Vanessa returns to LA Opera as Nuria in Ainadamar composed by Osvaldo Golijov. Conducted by Lina González-Granados.
https://www.laopera.org/performances/202425-season/ainadamar/
Vanessa makes her role and house debuts as Violetta Valéry in Verdi’s iconic masterpiece La traviata. Conducted by Brian Garman.
Vanessa debuts with the Boise Phil as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem conducted by Eric Garcia.
Vanessa makes her Alice Tully Hall debut with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in a program of Spanish songs for voice, guitar, piano, violin, and cello. This program will go on a two-week nationwide tour following this performance at Lincoln Center.
https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/our-concerts/at-lincoln-center/events/24-25/spanish-journey/
Vanessa reunites with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, led by John DeMain, in this program of holiday repertoire at Madison’s Overture Center for the Arts.
Vanessa returns to the role of Norina in Don Pasquale in this production presented by Festival Napa Valley at the Mondavi Arts Center at UC-Davis. Noah Lindquist conducts and Jean-Romain Vesperini directs.
Vanessa debuts with Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera as Susanna in Mozart’s masterpiece Le nozze di Figaro.
https://www.sacphilopera.org/production/opening-night-the-marriage-of-figaro/
Vanessa makes her Chicago Opera Theater debut as the title role in the North American premiere of Leonora by Ferdinando Paër. Jane Glover conducts and Larry Edelson directs.
Vanessa joins Opera Edwardsville in a summer concert at City Park featuring singers Alexandra LoBianco, Lauren Decker, Key’mon Murrah, Martin Luther Clark, Eric Ferring, Evan Bravos, and Joseph Welch at the piano.
Vanessa debuts with Green Lake Music Festival in “An Evening of Opera” featuring arias, duets, and trios with Ashley Dixon, mezzo-soprano, Carlos Santelli, tenor, and Laurann Gilley, piano.
Vanessa returns to Opera Theater of St. Louis as Maria Celeste/Eos in Philip Glass’ Galileo Galilei. Directed by James Robinson and conducted by Kwamé Ryan.
Vanessa makes her mainstage debut with Arizona Opera as Zerlina in Don Giovanni. Conducted by Daniela Candillari and directed by Tara Faircloth.
Vanessa returns to Minnesota Opera in a role debut as Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore. Conducted by Christopher Franklin and directed by Daniel Ellis.
Vanessa debuts with the Phoenix Symphony as the soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah conducted by Tito Muñoz.
Vanessa returns to Opera Omaha as Norina in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale conducted by Gary Wedow and directed by Octavio Cardenas.
Vanessa debuts with Lakes Area Music Festival as Norina in Don Pasquale. Conducted by Christian Reif and directed by Ian Silverman.
Vanessa makes her role and house debut at Opera Theatre of St. Louis as Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte.
Vanessa debuts with the newly reimagined San Antonio Philharmonic under the baton of Kazem Abdullah singing Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and Mozart’s concert aria, Bella mia fiamma.
https://saphil.org/event/classics-8-kazem-abdullah-conducts-barber-and-mozart/
Vanessa returns to Opera Omaha in her role debut as Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro conducted by Steven White.
https://operaomaha.org/season-tickets/current-season/22-23/the-marriage-of-figaro
Vanessa makes her role debut as Marie in Donizetti’s La fille du régiment at the Ordway Music Theater in St. Paul, MN.
https://mnopera.org/season/2022-2023/the-daughter-of-the-regiment/
Vanessa returns to Houston Grand Opera as La Mujer in Javier Martínez and Leonard Foglia’s El milagro del recuerdo.
https://www.houstongrandopera.org/events-tickets/2022-23-season/el-milagro-del-recuerdo/
Vanessa makes her role and house debut as Carolina in Cimarosa’s El matrimonio secreto with Florida Grand Opera at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, FL.
Vanessa makes her role and house debut as Juliet in Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet with Boston Lyric Opera.
Vanessa debuts with Madison Opera and the Madison Symphony Orchestra in their annual Opera in the Park celebration under the baton of John DeMain.
https://www.madisonopera.org/oitp22/
Vanessa debuts as Belle with Opera Parallèle in their innovative production of Philip Glass’s “La Belle et la Bête” blending live opera with Jean Cocteau’s original, iconic film of the same name. Conducted by Nicole Paiement.
Vanessa makes a role and house debut portraying Marzelline in Beethoven’s “Fidelio”, conducted by Timothy Myers.
Vanessa returns to the Washington National Opera to create the role of Alicia Hernández in Kamala Sankaram’s RISE conducted by Robert Spano.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2021-2022/written-in-stone/
Vanessa debuts with the Virginia Symphony as the soprano soloist in Handel’s “Messiah”.
An Afternoon of songs by Mexican composer Jorge Sosa accompanied by Kathleen Tagg on the piano. Premiering a new song cycle with text by Stephanie Fleischmann. Marc A. Scorca Hall at Opera America. Free - vaccination required, masks required.
Vanessa will join Aural Compass Projects for their “New Works, New Voices” concert singing Colombian composer Juan Calderon’s “6 Songs for Soprano & Guitar” at Marc A. Scorca Hall at Opera America. Proof of vaccination required.
Vanessa debuts with Arizona Opera in the title role of the world premiere of “The Copper Queen”, adapted as a full-length feature film presentation. Screening at Harkins Movie Theaters in Phoenix, Tucson, and Scottsdale. Composed by Clint Borzoni, libretto by John de los Santos. Conducted by Daniela Candillari, directed by Crystal Manich, produced by Manley Films.
As co-curator and soloist Vanessa returns to her hometown “Among Friends” as Fort Worth Opera’s kick off event of the season, specifically celebrating LatinX music for Hispanic Heritage Month.