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Praised for her “robust and luxuriant tone,” soprano Caroline Corrales returns to the San Francisco Opera as a second year Adler Fellow. During the 2024-2025 season, she performed as Moira in The Handmaid’s Tale, and covered Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte. Elsewhere, she performs Mimì in Opera Naples’ production of La bohéme, conducted by Ramón Tebar. Later this summer with San Francisco Opera, Caroline covers the role of Mimì on the mainstage, and performs it in Bohéme Out of the Box, touring the Bay Area’s surrounding communities.
Next season at San Francisco Opera features exciting role debuts for the soprano in Rigoletto, Dead Man Walking, and Parsifal. Recent stage credits include the roles of Ma Zegner in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up, Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia and Anne Trulove in The Rake's Progress.
As a competitor, Caroline received the 2023 Career Grant and first place award in the Pasadena Vocal Competition. She has won the New York City and Boston Districts of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and has also won awards with the Orpheus Vocal Competition, Saengerbund Vocal Competition, St. Botolph Club Foundation, National Opera Association Vocal Competition, Camerata Bardi International Vocal Competition, and Concurso Internacional de Canto Tenor Viñas.
On the concert stage, Caroline has been featured with The Metropolitan Chorale in Orff’s Carmina Burana and Verdi’s Inno delle Nazioni. She bowed as a soloist in Handel’s Messiah and the Mozart Requiem. With the San Francisco Symphony, she covered the soprano solos in Verdi’s Requiem. Caroline is a frequent collaborator with The Boston Pops Symphony in their Holiday Pops! Concerts Series.
Caroline has trained at the nation’s most prestigious programs. Prior to her residency as an Adler Fellow with San Francisco Opera, she trained as a Young Artist with the Merola Opera Program, an Apprentice Singer with The Santa Fe Opera, and a Young Artist with the Boston University Opera Institute.
Caroline holds a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Boston University, and a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Webster University. She currently resides in San Francisco, California.
