Leonor Bonilla

Castellano

Born in Seville, she graduated in Spanish Dance from the Seville Dance Conservatoire and began her vocal studies in 2010 at the Cristóbal de Morales Professional Conservatoire with Esperanza Melguizo. She has received awards at competitions including Nuevas Voces Ciudad de Sevilla, Flaviano Labò, Montserrat Caballé, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Ciudad de Logroño, Alfredo Kraus and Tenor Viñas, where her distinctions included the Plácido Domingo Prize for Best Spanish Singer, the Teatro de la Zarzuela Prize, the Teatro Real Special Prize, the Audience Prize and the Ópera Actual Award 2019. In 2020 she received the Ópera XXI Award for Best New Singer. Since her 2014 debut as Servilia in La clemenza di Tito, she has appeared in titles including La bohème, Rigoletto, Lucia di Lammermoor, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Il turco in Italia, Falstaff, Doña Francisquita, Don Giovanni, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Werther and La tabernera del puerto, at venues such as Teatro Real, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro de la Zarzuela, Teatro de la Maestranza, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Opéra de Lausanne and ABAO Bilbao Opera. Her recent activity includes engagements in Shanghai, Turin, Bogotá and Seville, as well as symphonic concerts.