Raquel González
soprano
“A true artist”
Opera News
Hailed as a “true artist” (Opera News), soprano Raquel González is a recipient of the prestigious Sphinx Organization’s Medal of Excellence. Her 25/26 season includes a debut with Opera Louisiane in Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San), a return to Sarasota Opera in The Merry Widow (Hanna Glawari), and a debut with The Gilmore Keyboard Festival in a solo recital highlighting the works of Pauline Viardot.
In the 24/25 season, she made debuts with Opera Colorado in La bohème (Mimì), with both the Colorado Symphony and Pacific Symphony in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, and with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood in Poulenc’s Gloria. Additional performances included returns to Opera San Antonio and Austin Opera in Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San), the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra in Don Carlo (Elisabetta), The Metropolitan Opera to cover La bohème (Mimì), and Berkshire Opera Festival for their 10th anniversary concert.
Ms. González recently made her debuts with Houston Grand Opera in Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San), Austin Opera in Carmen (Micaëla), and Berkshire Opera Festival in Faust (Marguerite). She also returned to the roster of The Metropolitan Opera for the company premiere of Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas and performed with the New York Festival of Song in a concert of Latin music. She debuted with Opera San Antonio in Don Giovanni (Donna Anna) and Virginia Opera in La bohème (Mimì), and returned to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in Harvey Milk (Dianne Feinstein). Additional appearances included Queen City Opera in concert scenes from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Iolanta, the New York Festival of Song in Buenos Aires, Then and Now, and a solo recital at the University of Lynchburg.
Other recent engagements include house debuts with Inland Northwest Opera in La traviata (Violetta) and Sarasota Opera in Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San), in addition to joining the roster of The Metropolitan Opera for La bohème. On the concert stage, she debuted with the St. Louis Symphony and Music Director Stéphane Denève singing “Vissi d’arte” from Tosca, and performed Verdi’s Requiem with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park. She also made a role and house debut with Chicago Opera Theater in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Kashchej the Immortal (Princess), conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya.
Additional performances included returns to Lyric Opera of Kansas City in La bohème (Mimì), Opera Tampa in La bohème (Mimì), and Central City Opera in Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San); and debuts with Lyric Opera of Chicago in Madama Butterfly, New Orleans Opera in Turandot (Liù), Washington National Opera in Silent Night (Anna Sørensen), North Carolina Opera in Carmen (Micaëla), Atlanta Opera in Eugene Onegin (Tatyana), and Opera on the James in La traviata (Violetta). Ms. González made her debut at The Glimmerglass Festival in The Magic Flute (First Lady) before returning as a guest artist in La bohème.
She recently completed three seasons as a Young Artist with Washington National Opera, where she appeared in Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San), Le nozze di Figaro (Contessa Almaviva), Don Giovanni (Donna Anna), Carmen (Micaëla), and La bohème (Mimì). Additional assignments included Hansel and Gretel (Sandman) and covering Dialogues of the Carmelites (Blanche). She also debuted with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra in Otello (Desdemona).