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 include covering Iris in Joseph Summer’s The Tempest with Teatro Grattacielo in 2026, voicing the role of Florence in Showstopper, an animated operatic short film premiering in March 2026, as a guest artist with the Ringling College of Art and Design, and performing Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel with Music On Site, Inc. at the end of 2025.

Her 2025 season also featured the roles of 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.

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, in 2024 alone Shira earned first-place awards from the National Association of Teachers of Singing (Ohio Chapter), the International Mozart Competition, the Paris International Music Competition, and the Bizet International Music Competition. 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.