María Fernanda Castillo

(soprano, Mexico)

EDUCATION AND WORK
Mexican soprano María Fernanda Castillo began her career as a pop singer in Xalapa, Veracruz. After discovering the world of opera, she participated in the Carlo Morelli competition, winning the Youth Revelation award at the age of 21. In the same year, she was selected by the International Society of Mexican Art Values (SIVAM) to participate in the masterclasses of renowned masters and received a scholarship to sing at opera festivals, such as The International Vocal Arts Institute in Canada and Israel as well as programs and coachings in New York and Mexico.

In 2013, she was selected for the first Young Artist program in Mexico (EOBA), directed by the renowned tenor Ramón Vargas. Later, in 2014, she debuted at the Ópera de Bellas Artes de México, as Inès in “Il trovatore”. In 2018, she made her international debut at the San Diego Opera as Rosalba in Daniel Catán’s “Florencia en el Amazonas”. Since 2019, she has been a member of the ensemble of Theater Lübeck.

REPERTOIRE 
Desdemona (Verdi’s “Otello”) 
Violetta (Verdi’s “La traviata”)
Agathe (Weber’s “Der Freischütz”) 
Rusalka (Dvořák’s “Rusalka”) 
Woman (Poulenc’s “La Voix humaine”) 
Cio-Cio-San (Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly”)
Mimí (Puccini’s “La bohème”)
Fiora (Montemezzi’s “L’amore dei tre Re”)