Praised for her “blinding brilliance,” Canadian Soprano Andrea Núñez is establishing herself as a versatile young artist. Andrea is thrilled to be making both a role and house debut with this production of Carmen at Pacific Opera Victoria. Upcoming this season, Andrea looks forward to debuting Juliette in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette in Québec, and revisiting Adele in Die Fledermaus with Toronto Operetta Theatre.
In 21/22, Andrea opened Opéra de Montréal’s season with a double bill of Vaughn-Williams’ Riders to the Sea and Labrosse’s Flambeau de la nuit. She rejoined the company in May for their celebrated production of Barrie Kosky’s Mozart’s The Magic Flute as First Lady. Her season also saw a rescheduling of Toronto Operetta Theatre’s A Waltz Dream, with Núñez in the lead role of Princess Helene. She recently completed a residency at National Sawdust, working with celebrated librettist Royce Vavrek and composer Vivian Fung on a cycle of songs centred on her identity and experiences as a multi-racial Canadian, supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Ms. Núñez is an alumna of l’Atelier Lyrique de l’Opera de Montréal, where she performed the roles of the Page in Rigoletto, Woglinde in Das Rheingold, and Alice B. Toklas in Ricky Ian Gordon’s 27. She also performed the roles of the Governess in The Turn of the Screw in collaboration with the Orchestre de l’Agora and Giulia in La Scala di seta in collaboration with the Orchestre symphonique de la Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent.
In 2018, Ms. Núñez returned to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for her second year as a Gerdine Young Artist and was a recipient of a Richard Gaddes Career Award. That season, she went on to create the role of Pvt. Sonia Gonzalez in the world premier of Huang Ruo & David Henry Hwang’s An American Soldier. During her first year at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Ms. Núñez performed the role of Butterfly’s Cousin in Madame Butterfly and she covered the role of Rosasharn in Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath.
Ms. Núñez, cover artist for the role of Fiakermilli in the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Arabella, is an alumnus of the Calgary Opera Emerging Artist Program where she performed the roles of Ellen in Lakmé, Le Feu and Le Rossignol in L’enfant et les sortilèges, and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte. She also covered the title role in Lakmé and the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte.