Hailed as a “robust soprano with pinpoint dynamic control” (San Francisco Chronicle), Mexican- American soprano Celeste Morales is a recent winner of the Dietrich Memorial Award at the Opera Index Vocal Competition and recently competed at the prestigious Tenor Vinas Competition in Barcelona, Spain. Last year, she performed on the Winspear Opera House stage at the Dallas Opera Competition and won Second Place in the Soprano Art Song Category at the George Shirley Competition. She recently made her Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut in “Tchaikovsky’s Spectacular” under the baton of George Stelluto. This year, she makes her debut with Opera Ithaca in Britten’s Turn of The Screw as Mrs. Grose and reprises the role of La Malinche by composer Nathan Felix at the inaugural Opera Austin Festival. As an avid recitalist and art song curator, she recently completed her second summer as a Vocal Fellow with the Ravinia Steans Music Institute.