Filipino-Chinese mezzo-soprano Michelle Mariposa, a Grand Finals Winner of the 2025 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition and Winner of the 2023 Sullivan Foundation Award, has been praised for her “plummy tone, easy resonance, and effortless carrying power” (The New York Times), “quicksilver coloratura…and spellbinding dramatic energy.” (Washington Post)

Michelle’s 26/27 season includes a return to the Washington National Opera as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, as well as a debut with the Seattle Opera as the 2nd Frida Image in El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego.

Michelle wraps up her 25/26 season with house and role debuts with the Glimmerglass Festival as Dorabella in Così fan tutte and Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, as well as a return to the Philippines, where she sings Carmen in concert with the Manila Symphony Orchestra.