Biography

Julia Garcia, soprano, is currently based in Manhattan, New York.  Ms. Garcia is known for the versatility of her voice, as she has performed operatic roles from many different musical eras and time periods.  She is beginning to delve into some Wagnerian repertoire, as her most recent engagement is role of Elsa from Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin with New York Dramatic Voices.

An up and coming young soprano, 2022 was an eventful season as she covered the role of Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte at Wiener Festspiele in Vienna, Austria and performed at Mozarthaus Wien.  She also made her International Concert House-Debut at Divaldo na Vinohradech in Prague, Czech Republic under the baton of Jaroslav Kyzlink, Music Director of the National Theater Prague, where she was hailed for her performance of Tatyana’s Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.  As a Voice Fellow in Opernfest Prague, she also had the opportunity to work with notable Czech director Dr. Martin Otava, and conductors Zdeněk Klauda and Enrico Dovico.  Ms. Garcia also performed scene work in Così fan tutte (Fiordiligi), La Bohème (Mimì), Don Giovanni (Donna Anna), La clemenza di Tito (Servilia), Le nozze di Figaro (Contessa), and Giulio Cesare (Cleopatra) at Opera Lucca in Lucca, Italy. 

During her academic studies, Julia performed roles of The Witch and The Mother (Hansel and Gretel) and Fortune (The Coronation of Poppea), as well as notable scenes from Der fliegende Holländer (Senta), Fidelio (Leonore), Dialogues des Carmélites (Madame Lidoine), Tatyana (Eugene Onegin), La Traviata (Violetta), Florencia en el Amazonas (Rosalba), The Crucible (Betty Parris), and La Bohème (Musetta).  In addition to her operatic roles, Ms. Garcia has performed throughout the United States and internationally as a soloist for oratorio works by composers such as Bach, Haydn, Poulenc, and Schubert.  She was a New York Semi Finals Winner of Music International Grand Prix 2022, and has participated in Masterclasses with prominent singers in the operatic industry such as Lisette Oropesa, Michael Fabiano, Victoria Loukianetz, and Noé Colín.  Julia has also been previously featured performing The United States National Anthem for many events in her hometown of Thousand Oaks, California.  Having also pursued a Chemistry minor in her undergraduate studies, Ms. Garcia, under a research fellowship, has conducted and written her own study and thesis about the effects of age on the voice of singers.

Julia is a recent graduate from the Manhattan School of Music, where she holds a Master of Music degree (2022) and a Professional Studies Certificate (2023).