Samantha Sosa is a Venezuelan soprano based in Washington, DC with her Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music and holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music where she was granted the Ornest Award presented to students who show excellence in academic and musical study. She moved from Caracas, Venezuela to Florida, United States in 2009 and learned English. She attended the Osceola County School for the Arts in Kissimmee, Florida where she was a part of the Spanish Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, and an Arts Ambassador. In high school, she attended Boston University Tanglewood Institute, as well as musical theater and acting training programs in New York City and in Los Angeles such as Open Jar Institute and Cynthia Bain's Young Actor Studio. She graduated with a Gold Seal of Biliteracy Award and a Fine & Performing Arts Endorsement. Sosa moved to Rochester, New York and received her Bachelor of Music Degree from the Eastman School of Music where she studied with Katherine Ciesinski. A major focus of Sosa's undergraduate studies was early music. She sang with Eastman's Collegium Musicum Ensemble for three years under the direction of world renowned lutenist, Paul O'Dette. 

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In summer 2026, Sosa returned to The Glimmerglass Festival as a Resident Artist, where she performed Ellen in Oklahoma!, appeared in the ensemble of Così, and covered Miss Lightfoot in Fellow Travelers. At Glimmerglass in 2025, she performed Lucy in the world premiere of The House on Mango Street and appeared in the ensemble of Tosca, while covering Frieda and Louise in Sunday in the Park with George.

 

This season, Sosa performed the Governess in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw with Bel Cantanti Opera and her upcoming engagements include Aparecida in the world premiere of Macabéa by Suzanne Farrin, Belinda in The Farolitos of Christmas with Opera Southwest, La Fée in Cendrillon with Loudoun Lyric Opera, and Frasquita cover in Carmen with Sotto Voce. In April 2027, she will present a recital in collaboration with pianist Tongyao Li as the winner of Montpelier Arts Center’s Classical Recital Competition, judged by Craig Kier.

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Notable performances include the role of Little Red Ridinghood in Into the Woods with the Eastman Opera Theatre. Her first role with the Eastman Opera Theatre was as Littler Daughter in Proving Up by Missy Mazzoli. She also covered the title role in Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas as well as the title role in Handel’s Alcina with the Eastman Opera. She also performed the role of Armida in Handel's Rinaldo at the Manhattan School of Music. She has premiered roles of contemporary works such as the role of Lucy in The House on Mango Street at the Glimmerglass Festival as well as works by Peruvian composer Mark Contreras Waiss. In regards to musical theater, she has performed the roles of Little Red Ridinghood, Rapunzel, and covered Cinderella in Into the Woods, as well as Maria in West Side Story.​ Sosa performed the role of Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro with Music on Site before joining Sarasota Opera as an Apprentice Artist. Sosa was also a young artist in the Janiec Opera Company of the Brevard Music Center where she sang in a masterclass for Patti LuPone and performed with her. She also participated in Frederica von Stade's Master Class at the Manhattan School of Music.

 

Samantha was  awarded second place in the Pittsburgh Festival Opera Mildred Miller International Voice Competition and received the Encouragement Award at the Opera Index Competition. She is also a two-time recipient of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Encouragement Award for the Pittsburgh District in both the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. She has also competed at the Musical International Grand Prix in New York City, winning 2nd and 3rd place in the classical and musical theater categories, and at the Classical Singer Vocal Competition in Chicago, where she was a finalist in both the classical and musical theater categories.

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In concert, Ms. Sosa has performed as a soprano soloist the Mozart's C Minor Mass in Kodak Hall conducted by Dr. Anna Lenti and Beethoven's Mass in C in Kodak Hall conducted by Dr. William Weinert. With Eastman's Bach Cantata Series she performed Bach's Magnificat in D Major and Bach Cantata: BWV 79. She also performed Rutter's Magnificat with Finger Lakes Community College in Canandaigua, NY. With Eastman's Collegium Musicum she sang The Plaint and The Night in Henry Purcell's The Fairy Queen as well Luigi Rossi's Noi siam tre donzellette with Dr. Anna Lenti and Alissa Magee in Kodak Hall.

 

Her debut album, "A Sosa-Miller Holiday" (christmas and holiday music in collaboration with her husband, American clarinetist Michael Miller) was released in winter of 2021. The second volume was released in 2024. As an actor, she portrayed Mariette in the film The Saints of the Rue Scribe, which won 29 various Film Festival Awards. 

 

Offstage, Samantha founded the Latine Student Alliance, an identity-based student organization for Latinx and Hispanic students at Manhattan School of Music, and was also the Voice Representative for the Classical Voice students at Manhattan School of Music. In her free time, Samantha enjoys exercising, reading, and spending time with her husband and their dog Tango!