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date = "2019-03-18T22:11:36+00:00"
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title = "Zaray Rodriguez"
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Cuban-American Mezzo-Soprano Zaray Rodriguez is a Metropolitan Opera National Council District Winner and Regional Finalist. She has been praised for her mature artistry (Classical South Florida Review) and for her entrancing vocal production (Boston Music Intelligencer). Recently, Ms.Rodriguez was seen performing the role of Dinah in Bernstein’s iconic opera, _Trouble in Tahiti_. Other operatic performances include Cherubino in _Le nozze di Figaro_, Aunt Hannah Watkins in _Emmeline_, Florence Pike in _Albert Herring_, Federico Garcia Lorca in Ainadamar, Mezzo in _Hydrogen Jukebox_, L’enfant in _L’enfant et les Sortilèges_, and the title role of _Carmen_. 

This Fall, Ms. Rodriguez joins the 2018-2019 Florida Grand Opera Studio Artist program, where she will be performing the roles of Marcellina in _Le Nozze di Figaro_, covering the title role of _Frida_, and performing the roles of Lupe Marin and Dima’s Mother in _Frida_. Ms. Rodriguez’s concert work includes performances of  Mahler’s _Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen_, Sibelius’ _Belshazzar’s Feast_, Ravel’s _Shéhérazade_, and Handel’s _Messiah_ with regional companies in the East Coast. Her recorded performances are with Albany Records’ _The Death of Webern_ where she can be heard performing the role of Clerk, and Seraphic Fire’s Grammy Nominated recording of Brahms’ _Ein Deutches Requiem_ with the Professional Choral Institute. 

Ms. Rodriguez is the recipient of the Opera America Career Blueprints Grant, and the Career Bridges Grant. She has also received awards from the National Society of Arts and Letters Competition, Dorothy Lincoln Smith National Competition, and the Connecticut Alliance of Music Heida Hermanns International Competition. Ms. Rodriguez has been a young artist with Seagle Music Colony and Aspen Music Festival. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Ministry from Palm Beach Atlantic University, Masters in Vocal Performance from the University of Miami, and a performance certificate from the Opera Institute at Boston University.