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..."Herrera filled the auditorium with her pure lyric soprano (as in “Me Llaman la Primorosa”), and her singing seemed effortless. Her treatment of the score’s coloratura passages was thrilling".. By Barry Gaines. Albuquerque Journal, NM Nov,2008
..."Soprano Virginia Herrera sang Elena with a florid, agile and powerful voice to dazzle with "Me llaman la primorosa", a classic zarzuela aria full of difficult operatic fireworks"... Mary Montaño, 2007 Albuquerque, NM.
“Making quite a brilliant impression was Mexican soprano Virginia Herrera, who sang a drop-dead gorgeous “Mi chiamano Mimì” and who brought down the house with a sizzling (zarzuela) aria... The Star Ledger, New Jersey.
A strong proponent of zarzuela, Ms. Herrera has performed roles in this genre including, Reina, Elena, Marola, Luisa Fernanda, Carolina and Marquesita with Teatro Nuevo Mexico in New Mexico under the baton of Pablo Zinger and the direction of Salomé Martínez-Lutz.
Ms. Herrera's voice is featured in the soundtrack of the Mexican Short Film "Under the Rubble" nominated for best short film at the Tribeca Film Festival'06 in NYC and received a recognition for Best Original Music nominated at the Pantalla de Cristal Festival'06 in México.
Virginia Herrera currently serves as the Head of the Vocal Department at the
Harbor Conservatory for Performing Arts in NYC., and teaches privately at the
CRILLERA VOCAL STUDIOS in the Bronx.