Isabelle Hoyou

Mezzo-soprano Isabelle Hoyou is a voice teacher. She was the 2025 recipient of the Lee/Barbara Cass Award for Vocal Excellence, and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University after receiving her Bachelor’s from Oberlin Conservatory.

This season Isabelle will perform as Night Creatures (Papagayo) and will cover Beggar Lady (Sweeney Todd) as a Smith Young Artist with Cedar Rapids Opera. Isabelle will also be the soloist in Manuel de Falla's El amor Brujo at Heinz Hall with the Carnegie Mellon University Philharmonic this Halloween.

Recently, Isabelle portrayed Annio (la clemenza di Tito), Old Lady (Candide), and Ottone (Ottone in Villa). She has also performed scenes as Carmen (Carmen), Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti), Amneris (Aïda), Malika (Lakmé), Madalenna (Rigoletto), and Alicia (Lucia di Lammermoor).

Isabelle has sung with Pittsburgh Festival Opera, Resonance Works Opera, and most recently sang chorus in Laura Kaminsky’s Time to Act world premier with The Pittsburgh Opera.