Diana Peralta, a mezzo-soprano from Mexico City, graduated from the National Conservatory of Music with a degree in Opera and Concert Singing. She earned her master’s degree in Voice Performance from the University of Arizona and is currently pursuing her doctoral degree.

Her performances include her debut in 2018 in the title role of Carmen at the San Luis Potosí Opera Festival in Mexico, conducted by Dr. Linus Lerner. She reprised the role with “Opera de México” in Durango in 2019; in Bodrum, Turkey in 2022, and in Jerusalem in 2023.

Peralta’s repertoire also includes roles such as Donna Elvira, Cherubino, Zita, Zia Principessa, Ma Moss, Mercedes, Mme de la Haltiére, Jezibaba, Hansel, Charlotte, Lady Rhondda, Sorceress, and the 2nd and 3rd Ladies in The Magic Flute, among others. She has performed as the mezzo-soprano soloist in Natal, Brasil with the OSRN, The Messiah, Symphony No. 9, Mozart’s Requiem, and Petite Messe Solennelle in New York City.

Peralta was awarded 1st place in the Amelia Rieman Opera, Marguerite Ough, and “Opera Guild Quest for the Best” competitions at the University of Arizona in 2019, 2022, and 2023 respectively, as well as winning the President’s Competition.

Internationally, she won 1st Place in the Vienna Summer Festival Vocal Competition in New York and was cast as Carmen for Vienna, Austria in July 2020. She was named winner of the “Gertrude Brownlee Bitner Memorial Award” in “Opera de San Miguel de Allende” in Guanajuato and received the “Opera of Panama” Award at the Linus Lerner Competition in San Luis Potosi.