Brennan Martinez is a performing artist known for her work in opera and musical theatre, along with occasional ventures into jazz and Disney repertoire. She has been described as “a mezzo-soprano to be watched” (Opera Lively) and praised for singing “with power, authority, and a most intriguing color to her wide-ranging voice” (Classical Voice of North Carolina).
In the 2025–2026 season, Ms. Martinez will make her Wichita Grand Opera debut as Anita in West Side Story. Later in the season, she joins Skylight Music Theatre as Katherina Cavalieri in Amadeus. During the 2024–2025 season, Ms. Martinez made her Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre debut as Lily Craven in The Secret Garden. Her performance earned a Jeff Award nomination. That same season, she reprised the role of the Third Nymph in Rusalka with Milwaukee Opera Theatre, performed Aldonza in Man of La Mancha with Piedmont Opera and made her Opera Montana debut as Hansel in Hansel & Gretel. In June 2025, she appeared as a Festival Artist at Opera Saratoga, performing Léonie in La vie Parisienne and Bríd in A Mass for Women in Bathrooms. Earlier in 2024, Ms. Martinez returned to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre as Marian Paroo in The Music Man in Concert. In the spring, she joined Chautauqua Opera in Schools as Hansel in Hansel and Gretel vs. The Witch, and performed as Dorabella in Così fan tutte with Brew City Opera. She concluded the summer as an Apprentice Artist at Chautauqua Opera Company, again performing Hansel in Hansel and Gretel. In the 2022–2023 season, Ms. Martinez joined Chicago Fringe Opera to workshop the world premiere of La Jetée, earning praise from Chicago Classical Review for her “well-schooled and sensitive mezzo-soprano.” She returned to Cedar Rapids Opera as a young artist to cover Dorabella in Così fan tutte, made her debut with Milwaukee Opera Theatre as the Third Nymph in Rusalka, and appeared as Mother in Ragtime with Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, where the Daily Herald highlighted her “exquisite vocals and nuanced acting.” That summer, she sang Second Lady in The Magic Flute and Flora Bervoix in La traviata at the Quisisana Resort. Ms. Martinez began 2022 as a young artist with Cedar Rapids Opera for their virtual winter season, later joining Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre as a principal artist in Carmen (Mércèdes), Man of La Mancha (Antonia), and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (ensemble). In the 2020–2021 season, she returned to the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute as a guest artist for live-streamed productions, performing Ernesta in Un avvertimento ai gelosi, Adelia in Le inglesi, and Babet in Sophie Arnould. She also appeared with Piedmont Opera as Armelinde in Viardot’s Cinderella and performed at the Bay View Music Festival. Her Piedmont Opera debut came in the 2019–2020 season as Anna Kennedy in Mary Queen of Scots (Maria Stuarda). That summer, she performed virtually with the Bay View Music Festival. In 2019, Ms. Martinez was selected as a Professional Fellow for the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, performing the title role in The Tragedy of Carmen. The previous summer, she trained as a Young Artist at the Glimmerglass Festival, performing Consuelo in West Side Story (original Jerome Robbins choreography) and covering Lapák in The Cunning Little Vixen. Ms. Martinez holds a Master of Music degree from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she studied as a Fletcher Fellow at the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute.. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree from the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University. Artist Website: www.brennanmartinez.com Reviews:
“As Lily, Brennan Martinez’s soprano floats and hovers like the mist on the moors. Her vocal performance rivals the original Lily on Broadway, the late Rebecca Luker (whom I was fortunate to have known personally; I do not offer that praise lightly).” - Broadway World CHicago “lush voice that rips with its intensity" - (Aldonza/Man of La Mancha) Cultural Voice of North Carolina “Brennan Martinez brought an ethereal, startling contralto range to Bríd, the eldest.” - The Berkshire Eagle “Martinez balances the more serious end of the drama with some gorgeously amplified physical emotional comedy. There’s a deft subtlety to Martinez’ sense of humor that serves her end of the production quite well.” - (Dorabella/Cosi fan tutte) - The Small Stage “gifted with a rich warm mezzo-soprano voice with excellent diction, and a nimble stage presence.” - (Anna Kennedy/Mary Queen of Scots) Classical Voice of North Carolina “sultry mezzo-soprano, expertly navigating several octaves and tempos with a strong sense of self-confidence throughout.” - (Carmen/Tragedy of Carmen) - Big Island Magazine |
Upcoming:
Anita - West Side Story WIchita Grand Opera November 1-2, 2025 Katherine Cavalleri - Amadeus Constanze (u/s) Skylight Music Theatre January 23 - February 8, 2026 
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