St. Olaf College | Northfield, Minnesota, USA

Rebecca Luttio '04
Mezzo Soprano

A professionally trained dancer and native of Seattle, Washington, Rebecca Luttio made her professional debut in the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s the Nutcracker at the age of nine years old. Since then, Ms. Luttio studied dance, musical theatre and opera at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Ms. Luttio has sung in numerous young artist programs both domestic and abroad, including, Operafestival di Roma, American Austrian Mozart Academy, Oberlin in Italy and most recently the prestigious young artist program Opera North in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Past opera roles include "Despina" in CosiFanTutte, the "Widow" in TheBoor, “Rosa Gonzales" in SummerandSmoke, "Clori" in L'Egisto and “Marcellina” from LeNozzediFigaro. Since the first year of her graduate vocal studies at New England Conservatory, Ms. Luttio has been cast in leading roles in every main-stage opera, and will end her last semester singing “Dinah” in Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti this February. She studies with Chair, Mark St. Laurent of New England Conservatory. Distinctions include merit vocal and dance scholarships from St. Olaf College, American Musical and Dramatic Academy and New England Conservatory for a Masters in vocal performance. Ms. Luttio is also a two-time recipient of the SOS-Mount Scholarship from the Society of Singers.

As a versatile actress, Ms. Luttio recently made her professional theatre debut at the American Repertory Theatre of Cambridge, as “Simonetta” in the world premiere of Stephen Greenblatt and Charles Mee’s Cardenio.