Shira Ziv Soprano
Shira Ziv, soprano, has been celebrated as a “standout” for her “vocal prowess and acting acumen” (Daniel Hathaway, Cleveland Classical) with her singing praised for its “confidence, ease, and agility” (Pamela Hickman’s Concert Critique Blog).
Shira’s upcoming engagements for 2026 include performing the role of Ismene in Mitridate, re di Ponto with the Cleveland Opera, performing the role of Ligeia and covering Iris in The Tempest with Teatro Grattacielo, and voicing the role of Florence alongside co-star Toni Marie Palmertree in Showstopper, an animated operatic short film as a guest artist with the Ringling College of Art and Design.
Her 2025 season also featured the roles of Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel with Music On Site, Inc., Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro with Teatro Grattacielo as a Camerata Bardi Young Artist, Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Playhouse Square’s Mimi Ohio Theatre, and Zina in Nico Muhly’s Dark Sisters at the Cleveland Museum of Art, both with the CIM Opera Theatre. She also serves as soprano soloist for “Mother Tongue,” a sound installation by Dana Ziv and Laila Abd Elrazaq presented at the Haifa Museum of Art throughout 2025–2026.
Shira has performed with organizations such as the CIM Opera Theatre, Jerusalem Lyric Opera, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, Harrower Summer Opera and more.
No stranger to the competition scene, Shira was awarded Audience Favorite at the 2025 Nightingale Opera Theatre Biennial Vocal Competition and in 2024 alone she recieved first place prizes in five national and international competitions. She was also named the recipient of the Boris Goldovsky Prize in Opera from the Cleveland Institute of Music for the most outstanding operatic performance of the 2024 school year.
Shira holds both an MM and BM in Vocal Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Passionate about collaboration and exploring diverse repertoire, Shira is dedicated to making opera accessible and strives to bring humor, depth, and artistry to every performance.
