SANDRA FLORES STRAND

Sandra Flores-Strand

Mezzo-Soprano and Librettist 

About Me

 Sandra Flores-Strand, Mezzo-Soprano and Librettist, is based in the US and Canada.
​ A San Diego native, Sandra is compelled to write with a focus on marginalized communities, particularly Latin American representation on stage, including the ongoing migrant crisis, a subject that hits close to home.

​She recently performed with Mercury Opera, Voices of Vienna, the Phoenix Opera Orchestra, Brott Opera Festival, Red River Lyric Opera, and the Harrower Opera Workshop, among others. Sandra frequently performs with Phoenix Opera, and previously appeared as a Studio Artist at Angels Vocal Art in Los Angeles. She has been involved in professional theatre from a young age, working with Starlight Opera, the Asian American Repertory Theater, Lamb’s Players Theatre, the Old Globe, and the Lyceum Theater in San Diego. Sandra also performed with Lyric Opera San Diego, and the Royal College of Music: London in Provence, France, Flagstaff in Fidenza, Italy, as well as with Flagstaff Light Opera Company.



News

  • Sandra was awarded a Research and Development Grant through the Arizona Commission on the Arts. She will be using the funds to write a children's opera about the Sonoran Desert.  azarts.gov/news/30-arizona-artists-awarded-research-development-grants/
  • Sandra is currently collaborating with composer Laura Jobin-Acosta, a recipient of the Opera America IDEA Residency, for an opera about Doña Felisa Rincón de Gautier, Puerto Rico's first female mayor. This piece that will have its premiere workshop at Opera America on May 7, 2022. ​

Upcoming Performances 

November 2022
The Fallen Crown
Libretto Reading
Date TBA
Arizona Commission on the Arts

October 2022
COVID Bake-Off
Premier Opera Performance
October 7th, 2022, 8:00pm PST
Location: Old First Church
1751 Sacramento St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
Tickets $25 Live Performance
$5 Virtual Performance 

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May 2022
La Alcaldesa 
Workshop Performance
May 7th 2022, 7:30pm EST
Opera America
Marc A. Scorca Hall 
La Alcaldesa Website


April 2022
Mezzo Aria Showcase Concert
Really Spicy Opera
April 9th 2022, 2pm CT
Virtual

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March 2021 
Arizona Women's Collaborative
(LIBRETTO PREMIER)
March 4th 2021, Time 7pm MT
Virtual 




  
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