Bio
Soprano Raquel González is a winner of the prestigious Sphinx Organization’s Medal of Excellence Award. Other highlights of the 2024-25 Season include her debut with the Colorado Symphony for Verdi’s Messa da Requiem and performances with Opera San Antonio and Austin Opera in Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San), Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra in Don Carlo (Elisabetta), and The Metropolitan Opera in La bohème (Mimì, cover).
Last season, Raquel made debuts with Houston Grand Opera in Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San), Austin Opera for Carmen (Micaëla), and Berkshire Opera Festival for Faust (Marguerite). She also returned to the roster of The Metropolitan Opera for the company premiere of Catan’s Florencia en el Amazonas and to the New York Festival of Song for a concert of Latin music.
In the 2022-23 Season, Raquel debuted with Opera San Antonio in Don Giovanni (Donna Anna) and Virginia Opera in La bohème (Mimì) and returned to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for Harvey Milk (Dianne Feinstein). Additional appearances included a concert of scenes from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Iolanta at Queen City Opera; New York Festival of Song for Buenos Aires, Then and Now; and a solo recital at the University of Lynchburg.
Raquel debuted at The Glimmerglass Festival in their production of The Magic Flute (First Lady) before returning as a guest artist for La bohème (Mimì). Ms. González recently completed three seasons as a Young Artist with the Washington National Opera where she appeared in Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San), The Marriage of Figaro (Contessa Almaviva), Don Giovanni (Donna Anna), Carmen (Micaëla), and La bohème (Mimì). Additional assignments as a Young Artist at WNO included Hansel and Gretel (Sandman) and Dialogues of the Carmelites (Blanche cover). She also debuted with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra in Otello (Desdemona).