WINONA MARTIN

Texas born and raised mezzo-soprano Winona Martin spends her first season in Germany as a member of the Semperoper Dresden Junges Ensemble for 25/26 and 26/27 seasons. She makes role debuts as Zweite Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Mercédès (Carmen), Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti), and Flora Bervoix (La Traviata), among others, and the 26/27 season marks a professional return to the United States and to her home state of Texas to join Forth Worth Opera as Rosina in their production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Winona was previously a member of the Washington National Opera Cafritz Young Artist Program in the 23/24 and 24/25 seasons, where she notably sang the roles of Laurene Powell Jobs (The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs), and Stéphano (Roméo et Juliette), for the full run of each respective show at the Kennedy Center Opera House. Other notable recent roles include Linfea (La Calisto, The Glimmerglass Festival), Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Annapolis Opera), and Rosmira (Partenope, Washington National Opera, CYA Production). She is the 1st Place Winner of the 2025 Fort Worth Opera McCammon Voice, and 2023 Annapolis Opera Voice Competitions, a Tenor Viñas International Competition Semi-Finalist, and a 4-time regional finalist, as well as regional 3rd Place Winner, in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition.