After winning the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in New York and the Concours International de Voix d’Opera Plácido Domingo in Paris, she began a brilliant international career in theatres such as the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, Covent Garden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Operas in Washington, Houston, Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, Scala in Milan, Comunale di Bologna, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, San Carlos in Naples, Arena di Verona, Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, Royal Opera House in London, Teatro Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Amsterdam, Deutsche Oper Berlin and many more, performing the main roles in operas such as La Traviata, La Bohème, Romeo et Juliette, Faust, La Rondine, Euguene Oneguin, Turandot, Tosca, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Adriana Lecouvreur, La Wally, Falstaff…
The following performances marked a milestone in his career: with the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas at Carnegie Hall in New York; Faust at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and the Munich Opera Festival with Rolando Villazón; La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera, Detroit, Washington, Cincinnati, Amsterdam, Maestranza de Sevilla, Peralada Festival, Graz… La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera, San Carlo in Naples, San Francisco, Amsterdam; Arena di Verona, Teatro Verdi in Trieste conducted by Daniel Oren; Turandot (Liú) at the Bilbao Opera Season (A.B.A.O.), Romeo et Juliette at the Palacio Bellas Artes in Mexico with Rolando Villazón; Les Pecheurs de perles at the Seattle Opera, Bordeaux, Riga Opera and Opera Bilbao; Cosi fan tutte (Fiordiligi) and La Rondine (Magda) at the Washington Opera and Bonn Opera; Carmen (Micaela) with the Scottish Opera and the Teatro del Liceo; Fedora (Olga) at the Metropolitan Opera, alongside Plácido Domingo and Mirella Freni, and Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias at the Metropolitan Opera under the baton of James Levine; Tosca at the Arena di Verona, Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Manon Lescaut at the Bolshoi Theatre, San Carlo in Naples, ABAO Bilbao Opera; and the premiere at the Salle Pleyel in Paris of the opera Le Dernier jour d’un Condamné alongside Roberto Alagna.
Her career in concerts with orchestras has led her to be conducted by great maestros such as Sir Neville Marriner, Gustavo Dudamel, Nicola Luisotti, Christian Badea, Gianandrea Noseda, Christopher Hogwood, Vasily Petrenko, Pablo González, Adrian Leaper, Víctor Pablo Pérez, Friedrich Haider, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, Günter Neuhold, Frédéric Chaslin …and her career as a recitalist, to be accompanied by pianists such as Roger Vignoles, Malcolm Martineau, Marco Evangelisti, Rubén Fernández Aguirre, Javier Carmena, etc. performing recitals in the most important concert halls in the world.
Regarding the list of awards received, we can highlight: The Hispanic Society of America Award for her contribution to the arts, Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts, Doctor Honoris Causa from the Menéndez Pelayo International University, Vasca Universal, City of Alcalá Award for Arts and Letters, Grand Cross of the Order of May 2 of the Community of Madrid, Gold Medal of the Association of Friends of the Opera of Lleida, Gold Medal of the Palau de la Música of Valencia, Doctor Honoris Causa from the Rey Juan Carlos University, Honorary President of the Maestro Segovia Association, Academic of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Cádiz, Patron of the Fundació Orfeó Català-Palau de la Música, Enric Granados Award, Award for Best Classical Music Artist in 2001, ONDAS Award for the most notable work in classical music, Ópera Actual Award, Federico Romero Award from the Fundación Autor for her career of international projection, Golden Microphone of the Federation of Associations of Spanish Radio and Television, 2019 Txapeldun Award, Best Female Singer of the Campoamor Theater Foundation in Oviedo; Full Member of the Santa Isabel de Hungría Academy in Seville; Golden Drum of the city of San Sebastián; “Ama Mayor” Award granted by the ACAZ Association of La Solana (Ciudad Real) in 2022; Mujeres World Fest Award in 2023; Honorary Member of the Spanish Academy of Performing Arts in 2024…
