Estefani Lopez (mezzo-soprano) from Riverside, California, is currently based in New Haven, CT completing her studies at the Yale School of Music under the tutelage of Gerald Martin Moore. While at USC getting her bachelor’s degree, she performed the role of La Baronne in Massenet’s Chérubin, Armelinde in Cendrillon by Pauline Viardot, and Arminda in Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera. In 2023 at the International Lyric Academy, she performed the role of Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro in Charlotte, NC and Vicenza, Italy. During the 2025/26 season at the Yale School of Music, Estefani performed Flora in Britten’s Turn of the Screw as well as major excerpts as Lola from Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, Myrtale from Thaïs by Massenet, and Act 1 of Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte as Dorabella. Ms. Lopez has claimed top prizes at the 2023 Opera Buff’s Estrellas del Mañana competition, the 2024 Guild Opera Company’s Vocal competition, and the 2026 Redlands Bowl Young Artist Vocal Competition. She also participated in the Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artist Vocal Academy in 2024. Most recently, Estefani performed Urraca in Opera Company of Middlebury’s US premiere of Montsalvatge’s Babel 46 - while also covering Flora in Verdi’s La Traviata. In addition, she participated as a vocal fellow in the Ravinia Steans Institute.