Rebecca Henriques Haak
In 2015 Mrs. Henriques Haak made her Florida Grand Opera debut as Despina in Cosi fan tutte. This season she was seen as Kate Pinkerton in Florida Grand Opera’s production of Madama Butterfly and she will also be seen in their production of The Consul as Anna Gomez.
A native of Miami, FL, Mrs. Henriques Haak began her vocal studies at age thirteen and has performed such roles as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Isabela in La Hija de Rappaccini, and Ms. Wordsworth in Albert Herring at the University of Illinois. She has also performed as Casilda in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers and Virgin Mary in the Ramon Dominguez’s world premiere of Bernadette in Lourdes, France. She has held partial roles including Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Muzetta in Puccini’s La Boheme, Ella in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience as well as Mabel in Pirates of Penzance. Rebecca also had the opportunity to attend the Barcelona Festival of Song in the summer of 2007, performing Latin American and Spanish repertoire. She was a recipient of an Encouragement Award in the Metropolitan Opera National Council District Auditions. In addition to her classical career, Henriques Haak holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) from the University of Miami.