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Brazilian/Cuban soprano Angelica de la Riva has performed as a soloist with several orchestras worldwide, includ- ing making her Lincoln Center debut in 2007 with The Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Avery Fisher Hall in L’Italiana in Algieri (as the first Brazilian Soprano to sing there), the Prague Philharmonic with Melodie Dialogue in Paris, and Orchesta de Camara de Sieros at the Inauguration of La Fresneda Concert Hall in Spain. Highlights of Ms. de la Riva’s performances inNew Yorkinclude the role of The Woman in The Empty Hours, an opera by Ricardo

Llorca at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall; premiering the role of Filomena in The Rise and Fall of the First World, a chamber opera by Michael Kowalski; Poppea in L’incoronazione di Poppea; The Countess in Marriage of Figaro; Sandrina in La finta giardiniera; La Chatte/L’Ecureuil in L’enfant et les Sortilèges; Desirée in A Little Night Music; off-Broadway as Titania in Fools in Love Midsummer Night’s Dream; Soneto de Amor y Muerte opera Hispanica; and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in São Paulo, Brazil. As a recitalist and chamber musician she has performed at Carnegie Hall; Strathmore in Washington, D.C.; Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millenium Park in Chicago; and venues in France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Colombia, and Brazil. Upcoming engagements include Carnegie Hall in the Amazon 11/11/11 concert with The Azlo Orchestra; the United Palace Theater and Carnegie Hall, accompanied by The Mariuccia Symphonic Orchestra; a European tour during the 2012 season and concerts in Brazil with classical guitarist NilkoAndreas.