Soprano Natalia Santaliz continues to establish herself as a vibrant presence on operatic and concert stages across the Americas. In 2024, she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center as part of the Niñas Ensemble in Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar, sharing the stage with soprano Angel Blue. That same year, she appeared as a guest artist with Sun Valley Opera & Broadway and with Illuminarts in Miami Beach. She also began her work as an Arts & Culture correspondent for CBS Puerto Rico and One Caribbean Television, showcasing the colorful and diverse cultural scene of the Caribbean.

 

During the 2022–2023 season, Ms. Santaliz was a Resident Artist with Opera San José. There, she performed the role of Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff and starred as Cinderella in Alma Deutscher’s Cinderella. She was also featured as Zerlina in Berkshire Opera Festival’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

 

An alumna of several prestigious programs, Ms. Santaliz was a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (2022) and participated in the Manetti Shrem Opera Program at Festival Napa Valley (2021). That same year, she performed the role of Camila in Johanny Navarro’s Frenesí at the Cuartel de Ballajá in San Juan, was soprano soloist in John Rutter’s Requiem with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Rafael Enrique Irizarry, and appeared in The Blue Project: Puerto Rican Folk Music with the New World Symphony.

 

She has collaborated with cellist Emilio Colón and the Puerto Rico International Chamber Orchestra, and has performed as part of Pro Arte Musical’s Música Abierta concert series, fostering cultural engagement in underresourced neighborhoods throughout Puerto Rico.

 

 

Earlier in her career, Ms. Santaliz was a participant in the Martina Arroyo Foundation’s Prelude to Performance, where she covered Nannetta in Falstaff and sang in masterclass for Metropolitan Opera soprano Sharon Sweet. She also trained at the Sherrill Milnes Voice Studio during the Savannah Voice Festival.

 

Ms. Santaliz has appeared with leading Puerto Rican companies including Ópera de Puerto Rico, Teatro de la Ópera, Fundación Puertorriqueña de Zarzuela y Opereta, Taller de Ópera del Conservatorio de Música, and Teatro Lírico del Oeste. Her repertoire includes Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Mařenka in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride. She has been presented in recital at both the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico and Mannes The New School in New York.

 

She is the recipient of the 2016 Roberto I. Ferdman Award in recognition of her artistic achievements.