Tesia Kwarteng is a Ghanaian-American multi-faceted artist equally at home on the operatic stage, on screen and in the studio. She recently led and sang with the vocal ensemble Vox Noire on the recording of the original score by Terence Blanchard for The Woman King film directed by Gina Prince Bythewood and starring Viola Davis. Tesia also had her first libretto commission titled A Sable Jubilee premiere at the Aspen Music Festival with the music composed by Jasmine Barnes and sung by Will Liverman. Ms. Kwarteng also made her principal debut at The Metropolitan Opera as a Pit Singer in Brett Dean’s Hamlet and made her Off Broadway debut at Lincoln Center Theater in Ricky Ian Gordon and Lynn Nottage’s new opera Intimate Apparel where she was seen as Mayme and in the ensemble. She has participated in the young artist programs at Tri-Cities Opera, Opera Theater of Saint Louis, The Glimmerglass Festival, Virginia Opera and Chautauqua Opera.

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