Yaritza Véliz is making her HGO debut. Other roles in the 2024-25 season include Violetta in La traviata at the Bavarian State Opera and the Dallas Opera, Mimì in La bohème at Hamburg State Opera, Micaela in Carmen at London’s Royal Ballet and Opera, and Desdemona in Otello at Municipal de Santiago. During the 2023-24 season, she starred as Mimì in La bohème for London’s Royal Ballet and Opera; Violetta in La traviata for Norwegian National Opera; Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni for Opéra de Rouen; Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi for the Opéra national de Lorraine; and Adina in The Elixir of Love for Santa Fe Opera. Recent highlights include appearances as Catrina in Frida and Diego at the San Francisco Opera; Alice Ford in Falstaff at the Komische Oper Berlin; Violetta in La traviata at the National Theatre in Prague and Municipal de Santiago; Mimì in La bohème at the 2022 Glyndebourne Festival; Suzel in a concert performance of L’amico Fritz with the Netherlands Radio Orchestra at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam; and her U.S. debut singing the title role of Handel’s Rodelinda at the 2021 Aspen Festival, where she was the inaugural Renée Fleming Artist. Véliz was the winner of the 2023 Emerging Stars Competition at the San Francisco Opera.