BIOGRAPHY
Biography Repertoire Resume Photos Reviews Vocal Studio	Praised for her charming stage presence and captivating vocalism, soprano Sandra Rubalcava, has earned rave reviews for her spirited interpretations of the lyric-coloratura repertoire.  This Mexican soprano has performed over thirty operatic roles ranging from the comic ones of Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Norina in Don Pasquale, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia,and Adina in Elixir of Love to the dramatic ones of Gilda in Rigoletto, Mimi in La Boheme, Marguerite in Faust, and Leila in The Pearl Fishers with companies such as Opera San José, Bayshore Lyric Opera, Israeli Vocal Arts Institute, Opera Idaho, The Lewis and Clark Society and Rimrock Opera. Equally comfortable on the concert and recital stage, she has sung Orff’s Carmina Burana, Schubert’s Mass in g minor with the Santa Clara Chorale, was a soloist  in Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night's Dream with the San Jose Cleveland Ballet and has sung excerpts from Don Giovanni with Symphony Silicon Valley.  She has also had the distinct honor of singing Mozart’s Requiem at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco with The Midsummer Mozart Festival in 2002 and 2003 to honor those lost on September 11, 2001.  Ms. Rubalcava also performed with The Midsummer Mozart orchestra at Villamontalvo where she appeared as a last minute replacement for Frederica Von Stade.  Engagements in 2006 include Musetta in La Boheme and Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Opera San José.  Despina in Cosi FanTutte with Bangkok Opera,“Viva Italia”, a concert of Italian opera and song with the Peninsula Symphony, and Ralph Vaughn Williams’Dona Nobis Pacem with The San Jose Chamber Orchestra.  In 2007 Ms. Rubalcava performs Puccini Arias with the Symphony Silicon Valley at the 150th Anniversary of San Jose State University Celebration Concert and makes her debut with Intermountain Opera Association, reprising the role of Pamina in The Magic Flute. Ms. Rubalcava is a recipient of the Friends of Music Scholarship, National Hispanic Scholarship, a Palm Beach Opera Finalist and Gerda Lissner finalist.  She received her Bachelor's degree from San José State University, and holds a Master's Degree from The Manhattan School of Music.	downloadable pdf version
	To contact Ms. Rubalcava : latinadiva@hotmail.com