Mexican soprano Yunuet Laguna is a recent graduate of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera, and winner of the Elizabeth Connell Prize International Competition. In the 2025/26 season she makes her role and house debut with Lyric Opera of Kansas City as the title role in Madama Butterfly, joins Municipal de Santiago, Opera Nacional de Chile to sing her first performances of Maddalena in Andrea Chenier, and returns to the Metropolitan Opera for their productions of Turandot and La bohème. Last season she made her role debut as Leonora in La Forza del Destino in a co-production with Opéra national de Montpellier and Opéra de Toulon, and sang further performances of the role in a return to Immiling Festival later that season. She also made her role and house debut as Elisabeth in Don Carlos with Theater Kiel.
She recently returned to the role of Aida in her debut with the Immiling Festival, joined Opéra national de Montpellier in concert for their Grand Gala Lyrique, and also returned to the Metropolitan Opera for their production of Carmen. Ms. Laguna made her role debut as Aida with Teatro del Bicentenario, sang Micaëla in Carmen in her debut with Des Moines Metro Opera, joined Montevideo Escensa Vocal Festival in recital, and was selected to represent Mexico in the 2022 Operalia Competition. Ms. Laguna also recently made her Met debut as Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, joined Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for Micaëla in Carmen, and sang Mimi in La bohème in her debut with Municipal de Santiago, Opera Nacional de Chile. Ms. Laguna was a Filene Artist at Wolf Trap Opera in Summer 2020 and 2021, where she made her debut as Mimì in Puccini’s La Bohème, Maguelonne in Viardot’s Cendrillon, and Jeannette in Bologne’s L’Amant Anonyme. In September of 2019, she debuted with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, where she performed a program of Spanish zarzuelas during Hispanic Heritage Month. In January 2020, she made her debut with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, under Maestro Xian Zhang.
She has been the recipient of multiple awards, including first place at the 2019 Opera Index Competition and the 2020 Hildegard Behrens Foundation Prize. She is also the first Mexican soprano in history to participate in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. She was the winner of the inaugural Metropolitan Opera National Council (MONC) Mexico District auditions in San Miguel, Mexico, and earned second place at the MONC Gulf Coast Region auditions in 2019. In the same year, she was a finalist in the Sinaloa International Vocal Competition, where she received a scholarship to attend the San Miguel de Allende Bel Canto Institute, and in February of 2019, she was the winner of the Ana María Martinez Encouragement Award at the Houston Grand Opera competition.
Management Territory: Worldwide