Ms. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Mexican-American Mezzo-Soprano, is known for her “warm tones and a lyrical upper range showed her voice to be flexible and easy to listen to” –Laurie D. Goldenhersh, LaurisList. A 2019 and 2020 Opera Buffs grant recipient, highlight engagements include the role of Frida Kahlo in Frida with the 2019 Opera Steamboat Summer Intensive, Prince Orlofsky in Vienna, Austria with the 2019 Vienna Summer Music Festival and as Marcellina with the 2018 Prague Summer Nights Festival, in collaboration with world-renowned tenor, Lawrence Brownlee and contralto, Rosalind Plowright. Recent engagements include The Abbess (Suor Angelica), Mercedes (Carmen), Orfeo (Orfeo ed Euridice), La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), Hansel (Hansel und Gretel), Olga (The Merry Widow), Siebel (Faust), Hippolyta (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Nancy (Albert Herring) in partnership with the LA Opera Britten/100 Celebration and Suor Dolcina (Suor Angelica). Ms. Gonzalez-Rodriguez has been the recipient of several scholarships including for the 2019 Vienna Summer Music Festival, the 2019 Opera Steamboat Summer Intensive and the 2018 Prague Summer Nights Festival. Upcoming engagements include Seconda Cercatrice (Suor Angelica, Virtual Production) with Valley Opera & Performing Arts, Little Buttercup (HMS Pinafore) with Lyric Opera of OC and the South Coast Symphony and Le Prince Charmant (Cendrillon) with The Miami Summer Music Festival. She holds a B.A. from Mount Saint Mary’s College and an M.M. from Cal State LA University. She currently studies voice with Reid Bruton and coaches with Doug Sumi.