Arizona Opera Cast Members & Creatives

New York–based Mexican mezzo-soprano Rosario Armas, originally from Tlaxcala, Mexico, earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and recently completed her Master of Musical Arts degree at the Yale School of Music, where she was also awarded the Smriti Deb Memorial Prize for Outstanding Singer.

Her operatic highlights include the title role in La tragédie de Carmen, Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress, Anita in La Navarraise, Mrs. Grose in The Turn of the Screw, Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro, and Dorabella in Così fan tutte. She has also performed selections from Carmen in concert with the Washington National Opera Orchestra in Washington, D.C. Armas is the recipient of the Judith Raskin Scholarship and the International Advisory Board Scholarship. Her awards include First Prize in the Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition, Third Prize in the Joan Taub Ades Competition, Second Prize in the Gerda Lissner Foundation Zarzuela Division, and multiple Encouragement Awards at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition district level, where she was also named Washington, D.C. District Winner in 2025.

Armas has been a young artist at Wolf Trap Opera, Sarasota Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, and recently Opera Theater of St. Louis. Her artistic work also extends beyond the stage, including a 2023 commission from composer Julian de la Chica, resulting in two album releases in 2024. Alongside her operatic career, Armas is an interpreter of bolero and traditional Mexican mariachi music, which remains a central part of her artistic identity. She will be joining Arizona Opera this fall in its Young Artist Program