Eugenia Forteza

Eugenia has just made a major debut in the title role of Lucretia in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia with The Opera People in Singapore. She was recently awarded 2nd place / Honorable Mention for Best Video at the Canto Latino 2021 International Competition organized by Vocalis Consort and Fundación Cultural Armonía. Eugenia was also a Finalist for Best Singer, Best Performance and Audience Favorite in this competition. Eugenia was a Winner at the 2017 Concorso Internazionale di Canto Lirico Katia Ricciarelli, where she was awarded an Opera Role Prize, a Finalist in the 2018 Vienna Summer Music Festival Vocal Competition, a Semi-Finalist in the 2018 Mary Trueman Vocal Art Song Competition and a Semi-Finalist in the 2018 Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition.

During the 2020/2021 season Eugenia was a Young Artist with Teatro Grattacielo in NYC. She covered Beppe in L’Amico Fritz and performed the role of Dimitri in the company’s filmed version of Fedora, available for streaming worldwide. The film was a Winner at The 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival and in the Official Selection for the International Music Video Awards and the Munich Music Video Awards.

Other recent career highlights include joining Fairfield County Chorale as a soloist for their performance of Vivaldi’s Gloria, the roles of Eufemia in Leoncavallo’s La Bohème and Noémie in Cendrillon L’Institut Canadien d’ Art Vocal, covering the title roles in María de Buenos Aires and L’incoronazione di Poppea with Bare Opera, originating the role of Ugly Duckling in Felix Jarrar’s new opera Mother Goose at Dixon Place in NYC, the role La Pastorcita in the US Premiere of El Rey Nació with Puntaclassic Productions, a company and role debut in Carmen with Hudson Opera Theater and covering the role of Babylonienne in Hérodiade with New Amsterdam Opera.

Eugenia has a special affinity with contemporary operatic projects and is a frequent collaborator of composer Felix Jarrar and librettist Bea Goodwin, having originated the roles of Therese/Dada Queen in Tabula Rasa for the NY Opera Fest and the role of the Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol with Gramercy Opera. Both runs were sold out, critically acclaimed World Premieres. Eugenia also collaborates regularly with Cuban composer and pianist Iris Blanco-Urgelles. In concert, Eugenia made her debut with A Modern Reveal “Leading Ladies Liberated” concert series (in collaboration with New Camerata Opera) at The Flea Theater as part of the 2019 NY Opera Fest. Other recent concert highlights include a debut with Magna Lírica, in its 2019 Season Opening Concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina and her Colombian debut at Museo Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá with mezzo-soprano, Monica Danilov.

Eugenia has participated in several prestigious summer festivals. In 2015, Eugenia was selected to participate in the International Vocal Arts Institute (IVAI) in NYC, where she worked with some of the top teachers and coaches in the industry. She was invited to return on scholarship, from 2016 to 2019. Additionally, she joined IVAI’s program in Canada, L’Institut Canadien d’Art Vocal (ICAV) in 2018 and 2019, also on full scholarship. In 2017, Eugenia was invited by Maestro Giovanni Reggioli to attend Bel Canto in Tuscany in Greve, Itay, with a scholarship. In 2014, Eugenia was selected to participate in the 10th Barcelona Festival of Song where she was praised for her interpretation of Iberian and Latin American repertoire. In Salzburg, she attended the FrancoAmerican Vocal Academy. In San Francisco, she was part of the Opera Academy of California. Eugenia also participated in the Florence Voice Seminar in Italy, studying voice with the late Julian Rodescu. In 2017, Eugenia was awarded a full scholarship to study Italian in Florence, through the Italian Cultural Institute in NYC. Eugenia was the 2015 recipient of the Opera Graduate Assistantship at Mason Gross School of the Arts. In 2013/2014 Eugenia was awarded NEC’s Community Performances and Partnerships Program Opera Fellowship. Eugenia is also the 2013 recipient of The Florence Berggren Voice Scholarship and The Richard M. Scholarship for Music Studies from the Boyer College of Music and Dance.

Eugenia holds a Master of Music from the Opera Institute at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where she studied with bass-baritone Eduardo Chama. Eugenia also holds a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance, Summa Cum Laude, from the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. She studied with Randi Marrazzo while at Temple and prior to that, Eugenia studied at the National Conservatory of Buenos Aires with Ana María Osorio.

This season 2022 Eugenia will conclude with her return to Fairfield County Chorale as the Alto Soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, the World Premiere of BALAM Dance Theatre’s Garden of Love in Miniature presented by Gotham Early Music Scene/Midtown Concerts and the World Premiere of Bare Opera’s FireSongs, composed by Thomas Cabaniss, directed by Malena Dayen and presented by National Sawdust at Chelsea Factory in NYC. Eugenia also returns to the St. John’s Concert Series in Philadelphia for concerts of American Music and world premiere compositions
by Iris Blanco-Urgelles.

Eugenia currently resides in NYC and is represented by Spotlight Artists Management for opera and classical music, and CPM Talent for film, TV and theatre. She is the Founder and Lead Editor of 360° of Opera ®, a writer for Classical Singer Magazine and serves as an Ambassador for the Barcelona Festival of Song, The Musical Athlete, as a Board Member for Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra and as Vice-President of the Board for Frisson Films.

Eugenia Forteza – “¡Álvaro!” from Florencia en el Amazonas by Daniel Catán

Eugenia Forteza – “To know the dark” from FIRESONGS by Thomas Cabaniss

Eugenia Forteza – “Song for a Bridal” from FIRESONGS by Thomas Cabaniss