LUISAMARIA HERNANDEZ is a Dominican American soprano vocalist and storyteller based in New York. Her commitment to community building and connection has made curated recitals, operas, and writing key parts of her art making. Luisamaria has made Latin American, Caribbean, and Spanish art music the center of her storytelling and performance practice.

 

With the desire to diversify her storytelling, Luisamaria made her libretist debut in "Prisoner of Mercy,” where she plays the role of Broken. Luisamaria's 2025 included concerts at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, which highlighted the need for music and art as forms of religious expression.

 

Balcony Series, the ensemble that Luisamaria co-founded, recently debuted in New York at the "Soapbox Gallery" to a full house. Other commitments to complete the 2025 season include the solo recital "Light in the Darkness" in Tampa, Florida.

 

In her day to day, Luisamaria collaborates with the various parishes of the Diocese of Brooklyn to ensure that they all receive the technology necessary for the ongoing effort to enhance an active digital ministry. Thanks to this work, Luisamaria has been able to unite her love for community and storytelling for God's mission.

 

Luisamaria is excited to continue exploring her art through her work with Mater Red Católica, where she hosts "Verdad, Belleza y Bondad."

 

Luisamaria is a former Artist Fellow at St. Joseph’s Home for Artisans in Boston where she performed and mentored resident artists to develop their artistry and community engagement. Her passion for exploring ways to connect has led to a variety of operatic engagements, recitals, and performance art opportunities.

 

As a performer, Luisamaria has performed with Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra in Verdi’s La Traviata at Symphony Hall. To start off the year she performed “A Winter Romance” and “The Heart of a Woman'' with Sparrow Live and Milton Community Concerts respectively. Successful recitals include “Concerto di Natale: Testimone della Luce'' with Noriko Yasuda, ‘Una Notte in Maschera'' and “Viva” in Boston’s historic North End. She also performed with Boston Opera Collaborative as The Daughter in “The Course We Set” by Puerto Rican composer Johanny Navarro and as a soloist in “The Lives They Lived.”

 

Luisamaria presented her debut recital as an emerging artist for Florida Lyric Opera and was a guest artist at Polk State College for the Voices of the People Chamber Music Series. She joined Opera Del West as Un Esprit in Massenet’s Cendrillon, which she also choreographed. She also performed in historic Faneuil Hall in NEMPAC Opera Project’s production of The Little Prince, as Common Rose 2. She sang Infantin in Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg and Louise in Von Suppe’s The Finishing School. She has performed with Opera Tampa in productions of La Traviata, Madame Butterfly, and Rigoletto. Her Boston choreographer debut was Longy Opera Theatre’s production of Kalman’s Countess Maritza.