Nicaraguan-American soprano Isabelle Zeledón (she/her) seeks to forge cross-cultural connections through music. In 2023, Ms Zeledón premiered the role of South Wind (premiered) in Marc Hoffeditz’s opera Mr.Twister. During the 2020-2021 season, she produced and performed in Mezcla de Raices, a virtual recital exploring Latinx identity through the last three centuries, in Santa Fe. In 2019, she joined the Boston Lyric Opera chorus and has performed in their productions of Champion (2022), Norma (2020), and  Pagliacci (2019), The Handmaid’s Tale (2019). Past operatic highlights include Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Tatyana (Eugene Onegin), Alcina (Alcina), Almera (Dark Sisters), and Frau Fluth (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor). 

Ms Zeledón was a NYIOP + Premiere Foundation Competition semi finalist (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020), and won third place in the Classical Singer Fall Competition (2020). In 2017, she was an Advanced Artist at the Boston Conservatory’s Opera Intensive in Valencia, Spain. In the summer of 2016, Ms. Zeledón was an Advanced Artist at OperaWorks. Ms. Zeledón is also a proud recipient of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. 

Ms. Zeledón received her Professional Studies Certificate in Voice Performance and M.M in Opera Performance at the Boston Conservatory. She obtained a B.M. in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory and a B.A. in International Relations and German Studies from Tufts University. She studies with Dr. Rebecca Folsom.