Larisa Martinez

Soprano Larisa Martínez is a strong and unique presence in the musical world. In July 2016 she created the role of Isaura in the world premiere of Mercadante’s Francesca da Rimini. She has also starred as Gilda, Juliette, Adina, Norina, Susanna, Giulietta and Lucía di Lammermoor, among other great operatic femmes fatales. Her passion for art song and theater has led to performances in numerous special venues — at American Songbook with Michael Feinstein, Lyric Chamber Music Society in New York, the Savannah Voice Festival, Bay View Music Festival in Michigan, the Franz Schubert Society in Austria, and L'Art du Chant Francais across southern France. Larisa is a proud artistic resident of Turn Around Arts, devoted to the advancement of arts education throughout the nation. In 2016 she traveled to Cuba as part of the artistic delegation sent by Barack Obama to expand cultural collaboration and bonds of friendship between the two countries.