Ana Miranda-Gonzalez is a “melodic” soprano whose voice “echos through a packed theater.” (Windy City Times) Her commitment to being a reflective and thoughtful artist has led her to pursuing works that give a voice to those who have been silenced.
Mexican- American Soprano, Ana Miranda-Gonzalez is currently based in Chicago IL, where she enjoys collaborating with composers and other musicians in the city.
Ana has a deep love for new music and collaborating with others. Most recently, she premiered Dew, an extended technique piece written for voice and string quartet by JingXian Chen at the Wintergreen Music Festival in Wintergreen, Virginia. Not long before that at Rainbow Railroad’s annual gala, she premiered a piece for guitar and two voices titled Two Months, Two Years by Carlos Jaquez Gonzalez about a story of two LGBTQ immigrtants who fell in love during their escape to find safety from their country.
In 2020, Ana was scheduled to sing the role of Aldimiro in Scarlatti’s L’Adimiro. This opera is a lost relic, and had been performed live once since its premiere era in the 1700’s. The only known manuscript was discovered in Berkeley, CA back in 1996 by John Roberts. This performance was canceled due to COVID-19.
2018/2019 highlights include role of Young Juana in scenes from Daniel Crozier’s opera With Blood, With Ink, Ramiro in La Finta Giardiniera, and Miss Pinkerton in The Old Maid and the Thief. Ana also premiered the role of Sam in a new opera based on a Three Stooges episode, The Groomless Bride by Carlos Jaquez Gonzalez.
2017 highlights include Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Soprano 2 Soloist in Bach’s B Minor Mass with the American Bach Soloists Academy.
Other credits include La Filosofia and Orontea in an abridged version of Cesti’s L’Orontea and Ottavia in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea with Chicago’s Haymarket Opera summer program under the direction of Drew Minter. In her undergraduate degree, she understudied Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, performed Satirino in Cavalli’s La Calisto, and Ruggiero in Handel’s Alcina.
Ana is currently Communications and Media Director at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Chicago, IL where she also cantors. She recently accepted another administration position with a revived early music group to be announced later this year!