Ailyn perez biography samples

Hailed by The New York Timesas “a beautiful woman who commands the stage” and “a major soprano,” Ailyn Pérez is in demand at the world’s leading opera houses and cultural capitals. As Opera News observes, “The phrase ‘an embarrassment of riches’ might have been invented to describe the combination of talents that belong to Ailyn Pérez … who truly seems to have it all.”Internationally celebrated for her signature artistry, as the winner of the 2012 Richard Tucker Award she became the first Hispanic recipient in the award’s history.

Ailyn’s current season is highlighted by her eagerly awaited debut as Leonora in a new production of Verdi’s Il Trovatore at Houston Grand Opera.

She returns to The Metropolitan Opera to reprise her signature role of Mimì in Puccini’s La Bohème, a performance she will also offer in a new production by Melanie Bacaling at the Lyric Opera of Chicago later in the spring.

Additional operatic engagements include Cio-Cio-San in Puccini’s Madama