Heather Calvete, soprano, has earned critical acclaim as a singer with "sensitivity, considerable power and a most attractive sheen." A performer with a "luminous and pleasantly blooming extension, crowned with solid top notes," Ms. Calvete has performed the roles of Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Mimi in La Boheme, Nedda in I Pagliacci, Gilda in Rigoletto, Adina in LElisir dAmore, Alice in Falstaff, Rosario in Goyescas, Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, the Governess in Turn of the Screw, Lady Billows in Albert Herring, Lady with a Cake Box in Postcard from Morocco, Quica in Luis Alonso and the title character in Pauline Viardots Cendrillion. She has appeared with Opera San Jose, Union Avenue Opera Theater in St. Louis, El Dorado Opera, Lyric Opera Los Angeles, Repertory Opera Company, and the Jarvis Conservatory. She also regularly performs with the Los Angeles Music Center and in the Los Angeles Operas community touring productions and recitals, among others.
A gifted soloist, Ms. Calvetes concert appearances have included performances with the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra, the American Youth Orchestra, the West Hollywood Orchestra, and the Long Beach Festival Orchestra as well as the Bakersfield Masterworks Chorale and the California Master Chorale. A singer of Spanish Repertoire, she has appeared with A Nuestro Aire Flamenco Company, Jarvis Conservatory, Mojacar Flamenco as well as having sung in Spain. She has also appeared in concert and recital in Croatia and throughout western Europe.
In competition, Ms. Calvete has merited awards and recognition on a notable scale. She earned third place in the 2003 Western Regional Finals of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions after winning first place at the Orange County District competition. She was named the 2002 Young Artist of the Year by the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Los Angeles Chapter. She earned second place in Portland Operas Eleanor Lieber Awards and California Operas International Vocal Competition. She was a winner of the Ellen Faull Gordon Vocal Competition, the Octave Artist Management Excellence in Arts Competition, the Bel Canto Scholarship Fund Competition, American Educators of Italian Origin United Vocal Competition and earned first place in the Long Beach Mozart Festival Vocal Competition. She has received awards from the Gerda Lissner Foundation, the MacAlister Awards, and the Leni Fe Bland Foundation.
Ms. Calvete holds a Master of Music degree in Vocal Arts from the University of Southern California. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from California State University, Fullerton. She currently resides in Los Angeles.