Soprano Teresa Perrotta is a 2023 Grand Finals Winner of The Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition and a 2023 Sullivan Foundation Award Winner.
In the 26/27 season, Teresa will make her role debut as the title role of Floyd’s Susannah with San Diego Opera and debut with Madison opera in Carmen (Micaëla). Last season, Teresa debuted with The Dallas Opera and Cincinnati Opera for Carmen (Micaëla), as well as make her role debut in the title role of Madama Butterfly at Opéra Louisiane. On the concert stage, she debuted with the LA Philharmonic in Die Walküre (Helmwige) conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and at Rutgers University in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.
In the 24/25 season, Teresa debuted at The Metropolitan Opera for The Magic Flute (First Lady), Opera Omaha for Don Giovanni (Donna Anna), and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena), and returned to Washington National Opera as a guest soloist in their concert, Gods and Mortals: A Celebration of Wagner. On the concert stage, Teresa appeared with the Pacific Symphony for Das Rheingold (Freia).
In her last year as a Cafritz Young Artist at Washington National Opera, Teresa’s mainstage roles included the world premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded (Also Jess) and Songbird (Guadalena). On the concert stage Teresa made debuts with the Erie Philharmonic in Carmina Burana, The Santa Fe Symphony in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and the Pacific Symphony for staged performances of La bohème (Mimì).
In 22/23, she made her Kennedy Center debut in Elektra (Fünfte Magd) followed by La bohème (Musetta). Additional debuts included Falstaff (Alice Ford) with Maryland Lyric Opera, Nabucco (Anna) with Washington Concert Opera and in the summer of 2023, she returned to The Glimmerglass Festival to make her mainstage debut in La bohème (Mimì).
Teresa spent two summers with The Santa Fe Opera, where she performed in Falstaff (Alice Ford) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena). She made her international debut in The Ghosts of Versailles (Marie Antoinette) at L’Opéra royal de Versailles in 2019.
Teresa has placed in numerous competitions including the Gerda Lissner Foundation International Competition, The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Districts, the Lotte Lenya Competition, Butler Opera International Voice Competition, and the Corbett Opera Competition.
Teresa received her undergraduate degree from the Eastman School of Music and her master’s degree and artist diploma from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). She has been a Young Artist with The Santa Fe Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, Chautauqua Opera, and Ohio Light Opera.
2026-2027

