About Me

Praised for her warm, versatile voice and dynamic acting skill, Becca Allen is a mezzo-soprano based in Boston, MA.

Her recent engagements include Sesto (La clemenza di Tito ), Carmen (Carmen ), the Mezzo-Soprano in Hydrogen Jukebox, Bradamante (Alcina ), Cecilia March (Little Women ), Ottavia (Il Guioco del Quadriglio), La Zia Principessa (Suor Angelica ), The Narrator/Mysterious Man (Into the Woods ), Hucklebee (The Fantasticks ), among others.

Becca was named a District Encouragement Award winner in the 2024 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, a finalist in Boston University's 2024 Soloist Competition, and a 2024 Departmental Award winner by BU’s prestigious Opera Institute.

She can next be seen as the Alto soloist in Handel's Messiah with the First Church in Chestnut Hill.

Becca has performed numerous choral and orchestral works, with highlights including the Alto soloist in Mozart’s Missa Brevis in F Major with Boston’s acclaimed Church of the Advent choir, as well as an Alto soloist for Mozart’s Requiem in D minor with BU’s Chamber Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus. This winter, she will be making her Handel’s Messiah debut as the Alto soloist with the First Church in Chestnut Hill.

She has also had the privilege to be included in several premieres of new work and recording projects from such composers as Joan Tower and Roxanne Winslow, as well as her own work recording in Folk and Irish styles.

A review of her recent performance as a member of The Sextet (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder ), with San Francisco's Lamplighters Music Theatre, called Becca and her cast "...ever-role-changing, always hysterical" ( Eddy Reynolds, Theatre Eddy's San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Reviews ).

Becca received a Performance Diploma from Boston University and her Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology and a Minor Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Redlands.

Between roles, Becca can be heard as the Alto soloist in the First Church in Chestnut Hill's weekly quartet and seasonal concerts.