Le Nozze’ would have made Mozart forget his first Susanna for whom he wrote the aria…’
Nino Pantano Comm.News