Age: 28
Kresley Figueroa is a second-year Cafritz Young Artist with Washington National Opera. Her roles with WNO last season included Partenope in Handel’s Partenope, Berginella in an English adaptation of Offenbach’s La Périchole, and The Unicorn in Tesori’s The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me. This season, Kresley performs the roles of Chrisann Brennan in Mason Bates’ The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs and Bagheera in Sankaram’s Jungle Book. Other recent highlights include Nannetta in Falstaff, performing alongside Bryn Terfel in the title role with The Aspen Music Festival, and Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Opera San Antonio. Kresley is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Rice University.
Principal Teachers
- Stephen King
- Heidi Grant Murphy
- Mark Schneible
- Robin Rice
- Lorraine Nubar
- Marlena Malas
Major Competitions
- National Semifinalist, Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, 2025
- Finalist, Opera Index Vocal Competition, 2024
- 1st prize and Audience Favorite Award, James Toland Vocal Arts Competition, 2024
- 3rd prize, YPO/Florida Grand Opera Vocal Competition, 2023
- Black and Latinx Song Presentation Award, Duncan Williams Voice Competition, 2023
PROGRAMME
FIRST ROUND: ARIA
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV S podruzhami po yagoda khodit
(Snegourotchka)
GAETANO DONIZETTI Regnava nel silenzio
(Lucia di Lammermoor)
JONATHAN DOVE Down You Go
(Flight)
FIRST ROUND: ART SONG
FERNANDO OBRADORS Al Amor
(Canciones Clásicas Españolas, vol. 1)
JOAQUÍN TURINA Los dos miedos
(Poema en forma de canciones, op. 19)
FRANCIS POULENC Violon
(Fiançailles pour rire)
GABRIEL FAURÉ Après un rêve
(Trois mélodies, op. 7)
RICHARD STRAUSS Ständchen
(Sechs Lieder, op. 17)
RICHARD STRAUSS Einerlei
(Fünf kleine Lieder, op. 69)
ART SONG PRIZE FINAL
FERNANDO OBRADORS Chiquitita la novia · ¿Corazón, porque pasáis? · Del cabello más sutil
(Canciones Clásicas Españolas, vol. 1)
FRANZ SCHUBERT Frühlingsglaube
CLAUDE DEBUSSY Chevaux de bois
(Ariettes oubliées)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY Apparition
(Quatre mélodies)
SEMIFINAL
JULES MASSENET Je marche sur tous les chemins
(Manon)
JOSEPH HAYDN Auf starkem Fittiche schwinget sich der Adler stolz
(Die Schöpfung)
GIUSEPPE VERDI Gualtier Maldè… Caro nome
(Rigoletto)
FINAL
GIACOMO PUCCINI Quando m’en vo’
(La bohème)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Deh vieni, non tardar
(Le nozze di Figaro)
AMBROISE THOMAS À vos jeux mes amis
(Hamlet)
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