Mexican-American mezzo-soprano, Natalia Adame (she/her), is a rising senior at the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music studying with Amy Johnson and Stuart Skelton. Ms. Adame most recently performed the role of Cupid in Orpheus in the Underworld with CCM’s Opera d’arte. Last summer, Ms. Adame performed the role of Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro at the International Opera Summer Festival of Morelia. In 2022 Ms. Adame has received awards from various competitions including the Delta Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (Vocal Division Winner), Musician’s Club of Women Vocal Competition in Chicago (Nerenberg Award- Second Prize Recipient), ENKOR International Music Competition (Grand Prize Winner), Hal Leonard Collegiate Vocal Competition (Second Prize), the New York Laureate International Music Competition (First Prize Winner), and the Classical Singer University Division (First Prize Winner). This summer, Ms. Adame is covering the roles of Gertrude Stein and Anna Hope in Chautauqua Opera Company’s “Mother of Us All” and workshopping “The House on Mango Street.”