Photo: Olivia Da Costa

Julia Portela Piñón

Primary Skill:

Mezzo-Soprano

Nationality:

Spanish, Argentinian

Country:

Spain

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Languages (fluent):

English, Italian, French, Spanish

Experience

Opera

Elle
La voix humaine (Poulenc)
Cape Town Opera
2024
Alisa
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
Cape Town Opera
2024
Zita
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
Cape Town Opera
2024
La suora Zelatrice
Suor Angelica (Puccini)
Cape Town Opera
2024
Flora Bervoix
La Traviata (Verdi)
Cape Town Opera
2023
Nerone
L'incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi)
Ensemble OrQuesta
2022
Tirinto
Imeneo (Handel)
Royal Academy Opera
2022
Concepción
L'heure espagnole (Ravel)
Royal Academy Opera
2021
Zita
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
Royal Academy Opera
2021
Komponist
Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss, R)
Royal Academy Opera
2022
Agnes
WITCH (Freya Waley-Cohen)
Royal Academy Opera
2022
Dido
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
Royal Academy Opera
2021
L'Enfant
L'enfant et les sortilèges (Ravel)
Royal Academy Opera
2021
Puck
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
Royal Academy Opera
2020
Idamante
Idomeneo (Mozart)
Royal Academy Opera
2020
Mercédès
Carmen (Bizet)
Royal Academy Opera
2019
Prince Orlofsky
Die Fledermaus (Strauss, J)
Royal Academy Opera
2019
Angelina
La Cenerentola (Rossini)
Iain Ledingham’s Italian Opera Course
2019
Meg
Falstaff (Verdi)
Iain Ledingham’s Italian Opera Course
2019
Cesare
Giulio Cesare (Handel)
Royal Academy Opera
2018
1st Alto Chorus
Chérubin (Massenet)
Royal Academy Opera
2020
1st Alto Chorus
Orphée aux enfers (Offenbach)
Royal Academy Opera
2017

Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled

Awards

Supported by the Norman Ayrton Award at Royal Academy Opera (2020)

Competitions

Preselected for Second Round of Neue Stimmen (2024)

Quarter-Finalist at 42nd International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition (2024)

Finalist at Certamen Nacional “VIII Estepona CREA-2022” Lirica (2022)

Preselected for Preliminary Round of Montserrat Caballé International Singing Competition (2021)

Preselected for Second Round of Neue Stimmen (2021)

Prizewinner at Gesangswettbewerb Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg (2020)

Commended at Marjorie Thomas Art of Song Prize (2017)

Education

Advanced Diploma (Opera School)
Royal Academy of Music
2020–2022
Master of Arts in Performance
Royal Academy of Music
2018–2020
Bachelor of Music in Performance
Royal Academy of Music
2014–2018
Junior Programme
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
2011–2014