Kresley Figueroa soprano
Puerto Rican soprano Kresley Figueroa returns to the Washington National Opera in the 2024-25 season for her second year as a Cafritz Young Artist. This season, she will perform as Bloody Child (2nd apparition) in Macbeth, Bagheera in Jungle Book, and Chrisann Brennan in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. She will also participate in this year's AOI 20 program as River in Mud Girl. She was recently seen as Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff, performing alongside Bryn Terfel in the title role under the baton of Maestro Patrick Summers with the Aspen Music Festival. Kresley is a recent winner of the Duncan Williams Voice Competition for her performance in the Black and Latinx Song Presentation and was an Encouragement Award winner in the Los Angeles District auditions for the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. In 2023, Kresley returned to the Aspen Music Festival to perform the role of Beatriz in Bel Canto by Jimmy Lopez. She was also a featured soloist in Bach's Magnificat conducted by Nic McGegan. Other recent roles include Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Bubikopf in Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Servilia in La Clemenza di Tito, Satirino in La Calisto, Adina in L’elisir d’amore, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, and Fiona in Brigadoon.