Maria Brea

Maria Brea

Maria Brea, soprano, is a native of Caracas, Venezuela and she just won 6th prize  in the Vinas competition and a The best  Zarzuela singer prize for the best Zarzuela singer  and was one of only six winners who sang in the orchestra concert for the winners at Teatro Liceu de Barcelona. Maria was nominated as Best Actress in Musical by ACE as well as outstanding actress in a Musical Zarzuela by the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors. In 2020 Maria Brea was to make her debut as Frasquita in Carmen at Rose Theater at Lincoln Center with MasterVoices and  sing the soprano solo in the Bridges performance  with MasterVoices.  This fall, 2019, Ms. Brea made her debut with the New Camerata Opera singing the role of Elena in the Zarzuela El Barbero de Sevilla. This past summer, Maria was an Eva and Stern Fellow at Songfest and made her debut with the Queens  Symphony Orchestra in their Night at the Opera concert series. Last spring, Ms. Brea made her Opera Tampa debut singing the title role in Maestro Anton Coppola's Lady Swanwhite, a world premiere. During the winter 2018, Maria sang the role of Raquel in the world premiere of the opera El Rey Nacio in New York City and made her debut as Musetta in La Bohème with the New York Concert Opera. Maria also sang in a recital as part of the St. Hugh Steinway series in Miami, Florida.  She sang the role of Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff in Martina Arroyo's Prelude to Performance. Ms. Brea performed with the West Bay Opera in the role of Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen during the spring 2018. Maria was part of the 2017-2018 season in the Apprentice Artist Program at Palm Beach Opera where she sang as Bridesmaid I in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. 

She most recently won second prize in the Opera Cultura Vocal Competition 2019 and an Encouragement award from the Gerda Lissner Song/Lieder Competition. Maria was a finalist in the Mary Truman Art Song Competition 2018, and won first prize in the Giulio Gari (2017) and New York Lyric Opera (2016) Competitions. Ms. Brea also won second prize in the Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition (2017) and received an encouragement award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Connecticut District 2017 and The Gerda Lissner Art Song Competition. Ms. Brea’s other awards and honors include the Mae Zenke Orvis Scholarship at the Manhattan School of Music where she received her Bachelor’s in Vocal Performance and a Kovner Fellow at the Juilliard School of Music where she received her Master’s. Maria was a proud recipient of a Novick Career Advancement Grant. Ms. Brea’s father, a music teacher and Cuatro player, taught her Venezuelan folk music from an early age.

 As an experienced vocal  instructor, Ms.Maria studies all music genres including classical and folk. She researches and curates Latin American Music. She believes that music and languages are capable of changing lives, teaches discipline, and gives light to the life of any person that experiences it. 

Maria performed all of our Spanish Tracks and completed the Spanish Translations in the app.

To connect with Maria for private lessons visit:  mariabreasoprano.com or email  maferbrea@gmail.com