Théodora Cottarel is a French-American soprano, and has been recognized for her “electrifying” (Schmopera) performances and her “beauty of tone” (Houston Press). Of her “electrifying performance” as Elle in La voix humaine, Schmopera wrote, “the way she maintained a beauty of tone […] while also finding great ways to color the characters’ neuroses was masterful.”  In the 2024/25 season, Theodora is poised to make her role debut as Elena in Gluck’s Paride ed Elena with PSCO. She will also perform as Elle in La voix humaine in New York, present a solo concert for Bastille Day with Sun Valley Opera and Broadway, serve as the soprano soloist for a Rossini concert with SkyOpera, and recently participated in the “Rising Stars of Puget Sound” concert at Seattle Opera’s Tagney Jones Hall, presented by the Seattle Opera Guild. In the 2023/24 season, Théodora has sung Marie in La fille du regiment with Opera Company of Middlebury, Violetta in La Traviata with Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Elisetta in Il matrimonio segreto by Cimarosa with Puget Sound Concert Opera (PSCO) and was the soprano soloist in the opera fusion production “Covers” with Florentine Opera, performing in various venues and festivals including Summerfest in Milwaukee. She also earned second prize in the Seattle Opera Guild’s competition, which also awarded her the prestigious Artistic Development Award.