Hilda Ramos
Soprano
Soprano Hilda Ramos has been described by the International press as a “knockout” for both her lyrical and physical beauty. Ms. Ramos, a native of Puerto Rico, is one of the most recognized singers on the island making regular appearances on both the opera stage and on live TV.
Ms. Ramos made her US operatic debut with the Connecticut Grand Opera in 2001 in a French Opera Gala and as Fiordiligi in Mozart’s COSI FAN TUTTE. Ms. Ramos also performed in the American premier of the zarzuela LOS JIBAROS and LOS JIBAROS PROGRESISTAS in New York. Ms. Ramos also created the lead role in MURDEROUS INSTINCTS in Puerto Rico and was Nedda in I PAGLIACCI with Shreveport Opera and Opera de Puerto Rico.
In 2016 she sang the role of Tosca in Puccini’s TOSCA for the Sanfilippo Foundation in Barrington, Illinois with barítone William Powers. In 2014 she sang Amapola in the zarzuela LA LEYENDA DEL BESOwith the Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico and in 2013 Ms. Ramos sang the role of Adina in Donizetti’s L’ELISIR D’AMORE with tenor Joel Prieto for Ópera de Puerto Rico.
Ms. Ramos sang the role of Cio Cio San in Madama Butterfly in over fifteen productions with Teatro Lirico d’Europa all over the USA from 2011-2015.
In 2004 Ms. Ramos performed her first Cio-Cio-San for the Centennial celebration of the 1904 La Scala version of MADAMA BUTTERFLY in New York City and was Mimi in LA BOHEME for Opera de Puerto Rico and Butterfly with Treasure Coast Opera. Ms. Ramos has also performed the roles of Rosina in IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Hanna Glawari in THE MERRY WIDOW, Juliette in Gounod’s ROMEO AND JULIETTE, and the Nightingale in the Puerto Rican zarzuela EL RUISEÑOR Y LA ROSA. In 2003 she performed Candide at the Teatro Argentino with the Festival Euro Mediterraneo in Rome, Mimi in LA BOHEME with Shreveport Opera, concerts with Regina Resnik in New York and concerts with the Puerto Rico Symphony.
Ms. Ramos recital and oratorios include performances in New Orleans presenting the BACHIANAS BRASILERAS #5 and MAHLER’S FOURTH. She has sung with Puerto Rico Symphony, the Symphony Orchestra of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, the Miami Symphony Orchestra among others.
Ms. Ramos is the recipient of the 1999 Award for Excellence in the field of Opera by the Puerto Rican Institute of New York. Hilda Ramos has been the TV host for the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra broadcasts and was the center judge for the highest rated program on Latin TV: OBJETIVO FAMA, the Spanish version of AMERICAN IDOL. Ms. Ramos was the co-host and Musetta in Puccini’s LA BOHEME for the 25th Anniversary Gala of Placido Domingo in Puerto Rico.
Upcoming performances include Santuzza in Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana with the Opera de Puerto Rico in 2020.
Upcoming Events
November 2019
San Juan, PR
Philarmonia Symphony Orchestra
Soprano Soloist
August 15, 2020
Opera de Puerto Rico
Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana