Ailyn Perez

Askonas Holt is delighted to announce the European representation of soprano Ailyn Perez. Ailyn Perez’s “inner radiance combined with vocal luster” has made her one of the most promising and exciting young artists today. She won Second Prize in the 2006 Operalia Competition in Valencia and the George London Award in the 2006 George London Foundation Competition. Most recently, she made her debut with Opera Theatre of St Louis as Violetta in La traviata and with Boston Lyric Opera as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. She has also sung with Los Angeles Opera as Amor in the world premiere of Lee Holdrige’s Concierto para Mendez, with Opera Carolina as Gilda in Rigoletto and sang in a seven city tour of the United States and Mexico with tenor Andrea Bocelli.

She joins the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in the 2007/08 season for Le nozze di Figaro and Hansel und Gretel. Her future engagements include Violetta in La traviata with Florida Grand Opera, the four heroines in Les Contes d’Hoffmann with Opera Theatre of St Louis, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro and Adina in L’elisir d’amore with Michigan Opera Theatre, Leila in Les Pecheurs de Perles with Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Marguerite in Faust with Opera Carolina and two projects with Opera Company of Philadelphia: Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi and Juliette in Romeo et Juliette. In the summer of 2008 she will make her debut at the Salzburg Festival as Juliette in Romeo et Juliette alternating with Anna Netrebko.

Ms Perez has won awards for both her operatic singing and recital performances. She is a 2007 winner of the Shoshana Foundation Career. In 2005 she placed second t the Loren L.Zachary Competition, received an encouragement award from Opera Index and was awarded second place from the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation in 2004.

Ailyn Perez is a graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts and Indiana University.