B i o g r a p h y
Monica Camafreita (soprano) has performed in numerous operas, musicals, and concerts with such companies as Regina Opera, Opera for Earth, MORE Opera, Brooklyn Opera Works, New York Opera Forum, New York Lyric Opera Theatre, Eurasia Festival and, also, performed the role of Sophie de Palma in the Latin American tour of Terrence McNally’s Master Class with Venevision International. Some of her favorite operatic roles include Elisabetta (Maria Stuarda), Wellgunde (Das Rheingold), La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), and Tatyana (Yevgény Onégin). Most recently, she recorded the role of Rachel in David and Bathsheba, a chamber opera, by Mark Geiger and debuted Mrs. Gobineau in Menotti's The Medium with Regina Opera.
Ms. Camafreita currently lives in Brooklyn, NY where she studies and coaches privately. In addition to performing, she plays the violin, is a member of the Nathan Felix Opera Collective and is on the Board of Directors of Opera for Earth; a nonprofit that uses performance of opera and art song to raise awareness of the value in preserving and caring for our natural resources.
