Cuban-American singer, Isabella Lamadriz has received acclaim for her work as a dramatic coloratura soprano on the operatic stage and as a specialist in Cuban Art Song. This summer, Ms. Lamadriz will fly to Detroit to appear at the Cranbrook Art Gallery for the opening of their summer series centering Cuban artists. She will also begin recording an album of Cuban songs for release in 2025. Also this summer, Ms. Lamadriz will join NJ Lyric Opera, covering the role of Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto and performing excerpts for NJ Lyric Opera’s summer gala. This fall, she will perform her role debut of Konstanze in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail with New York Opera Forum.

 

In 2023, Ms. Lamadriz appeared as a soloist with Musica de Camara in New York City. She has performed multiple times with the Jeunesse Musicales International Festival in Grožnjan, Croatia, most recently in 2023 as Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen and in 2019, as Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. In 2020, she was awarded first prize in the opera division of the Lav Mirski International Voice Competition in Osijek, Croatia. Other favorite opera roles include Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème with Philadelphia’s Amici Opera and Controller in Jonathan Dove’s Flight at The Boston Conservatory. Ms. Lamadriz holds Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees in Voice Performance from The Boston Conservatory. 

 

Dear to her heart is the Cuban Art Song Project, which she founded and directs. CASPs mission is to create professional recordings and present concerts of underperformed Cuban art song, zarzuela, and popular music and to encourage the integration of these songs into the canon of regularly performed art music. 

 

As a 30th birthday present to herself, Isabella decided to take up the electric and double bass. She performs with multiple rock bands and collaborates with other artists in the New York area.