Ariana Pullano

Ariana grew-up in the Washington, D.C area. She attended the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. and majored in Vocal Performance. Upon graduating magna-cum-laude in 2004, she began teaching music at Saint Ann Catholic School in Arlington, Virginia and immediately the music program flourished. Two new children’s choirs were formed and soon she was also asked to lead the Saint Ann Parish Choir. In 2005, Ariana began a Master of Music in Opera Performance at the University of South Carolina. After the completion of her Master’s degree, she performed in numerous theater productions, worked with Opera Carolina, and in 2007 was the State winner of the Metropolitan Opera Competition.

Ariana has appeared in several theater, musical theater, operetta and opera productions in Italy and all over the United States. Her credits include Postcard from Morocco (Foreign Singer/Lady with a Hat Box), Le docteur miracle (Veronique), The Merry Widow (Olga/Clo-Clo), Die Fledermaus (Prince Orlofsky), Die Zauberflöte (Zweite Dame), The Sound of Music (Mother Abbess), Mourning Becomes Elektra (Christine), and The Merchant of Venice (Jessica), to name a few. Since her move to Vienna, Austria in 2007, Ariana has concentrated on teaching and finds working with children to be more rewarding than work on stage. She has designed and taught an English-speaking Drama class at Teatro and is currently the head music teacher at the Vienna Elementary School, in Preschool through grade four. In addition, she is completing a certification in the Dalcroze teaching method. She believes strongly in the power of music, as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, “Music is the universal language of mankind.” It can teach us about ourselves, show us the culture of others and yet through it we are all connected.