Ashlyn Rock is a soprano currently based in Cincinnati, Ohio and the D.C. Metro Area. Her roles include Miss Lightfoot in Fellow Travelers (Gregory Spears), Sister Constance de St. Denis in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites, and Marie Celeste/Duchess Christina in Philip Glass’s Galileo Galilei with CCM Opera. She has sung with Cincinnati Opera chorus in Verdi's Aida, as well as Cincinnati Opera, Opera Fusion: New Works. This October, Ashlyn made her role debut with Bel Cantanti Opera singing Micaëla in an abridgement of Bizet's Carmen. She performed as soloist in Songs from the End of the World, for soprano and orchestra by visiting composer, John Mackey. 

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As a toddler screaming and playing around the house, Ashlyn’s mother jokingly told her she could be an opera singer with her set of lungs. Her go-to response when asked “What do you want to be when you grow up?” was always, “an actress, singer, dancer, artist.” Ashlyn did not know at the time that opera encompassed all her childhood dreams. . .