New York-based American soprano THERESA SANTIAGO has attracted
international attention for her highly individual style and beautiful, seamlessly integrated lyric soprano voice. Recently
issued on the Musical Heritage label is her first solo CD featuring works by Spanish composers. She has sung recitals at London’s
Wigmore Hall, New York’s Alice Tully Hall and Frick Collection, Washington, D.C’s Kennedy Center, Boston’s
Gardner Museum and on the distinguished Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and Detroit Pro Musica series.
Opera remains a special love, and she has enjoyed particular success as Mimì
in Puccini’s La bohème, a role for which she was engaged by the New York City, San Francisco and Piedmont Operas,
Opera Omaha and the New Jersey Symphony. Other Puccini roles include Liù in Turandot with Opera Colorado and the
Virginia Opera, Magda in La rondine at the Washington Opera, and the title role of Suor Angelica at the Longview
Opera. She has also sung Pamina in Mozart’s The Magic Flute with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood
Bowl, as well as at Michigan Opera Theatre and the Washington and Toledo Operas. She has also appeared at Opera Theater of
St. Louis and the Connecticut Grand Opera.
An equally accomplished concert singer, Ms. Santiago has been guest soloist
with the Hong Kong Philharmonic (Schubert’s Salve Regina), New York Philharmonic (Mendelssohn’s Elijah),
Colorado Symphony (Berlioz’ Les nuits d’été and Poulenc’s Gloria), Seattle Symphony (Mendelssohn’s
“Lobgesang” Symphony), American Symphony (Rachmaninoff’s The Bells), Cincinnati Symphony
(Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony and a program of Verdi Arias),
Louisville Orchestra (Elijah), Phoenix Symphony (Brahms Requiem), Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (Bach’s
B Minor Mass) and Puerto Rico Symphony (Haydn’s Die Schöpfung and Bach’s Magnificat).
She also performed a Stravinsky chamber program with members of the New World Symphony. Among the distinguished conductors
with whom she has collaborated are David Atherton, Leon Botstein, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, John DeMain, Klaus Donath, Hal France,
Heinz Fricke, Eugene Kohn, Kurt Masur, Hermann Michael, Gerard Schwarz, Uri Segal, Duain Wolfe and Hugh Wolff. Recent
highlights include Poulenc’s Gloria with the Mississippi Symphony, a Puccini program with the Queens Symphony,
Vaughan-Williams’ A Sea Symphony with the Illinois Symphony and a special Valentine’s program with tenor
Richard Clement and the Ridgefield Symphony. A renowned interpreter of the Verdi Requiem, she has sung
it most recently with the Santa Rosa Symphony and reprises it this season with the Orlando Philharmonic. In addition
she makes her National Philharmonic debut in Bach's St. Matthew Passion, her Harrisburg Symphony debut in Vaughan-Williams'
Dona nobis pacem and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony; and her Delaware Symphony debut in the Mozart Requiem.
Awards include placing first in the Naumburg Competition and prizes in the
D’Angelo and Puccini Foundation Competitions. Ms. Santiago holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the
Juilliard School
