Kimberly Monzón

Kimberly Monzón has most recently performed Zerbina in La Serva Padrona, and Annina in La Traviata with Spokane Opera, as well as concerts with Opera Plus! in Coeur d’Alene. She was a Pensacola Opera Resident Artist last season, where she made her mainstage debut as Frasquita in Carmen as well as covering the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor. She was an Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera in 2005 performing roles in scenes, such as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Norina in Don Pasquale, Rose in Street Scene, and Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites. Ms. Monzón recently had the rare opportunity of working directly with composer Robert Nelson and librettist/director Buck Ross as Lucy in their new opera A Room With a View, as based on the novel by E. M. Forster, at the Moores Opera Center in Houston, Texas. Past roles include Tytania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Ännchen in Der Freischutz, Johanna in Sweeney Todd, Fräulein Silberklang in Der Schauspieldirektor, and Erste Frau in Die Zauberflöte. Kimberly recently received a Master’s degree in Vocal Performance from the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. She holds her Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music.