Ethel Trujillo

Soprano

Ethel Trujillo is from Morelos, Mexico. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Puebla, Mexico, with a B.M. in Vocal Performance and she recently graduated from the Academy of Vocal Arts.

Ethel’s achievements include winning first place and receiving the Pro-Opera Audience Award at the Carlo Morelli National Singing Contest in Bellas Artes, Mexico (2018). Furthermore, she has received honorable mentions at the International Lyric Singing Contest in Trujillo, Peru (2018), placed 3rd at the International Singing Contest of Sinaloa (2019), was a Semifinalist at the International Competition Alfredo Kraus in Spain (2019), 2nd place at the Linus Lerner Competition (2019), 2nd place at the Opera San Miguel Competition (2020), 1st place at the Gerda Lissner Foundation, Operetta & Zarzuela (2022), an Encouragement Award and District Winner at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (2023, 2024), 3rd place at the Giargiari Bel Canto Competition (2023), and Encouragement Awards at the Mary Jacobs Smith Singer of the Year Competition (2023), Annapolis Opera Competition (2023), and Opera Index (2023).

Her roles include Violetta Valéry in La Traviata, Musetta in La Bohème, Philine in Mignon, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Adina in L’elisir d’amore, Gilda in Rigoletto, Norina in Don Pasquale, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Juliette in Roméo et Juliette, among others. Ethel’s recent performances include Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Norina in Don Pasquale, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia, and Motet Exsultate, jubilate K. 165 from W.A. Mozart at the Academy of Vocal Arts, and Juliette (cover) in Roméo et Juliette at Glimmerglass Festival 2023. Her upcoming performances include Furia/Calisto (cover) in La Calisto at Glimmerglass Festival 2024 and Violetta in La Traviata in Mexico.