Costa Rican-American soprano Teresa Castillo has been hailed by the San Francisco Gate as a “standout, bringing [vocal] power and florid elegance,” and by Opera News for exhibiting “a clean, concentrated sound, and a lovely, intelligent musicianship.” Ms. Castillo’s operatic repertoire includes Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Madame Mao (Nixon in China), the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor, Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Creusa (Medea in Corinto), #1(Transformations), Rosina (Barber of Seville), Königin der Nacht (Die Zauberflöte), Amina (La sonnambula), Drusilla (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Maria (West Side Story), Ms. Wordsworth (Albert Herring) and Adele (Die Fledermaus). She has sung with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Knoxville Opera, The Princeton Festival, Opera Theatre St. Louis, Bel Canto at Caramoor, Teatro Nuovo, Opera San Jose, White Snake Projects, Virginia Opera, Central City Opera, Merola Opera Program and will be making debuts with Opera Lafayette and Chicago Opera Theatre. Recent competition prizes include the George London Competition, the Cooper-Bing Competition, Opera Index Competition, The Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition, and the Altamura/Caruso International Voice Competition, The Anita Cerquetti International Competition, Lois Alba Aria Competition, Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and has received grants from Career Bridges, The Allied Arts (CO), The Anna Sosenko Trust, and the Bel Canto Vocal Scholarship Foundation (RI).
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