Adriana Martinez

Style: Opera; Classical; Musical Theatre

Title: Assistant Professor of Music

Bio:

A versatile singer and scholar, Adriana Martínez Figueroa, soprano, appears regularly in concert and recital with MIOpera in Normal, IL, most recently in Dido and Aeneas (2024), The Pirates of Penzance (2023) and as Mimì (cover) in La Bohème (2019). She had her European debut in August 2018 as Gertrude in Hänsel und Gretel at the Trentino Music Festival in Fiera di Primiero, Italy. Adriana appeared in May 2017 on tour with OperaMaya in Mexico in scenes from Turandot (Liu), Die Zauberflöte (First Lady), and Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Konstanze). In July 2017 she returned to Chicago Summer Opera in scenes from Little Women (Amy) and The Turn of the Screw (Flora). Previous full roles include Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte with ViVaCe Vancouver Summer Opera Workshop, Mrs. Gobineau in Menotti’s The Medium and the Novice in Puccini’s Suor Angelica with Chicago Summer Opera. Partial roles include Maria in West Side Story, Ortlinde in Die Walküre (Lincoln Center), Leonora in Il Trovatore, Marianne in Tartuffe, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, and Malika in Lakmé. Adriana has participated in several summer programs, including AIMS in Graz, the Crittenden Opera Workshop and the Emerald City Opera Artist Institute, among others.

Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Adriana holds a Bachelor's degree in Music from the University of Charleston (WV), and a Master’s and PhD in Musicology from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. She is Associate Professor of Music at Eureka College in Eureka, IL, where she teaches voice, music history and music theory, and has previously taught at Arizona State University, Phoenix College and Towson University.

Voice Type: Soprano

Music Styles Taught: Opera; Classical; Musical Theatre

Availability: I am available as a performer; I am currently accepting private students; I am available as a clinician or presenter; I accept students through a college or university program

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