Ailyn Pérez’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, Spain, and the George London Award in the 2006 George London Foundation Competition.
Ms. Pérez sings Leila in Les Pêcheurs de Perles with the Teatro Municipal in Santiago, Chile, in the summer of 2009, followed by her debut at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin as Violetta in La traviata to begin the 2009-2010 season. She travels to London for a solo recital with the Rosenblatt Recital Series, and then joins James Morris for a recital under the auspices of the George London Foundation. She makes further debuts at the Arizona Opera, as Mimì in La bohème, followed by San Diego Opera, as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette, Spoleto Festival USA, in her role debut as Magda in La Rondine, and Cincinnati Opera, for further performances of Mimì.
Future seasons will feature a debut at Santa Fe Opera, Marguerite in Faust with San Diego Opera, Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Dallas Opera, and a return to Opera Company of Philadelphia.
Notable recent engagements include: Violetta at San Francisco Opera and Florida Grand Opera, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi at Opera Company of Philadelphia, Juliette in Roméo et Juliette at the Salzburg Festival,
Marzelline in Fidelio with Opera Company of Philadelphia, the Four Heroines in The Tales of Hoffmann with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro with the Salzburg Festival on tour to Japan, and Adina in L’elisir d’amore with Michigan Opera Theater.
Ms. Pérez has had the privilege to perform concert tours with both Plàcido Domingo (to Doha, Qatar), and Andrea Bocelli. She has performed Schubert's Mass no. 5 with the Netherlands Radio Symphony and has enjoyed appearances with Boston Lyric Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, and Los Angeles Opera.
She portrayed Anne Trulove in The Rake’s Progress with the Merola Opera Program, and sang a memorable recital in the Schwabacher Debut Recital Series that was hailed as a “tour de force” by the San Francisco Chronicle. Ms. Pérez was heard in the role of Juliette in Roméo et Juliette and the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro with Wolf Trap Opera and the National Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Pérez 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 at 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 Pérez is a graduate of The Academy of Vocal Arts and Indiana University. For AVA she has portrayed the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Adina in L’elisir d’amore, Suzel in L’amico Fritz, Mimì in La bohème, Anna in Le villi and Gilda in Rigoletto.
