Felicia Valenti
I tell stories through voice, song and screen
About Felicia
Felicia Valenti is a lover of stories and sound. She began life as a loud, inquisitive child and grew into a (more appropriately volumed, yet still deeply curious) multidisciplinary artist, performer, producer, voice teacher, and creator based in Hamilton, Ontario. Trained originally as an opera singer, Felicia’s career has expanded across voiceover, theatre, film, and independent production, with over a decade of experience working across genres and disciplines.
In the past year Felicia produced three short films, two classical concerts, and two opera cabarets (supported by the City of Hamilton) and voiced for the popular videogame Zenless Zone Zero, as well as won “Best Actress” in the 48h Film Challenge. Her on-screen work includes television appearances such as Cruel Intentions, as well as indie film. As a voice and performance artist, she has lent her voice to animation and AAA video games including Reverse: 1999, Avatar, Far Cry 6, Last Dungeon Boonies, Assassin’s Creed, and Star Wars for Ubisoft. On stage, she has appeared with White Mills Theatre in Ether and A Christmas Carol, and as Annabell-Lee in last year’s hit run of Tales of the Grotesque. Her opera credits include Audrey in James Bond: A Convenient Lie (Malfi Productions) and Adina in L’elisir d’amore with Toronto City Opera, among others.
As a voiceover artist, Felicia works with clients around the world and has voiced campaigns for McDonald’s, Cineplex, Dell, BMW, Air Transat, and more. She is the recipient of the One Voice Awards’ Best International Voiceover Performance for her work with Cineplex. Beyond classical and commercial work, she was the frontwoman for the indie band UnHRDof and has worked extensively as a session singer on rock albums and soundtracks.
Felicia holds a BFA in Voice Performance from York University, where she studied under Norma Burrowes, and continues her vocal training with soprano Kinga Mitrowska. She has run her own professional voice studio since 2011, through which she teaches singers and voice professionals around the world. She is currently in pre-production on several scripted projects and produces Opera Untamed, an ongoing opera series dedicated to accessibility and amplifying underrepresented voices in the art form. Passionate about collaboration, Felicia is drawn to bold, emotional storytelling – particularly stories that center women.
She lives in Hamilton with her husband, their black cat Luna, and a thriving forest of houseplants.
Art and the truth about storytelling…
About 44,000 years ago, in a cave in Indonesia, a story was told. A group hunt for the wild water buffalo. This is the first recorded story and the first work of art (as far as we are aware). Art came before cities, before written law. Art came before wine. Art came before bread! We are participating in a tradition that is as old as clothing! Creatives have been participating in an unbroken chain of artists, of storytellers going back millennia. What a feeling to be a part of this awesome tradition.
My goal as an artist is to break down barriers. To draw people together to listen, to care and to understand each other.
Now more than ever, stories and their storytellers are needed.
We are in this big, crazy world together and the best gift that we can give are the stories we tell.
Keep telling yours!
Felicia.