Mezzo-soprano Victoria Vargas has sung over twenty five roles for the Minnesota Opera and has performed with Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Chautauqua Opera, Sarasota Opera, Ash Lawn Highland Festival and others. Her concert credits include performing with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (NY), Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (MN), Chautauqua Symphony, the Western New York Chamber Orchestra, South Dakota Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, La Jolla Symphony, Billings Symphony, Bach Society of Minnesota, and Minnesota Orchestra. She has placed seven times at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions at both the district and regional levels. She was a finalist at the Irene Dalis competition through Opera San Jose, placed at the Schubert Club Competition, and was a recent Music in Action grant recipient for the Wagner Society of the Midwest. Past season highlights singing the role of Gertrude in Roméo et Juliette for Minnesota Opera, premiering the workshop of Jorge Sosa’s newest opera, Generación Perdida based on the book by Javier Moro, and a recital tour in Ireland featuring music of female-identifying Irish and British composers. In the 2025 season, she sings as the Mezzo Soloist in the Mozart Requiem for the Mankato Symphony and premieres another role in the opera Ofrenda by Jorge Sosa and John De Los Santos.