Rebeca Olvera is from Mexico. She studied at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Mexico City and was a member of the International Opera Studio at the Zurich Opera House from 2005 to 2007. She subsequently became a permanent ensemble member here and sang roles including Adina ("L’elisir d’amore"), Norina ("Don Pasquale"), Berenice ("L’occasione fa il ladro"), Giulia ("La scala di seta"), Rosina (Paisiello’s "Il barbiere di Siviglia"), Blonde ("Die Entführung aus dem Serail"), Madame Herz ("Der Schauspieldirektor"), Dorinda ("Orlando"), Isolier ("Le comte Ory"), Adalgisa ("Norma"), and Zaida ("Il turco in Italia"). In doing so, she worked with conductors such as Ralf Weikert, William Christie, Marc Minkowski, Nello Santi, Adam Fischer, Fabio Luisi, Diego Fasolis, Franz Welser-Möst, Emmanuelle Haïm, and Alessandro De Marchi. She gave concerts with José Carreras in South America and Europe (including the Carreras Gala 2007 on ARD) and with Plácido Domingo in Mexico. She sang Adalgisa alongside Cecilia Bartoli at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Edinburgh Festival, and the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Isolier at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Clorinda ("La Cenerentola") at the Vienna State Opera, and Contessa di Folleville ("Il viaggio a Reims") at the Royal Danish Opera. She also appeared as Berta ("Il barbiere di Siviglia") and in the gala concert "Carmencita & Friends" at the Salzburg Festival. In Zurich, she was most recently heard as Despina ("Così fan tutte"), Musetta ("La bohème"), Frasquita ("Carmen"), Mi ("Das Land des Lächelns"), Stasi ("Die Csárdásfürstin"), and Waldvöglein ("Siegfried").