French-American mezzo-soprano Valérie Filloux has been noted for her "playful wit and charm." Recent and upcoming performances include Mrs. Grose (Turn of the Screw) with Opera Roanoke, Florence Pike cover (Albert Herring) with Opera Baltimore, and Annio (La clemenza di Tito) with dell'Arte Opera Ensemble. She sings Charity (Anything Goes) and Miss Goodrich (Mayo) and covers the title role in Carmen with Seagle Music Festival, then spends the fall with Seagle as a Fall Season Artist. She also returns to Northern Virginia Chorale as Mezzo/Alto Soloist in Saint-Saëns' Oratorio de Noël. A recent graduate of the University of Maryland Opera Studio, she performed Paula (Florencia en el Amazonas), Nancy (Albert Herring), and Florence Pike (Albert Herring) on the mainstage, and she sang Younger Sister/Parent B in the premiere of Justine F. Chen and Jaqueline Goldfinger's TWA. She has spent summers with the dell’Arte Opera Ensemble, Aspen Music Festival, and the Janiec Opera Company at the Brevard Music Center, with whom her assignments have included Zita (Gianni Schicchi), Mrs. Grose (Turn of the Screw), The Baker's Wife (cover, Into the Woods), several recitals and multi-genre concerts, and a new work in collaboration with Gala Flagello as part of the Aspen Composition Project. She completed her undergraduate studies at Northwestern University, earning a Bachelor of Music in Voice & Opera with department honors along with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies.