Alexandra Bernas lives a double life as a soprano and a physician. Her 2025 season highlights
include winning Third Prize at the National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA)
and passing the Philippine Physician Licensure Examination.
In between hospital rotations, Ms. Bernas sang Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel at the Academy of
Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. Prior to this, she performed as Zerlina in Don Giovanni (abridged)
and Fortuna in L’incoronazione di Poppea, both at the New York Lyric Opera Theatre. Opera
scene work includes Manon (Manon) and Miss Silverpeal (The Impresario).
Ms. Bernas holds an MD–MBA at the Ateneo School of Medicine, where she serenaded
newborn babies and gave impromptu concerts in the operating room. She holds a B.A. Music
from Haverford College, where she won the Bi-College Concerto Competition and received
the E. Clyde Lutton 1966 Memorial Fund Award for Performance