Biography

Jacqueline Peláez was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela.  She holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Universidad Central de Venezuela and a M.M. in Opera Performance from Longy School of Music (Cambridge, MA).

In the New England area she has sung with several performing arts organizations, including NEC Gospel Choir, New England Conservatory Opera Studio, Operafest Summer Program, Concord Chorus, Longwood Opera, Boston Bel Canto Opera, Chorus Pro Musica, Moses Project, Bel Canto Music Festival, Boston Opera Project, Opera by The Bay, Vocal Arts Academy among others.

More recently, Ms. Peláez has performed the roles of Cherubino from “Le Nozze di Figaro”, the Second Witch from Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas”, and Dorothy from Massenet’s “Cendrillon”.

In 2005, Ms. Peláez moved to Santa Barbara, California, where she has sung as a soloist for the Santa Ynez Valley Chorale and most recently performed the role of the Nurse in the play The Night from Olmedo singing a selection of “Siete Canciones Populares Españolas” by Manuel de Falla  at the Performing Arts Center at UC Santa Barbara.

In Spring 2012 Ms. Peláez sung the role of Arnalta in the production of L'Incoronazione di Poppea with Opera Theater at UCSB with Simon Williams as Stage Director.

She is currently a lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Modern Languages at Westmont College.