Ana Maria Martinez is known around the world for her Grammy Award-winning voice. The soprano has performed with the likes of Andrea Bocceli and Placido Domingo, world-renowned artists in Opera. Martinez graduated from the prestigious Julliard School of Music and has played at La Scala in Milan, at the Met in New York City and at the most important opera houses around the world. In mid-December she played Boheme in the Paris Opera, but just a few days later, when Martinez visited Texas Children’s Hospital, the children were the star of her show. She stood in the West Tower lobby and sang to patients waiting for their appointments in the emergency center. She asked the young patients to come in close and encouraged them to sing along. Martinez then took to the floors and sang holiday carols to patients on the inpatient units.
Martinez will soon play the leading role in Madame Butterfly at the Houston Grand Opera.