Mezzo-soprano Isabella Ramirez is an El Paso native and senior at The University of Texas at El Paso, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in music education. With Opera UTEP, she performed the role of Mariana in the full-scale production of Luisa Fernanda and created the role of The Goat in the world premiere of The Fox and the Cookie.

As a member of the UTEP Concert Chorale, she has performed with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, the Roswell Symphony Orchestra, and Carnegie Hall, under the direction of Dr. Elisa Wilson. In the summer of 2023, she received a scholarship to join the studio artist program at Opera in the Ozarks, where she played the role of Cinderella in a children’s adaptation of Rossini’s La cenerentola. 

She is a principal artist with the Gilbert and Sullivan Company of El Paso and sings with the Hillcrest Baptist Church Choir. Isabella was in the first cohort of El Paso Opera Junior Artists in 2021 and is thrilled to join the Artists Ambassadors this season.