“She’s a strong actress and an even better singer.”
-The Washington Post
“…[She] brought easy authority to another aria from “Rigoletto,” Gilda’s lovestruck aria “Gualtier Malde…Caro nome,” with artful pacing, gleaming highs and a presence that made her competition-closing performance feel like a reward.
The judges selected “Piangerò la sorte mia” from Handel’s “Giulio Cesare,” a de capo aria that quickly pivots from forlorn grief to furious vengeance, each beautifully embodied by the soprano.”
-The Washington Post
photo by Soloman Howard
The Metropolitan Opera
El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
May 14 - June 5, 2026
Kresley makes her Metropolitan Opera debut in Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts with choreography by Deborah Colker.
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Washington National Opera
The Crucible
Mary Warren
March 19 - 29, 2026
Artistic Director Francesca Zambello directs Robert Ward’s Tony Award® winning play based on Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera. Music director Robert Spano transports audiences into the heart of the 17th-century Salem witch trials with Ward’s lush score, capturing a community gripped by fear as an allegory for the 1950s Red Scare.
The Kennedy Center
NSO Family Concert:
Halloween Spooktacular
October 26, 2025
2:30pm + 4:30pm
An October tradition! The Concert Hall transforms into a ghostly sight when ghoulishly attired National Symphony Orchestra musicians perform spooky fun classics—new and old—conducted by Evan Roider. Join in the fun of this Halloween celebration concert, featuring soprano soloist Kresley Figueroa on the piece “La Llorona.”