Cecilia Duarte

Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte is a native of Chihuahua, Mexico, and makes her main stage solo debut this fall as Renata in To Cross the Face of the Moon by José “Pepe” Martínez and Leonard Foglia. She has been a member of Houston Grand Opera’s touring company Opera to Go! since 2007, for which she recently created the role of Gracie in HGO’s 40th world premiere, A Way Home. Other Opera to Go! credits include the witch in Dvorák’s The Little Mermaid, Berta in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville; the Third Lady, Papagena and Monostatos in Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Stefano and the Nurse in Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet. Ms. Duarte also performs Storybook Opera in Spanish throughout the Houston area. Her musical career began in Mexico, where she performed in numerous musical theater productions, creating roles in numerous world premieres both written and directed by composer Alberto Espino.