American soprano Maria Valdes was recently described as a "first-rate singing actress and a perfectly charming Gilda" (New York Times.) The upcoming 2024-2025 brings an array of symphonic and recital debuts. On the symphonic stage, Ms. Valdes ​​makes her debut with Hawaii Symphony Orchestra as the soprano soloist in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and returns to Greensboro Symphony to perform Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate and Mozart’s Requiem, which she will also perform in addition to Mozart's Coronation Mass with Atlanta Master Chorale. A frequent artist with Hawaii Opera Theatre, she will make her STUDIO101 debut in HOT Blue Hawaii and I’ll Be Seeing You, and will also reprise the role of Micaëla in their mainstage production of Carmen.