American contralto Davia Bouley has attracted attention from U.S. and European audiences alike for her alluring stage presence and voice of “true beauty” (OperaWire). She has performed with opera companies, at music festivals, and in concert halls all over the United States and Europe, including the Cincinnati Opera, Theater Dortmund, Munich’s Isarphilharmonie, Berliner Philharmonie, the Aspen Music Festival, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, and the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Current and recent career highlights include her debut as Serena Joy in The Handmaid’s Tale at Detroit Opera; Zweite Dame at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Die Zauberflöte, under the musical direction of Sir Donald Runnicles; Siegrune in Die Walküre with Theater Dortmund, directed by Peter Konwitschny; and a tour of concert debuts as Flosshilde in Der Ring an einem Abend with the Staatskapelle Weimar, performing at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Isarphilharmonie, Weimarhalle, Meistersingerhalle in Nuremburg, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, and Berliner Philharmonie.

Davia made her European debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Paysanne 2 in their new production of Meyerbeer’s Le prophète under the baton of Enrique Mazzola. She then continued to be a regular guest for seven seasons at the company, with roles that included Lola in Cavalleria rusticana, Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte, the Beggar Woman in Graham Vick’s Death in Venice alongside Ian Bostridge, Maestra delle Novizie in Suor Angelica, Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the Third Secretary in the Berlin premiere of Nixon in China.

U.S. engagements have included Silver Dollar in The Ballad of Baby Doe with Amarillo Opera, the alto soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Round Top Music Festival, Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly and Little Buttercup in H.M.S. Pinafore with Indianapolis Opera, and Giovanna in Rigoletto and Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte with Cincinnati Opera, conducted by Bernard Labadie.

A native of Southern California, she holds a master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University.