Crossover Soprano

Julia Perez Tooker

Julia Perez Tooker, Soprano
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About

Julia is a crossover soprano and Vocal Performance graduate of the Eastman School of Music. Raised in Rochester, New York, she began her classical voice training at the Eastman Community Music School at the age of thirteen. She has a passion for exploring her Hispanic heritage through music, from Zarzuela opera arias to Puerto Rican boleros. Equally at home on the operatic stage and in musical theatre, some of her favorite performance highlights include Christine in The Phantom of the Opera, Cosette in Les Misérables, and Jeanette in The Anonymous Lover. Julia is a first-place winner in competitions spanning musical theatre, classical, and opera aria categories, and made her professional opera debut in 2025 as an Apprentice Artist with Finger Lakes Opera.

Expertise

Repertoire

Opera

  • Rigoletto — VerdiPage
  • The Anonymous Lover — BologneJeannette
  • Ainadamar — GolijovNiña
  • Silent Light — PrestiniAutghe
  • & Aeterna — LandauAeterna
  • Dido & Aeneas — PurcellWarrior

Musical Theatre

  • Into the WoodsRapunzel
  • The Phantom of the OperaChristine Daaé
  • Jekyll & HydeLucy
  • Les MisérablesCosette
  • In the HeightsVanessa
  • Sweeney ToddJohanna
  • Little WomenAmy
  • GreaseSandy

Concert & Cabaret

  • Ben Cameron's Broadway Sessions — NYCRising Star Soloist
  • Hispanic Heritage Events — Rochester, BuffaloFeatured Bolero Soloist
  • Finger Lakes Opera at Three Heads BreweryOpera/MT Soloist

Awards & Competitions

  • National CS Music — Musical Theatre1st Place
  • National CS Music — Classical3rd Place
  • Schmidt Vocal Arts — Ohio District1st Place
  • American Virtuoso International — Young Artist1st Place
  • American Protégé — Opera Aria1st Place

Career Highlights

Performances

Past Highlights
Sept 2026

Tree of Life, Tree of Colors — Concert Series

Finger Lakes Area (Penn Yan, Nunda & Warsaw, NY)  ·  Watch on YouTube
Featured Soloist
Sept 2026

Opera Guild of Rochester — Aria Slams

Asbury First United Methodist Church  ·  Rochester, NY
Featured Soloist Opera
Aug 2026

Into the Woods — Pittsford Musicals

Pittsford Sutherland Theatre  ·  Pittsford, NY
Rapunzel Musical Theatre
Jun 2026

Contemporary Music Concert — The New Voice Festival

Theatre at St. Jean's  ·  New York City, NY
Opera-MT Crossover Artist
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Apr 2026

Die Fledermaus — Eastman Opera Theatre

Eastman School of Music  ·  Rochester, NY
Chorus Opera
Summer 2025

Rigoletto & The Anonymous Lover — Finger Lakes Opera

Apprentice Artist Program  ·  Rochester, NY
Page / Jeannette Opera
Spring 2025

Ainadamar — Eastman Opera Theatre

Eastman School of Music  ·  Rochester, NY
Niña Opera
Summer 2024

Dido & Aeneas / & Aeterna — The New Voice Festival

Opera/MT Crossover Artist  ·  Boise, ID
Warrior / Aeterna Opera Musical Theatre
Fall 2024

Silent Light — Eastman Opera Theatre

Eastman School of Music  ·  Rochester, NY
Autghe Opera
May 2023

Ben Cameron's Broadway Sessions

The Green Room 42  ·  New York City
Rising Star Soloist Cabaret Musical Theatre
Fall 2021

The Phantom of the Opera — Community Theater

OFC Creations Theatre Center  ·  Rochester, NY
Christine Daaé Musical Theatre

Get in Touch

Bookings & Inquiries

Julia is available for musical theatre, opera productions, concerts, cabarets, church, and private engagements.