ARTISTS’ PROFILES

Soprano Jasmine Rodriguez is a Latinx crossover artist from Los Angeles, California. She received a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Chapman University and Master of Music in Musical Theatre and Opera Performance from Arizona State University. Some of her favorite operatic roles performed include Laetitia in Old Maid and the Thief, Susannah in Susannah, Rose in Street Scene, Miss Wordsworth in Albert Herring, and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi She is an Encouragement Award winner from the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She’s had the pleasure of studying at the Taos Opera Institute, the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, and the Seagle Festival. Most recently, she covered the role of Michaela in Arizona Opera’s production of Carmen, performed Musetta in Chandler Opera Company’s inaugural performance of La bohème, and covered Marie in Utah Opera’s production of Daughter of the Regiment.

Winona Martin is a mezzosoprano born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Winona received her Master’s in Music in Opera Performance from Boston Conservatory in 2022, where she was the Jost J. and Reine C. Fleck Opera Scholar. She has had significant success in competitions, including the Shreveport Opera Mary J. Smith Singer of the Year, Denver Lyric Opera Guild, National NATS, National Opera

Association’s Carolyn Bailey Argento, and Classical Singer competitions. She is a two-time consecutive winner of the Arizona District of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. In the summer of 2022, she made her professional debut at the renowned Wolf Trap Opera and was hailed for her “dramatic malice” as Mrs. McLean in Susannah. This season at Utah Opera, she can be seen as Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto and in the Ensemble of The (R) evolution of Steve Jobs. She will return to the Wolf Trap Opera Studio this summer.

Jehú Otero is a tenor from Puerto Rico. He completed his Master of Music in Vocal Performance at Rice University and earned two Bachelor of Music degrees in Classical Guitar and Voice at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. He was a District Winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in Puerto Rico, and has also performed with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra. Past roles include Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Pane in La Calisto, Mr. Erlanson in A Little Night Music, and Miles Zegner in Proving Up. In 2022, Jehú played Bazile in Silvain at The Kennedy Center with Lafayette Opera. In the summer of 2023, he will join Santa Fe Opera. At Utah Opera, Jehú performs as the Peasant in Daughter of the Regiment, Borsa in Rigoletto and in the Ensemble of The (R) evolution of Steve Jobs. Jehú is a founding member of the Fourte Guitar Quartet and is a 2021–2022 Olga Iglesias Project Fellow.