Ella
Torres

Ella Torres
(She/Her) Ella Torres is a Colombian American soprano from Wilmette, Illinois. Recent operatic engagements include Frasquita in Carmen at the Bay View Music Festival, Rosalia in West Side Story with Indianapolis Opera, and Serpetta in Mozart’s La finta giardiniera with Indiana University Opera Theatre. You can learn more about her at ellatorresmusic.com.
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Ella Torres

Ella Torres is a Colombian American soprano from Wilmette, Illinois.

Recent operatic engagements include Frasquita in Carmen (Bay View Music Festival), Rosalia in West Side Story (Indianapolis Opera), Serpetta in Mozart's La finta giardiniera (Indiana University), Niña in Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar (Indianapolis Opera), Dora in Lori Laitman’s The Three Feathers (Opera Steamboat Opera Artist Institute), Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte (Chicago Summer Opera).

On the concert stage, recent appearances include in Indianapolis Opera’s 50th Anniversary Gala with the Indianapolis Symphony, with the Spoleto Festival USA Chorus, and as an early music soloist with double bassist Ariel Walton at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and The Juilliard School.

Ella is an alumna of the Bay View Music Festival, Indianapolis Opera’s Resident Artist Program, the Castleton Festival’s Vocal Immersion Program, OperaWorks, Opera Steamboat’s Opera Artist Intensive, and Opera Viva. She holds degrees in voice from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music and the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music, where she also received an arts leadership certificate. Ella is a proud alumna of Sigma Alpha Iota.

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Petoskey, MI

Main Stage Conservatory Student & Social Media Coordinator

2025 - Present
Frasquita, Carmen Ensemble, Ragtime
Castleton, VA

Vocal Immersion Program Attendee

2025 - 2025
Indianapolis, IN

Resident Artist

2025 - 2025
Charleston, SC

Chorus Member

2024 - 2025
Andover, Massachusetts

Board Member

2022 - 2023

Opera Steamboat

2022 - 2022
Steamboat Springs, CO

Opera Artist Intensive

2022 - 2022
Dora, The Three Feathers (Lori Laitman)
Chicago, Illinois

Opera Training Program Attendee

2022 - 2022
Erste Dame, Die Zauberflöte

Media Specialist, Office of Entrepreneurship & Career Development

2022 - 2024
Chicago, IL, USA

Summer Operations Intern, Fresh Inc Festival 2021

2021 - 2021

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Arts Administrator

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Opera

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Early Music