María Aleida

Cuban-born coloratura soprano María Aleida Rodríguez has earned international recognition for her brilliant upper register, vocal agility, and precision. Her career encompasses opera, concert, and recital appearances in theaters, arenas, and major venues across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Australia.

Her collaboration with Andrea Bocelli began in 2011 and has included sold-out concerts in the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Macau, and throughout Europe and the Americas. In 2016, she appeared as a soloist in Bocelli’s Celebrity Fight Night in Florence under the baton of Zubin Mehta.

Her operatic engagements have taken her to the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Festival della Valle d’Itria, Teatro Pergolesi, Teatro Coccia di Novara, and Opera Carolina. Her repertoire includes Elvira in Bellini’s I puritani, the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Rosina in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, Contessa di Folleville in Il viaggio a Reims, Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, and Zerlina in Auber’s Fra Diavolo. She can also be heard as Aldimira in a recording of Rossini’s Sigismondo.

Beyond the opera stage, María Aleida has appeared in concert and recital with the Musashino Cultural Foundation in Japan, orchestras in Venezuela, and the Marcello Giordani Foundation in New York. Her South Florida appearances include performances with Symphony of the Americas and Opera Naples.

Her competition honors include recognition from the Montserrat Caballé International Voice Competition, the Viñas International Voice Competition, Operalia in Beijing, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation Competition, and the Mario Lanza Institute.

A graduate of Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts, she performed there as Olympia in Les contes d’Hoffmann, Nannetta in Falstaff, Musetta in La bohème, and Fiakermilli in Arabella. She began her musical studies at the Vicente Emilio Sojo Conservatory in Venezuela, and her vocal training has included work with Bill Schumann in Philadelphia and Manny Perez in New York and Miami.