Tutor Comment

Anastasia Inniss is a versatile and multifaceted artist. Her work encompasses performance, education, directing, production and executive arts leadership. She started her arts education at the age of 5, studying piano. She was a member of the Bulgarian National Theater Youth Ensemble, where she was cast in children's roles in numerous main stage and touring productions. Her training at the National Theatre included acting, improvisation, Latin and folk dance. She also studied percussion and classical guitar.

Ms. Inniss commenced her vocal training in Bulgaria and continued it at the Longy School of Music at Bard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) as a recipient of the Janet Irving Scholarship for Vocal Studies. She was a member of the Central Florida Lyric Opera Young Artists Program and was later invited to return as a main stage Resident Artist with the company.

Opera roles include: Judith in A kékszakállú herceg vára (Grimeborn Opera Festival London); Woglinde in Das Rheingold (Berliner Wagner Gruppe); Elsa in Lohengrin (Berliner Wagner Gruppe); Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Violetta in La Traviata (Central Florida Lyric Opera; New London Opera Players, Fine Arts Chorale & Orchestra) Governess in Turn of the Screw (Opera Seria), Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Opera Seria, Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Nedda in Pagliacci (Central Florida Lyric Opera), Micaëla and Frasquita in Carmen, under the directorship of late legendary soprano Licia Albanese (Central Florida Lyric Opera); Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro (Central Florida Lyric Opera), Serpina in La serva padrona (Berliner Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal, concertante).

Ms. Inniss is a consummate educator with over 25 years of experience teaching voice, vocal pedagogy, vocal diction, opera and song repertoire, audition preparation, branding and marketing for classical music. She was taught at a college level as well as privately, in an individual and classroom settings.

Educational Background

Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary Full Scholarship Recipient

Massachusetts General Hospital, Vocal Lab, Boston, MA, USA

2005-2007

Resident Artist

Central Florida Lyric Opera Young Artist Program, Orlando, Florida, USA 2003-2005

Undergraduate in Voice Performance (Janet Irving Award)

Longy School of Music of Bard College, Cambridge, MA, USA

1999-2003

Tutoring Experience

Private Studio

online and Berlin, Germany

2011-present



Die Etage, Schule für darstellenden Künste e.V.

Berlin, Germany

2015-2019



Private Studio

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

2005-2011



Longy School of Music of Bard College

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

2000-2003