Rebeca Viales Montero, Soprano

She began her voice education with the teachers Ivette Rojas and Cristina Vargas. In 1997 she is admitted at the School of Musical Arts of the University of Costa Rica, where she studied voice with Zamira Barquero, Raquel Ramirez and Karen Esquivel. In the year 2000 she starts studies in the National University in Voice Teaching and Interpretation with the M.M. Karen Esquivel and the M.M Elena Villalobos, where she obtains her Bachelor degree in 2005. At this moment she prepares a higher degree in Voice with M.M Elena Villalobos.

She is Member of the young artists opera group Opera Nova, where she has done some opera scenes (Nozze di Figaro, Lucía di Lammermoor, Rusalka, Lakmé, Traviata, Carmen, Rosenkavalier, Sonnambula, Norma, etc). She took part in Dido and Aeneas (Belinda), Die Zauberflöte (Queen of the Night), Orfeo and Euridice (Amore) and Hin und Züruck (Helena) and the Zarzuela Adiós Julián. She was also member of Municipal Conservatory of Alajuela Opera group and of the National Lyrical Company’ s young Artist Program in 2000, under M.M Karen Esquivel administration. She has sung with the Costa Rica Bach Academy’s Orchestra and has been soloist of university assemblies.

She has received master classes with several singers and directors, among them Iride Martinez, Guadalupe Gonzalez Kreysa, Guido Lebrón, Raquel Cortinas, Mathew Lata, Christine Komatzu and Kaysa Bostroem

In 2005 she was chosen for the young singers group of Iride Martínez's Foundation.

She was assistant teacher of the National University pre university program and teacher in the following institutions: Art Gallery Izcandé, Cartago Contemporary Music Institute, Alajuela Municipal Conservatory and Varley Music Institute and director of Calasanz High School’s student choir. Right now she is Voice teacher and vocal coach of the choir in Music Academy Bach of Costa Rica, voice teacher in Editus Academy and she teachs voice, music theory and Music History in Opera Nova.