Brenda Iglesias

A committed performer with a unique tone, Brenda Iglesias excels in concert, opera, and recital repertoire. She has been an invited artist with companies and orchestras in her native Mexico and the US, including the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Fusion: New Works, Orquesta Sinfónica Carlos Chávez, and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México. She has collaborated with conductors like Louis Langrée, James Burton, José Luis Castillo, and Eduardo García Barrios, and sung in prominent venues such as the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Degollado, Prague’s Liechtenstein Palace and Estates Theater, and Cincinnati Music Hall.

With repertoire spanning from Baroque to contemporary, Iglesias has portrayed key contralto and mezzo-soprano roles including Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica, Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito, and Drittte Dame in Die Zauberflöte. Concert performance highlights include the solos in works like Brahms’s Alto Rhapsody, Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and Kindertotenlieder, Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky, de Falla's El Amor Brujo and Bach’s St. John Passion. In recital, Iglesias is a fierce advocate of Latin American art song, placing a particular emphasis on showcasing works by Mexican and Argentinean composers. A prize-winner of the Carlo Morelli National Singing Competition and the Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition, Iglesias has received numerous awards, including Mexico’s prestigious FONCA (National Endowment for the Arts) scholarship and full-tuition scholarships for both her master’s and doctoral studies at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati.