Lisa Neher, Actor

Voice: Mezzo-Soprano (G3-B-flat5)
Height: 5'1"
Weight: 110 lbs
Hair: Brown
​Eyes: Brown
Special Skills: Professional Singer, Professional Composer, Pianist (intermediate), Marketing, Costuming & Sewing, Props

Roles

Bluejay | Deep Water​ (world premiere | New Wave Oepra | 2026
Narrator | Persuasion & Northanger Abbey | Readers Theatre Gresham | 2026
Zandra | Alice Tierney | New Wave Opera | 2025
Marie Curie | Marie Curie Learns to Swim | New Wave Opera | 2025
Woman | Four Dialogues for Two Voices and Two Pianos | Cascadia Chamber Opera | 2025
Henry VI, Earl of Northumberland, Archbishop of Canterbury | Upon the King (Oregon Premiere) | Penguin Productions | 2025
Eunice Sterling | The Poison Squad, a new musical by Anthony Orkin | Fertile Ground | 2025
Angie | Pepito | New Wave Opera | 2025
Chester | Meow and Forever | New Wave Opera | 2025
Rapunzel | Bitter Herb | Speculative Drama | 2025
Board President & Ensemble | Rella, a new musical by Bevin Victoria & Aaron Wheeler-Kay | Echo Theatre Company | 2024
Sophia | Serial Killers and the City | New Wave Opera | 2024
Narrator | THUMP! | New Wave Opera | 2024
Mom/Siren, Farmer, Vice President, Sophia | Five Ways to Die (World Premiere) | Experiments in Opera | 2024
Dana Daring | Adam's Run | Renegade Opera | 2023
Anna | The Times are Nightfall | Queer Opera | 2022
Astronaut | Space Station 189 (World Premiere) | New Music Gathering | 2021
Julian | The Showing of Love (World Premiere) | Luther College | 2021
Female Soloist | This Land Sings | Opera Theatre Oregon | 2019

Lisa as Rapunzel with Speculative Drama

Lisa as King Henry VI. Photo by Penguin Productions.

Professional Opera Chorus

Chorus | Verdi Requiem | Portland Opera | 2026
Chorus | La bohème | Portland Opera | 2025
Chorus | Falstaff | Portland Opera | 2025
Chorus | Puccini in Concert | Portland Opera | 2024
Chorus | Rusalka | Portland Opera | 2023
Chorus | Carmen | Portland Opera | 2024
Chorus | Big Night Concert | Portland Opera | 2019-2022

Training & Education

Doctor of Musical Arts: Vocal Performance & Pedagogy, University of Iowa
Young Artist, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
Cortona Sessions for New Music
Master of Music: Composition, University of Kansas
Bachelor of Arts: Music and Theatre, Lewis & Clark College

Directors

Jeffrey Puukka
Melory Mirashrafi
​Garrett Gibbs
Megan Skye Hale
Beth Greenberg

Conductors

Katherine FitzGibbon
Nick Fox
Timothy Stalter
Danielle Jagelski

Coaches

Wayne Wyman
Susan McBerry
Chuck Dillard
​Paul Floyd