Praised for her “lovely medium deep tone” (OperaGene) and for her comedic abilities that “steal every scene she is in” (Opera Today) Julie Silva is a versatile mezzo-soprano on the rise. She has recently been seen in the title roles in Hansel and Gretel (Shakespeare Opera Theater), Orfeo ed Euridice (Opera McGill), Carmen (Mediterranean Opera Festival) and The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Robot (One Ounce Opera). Additional role performances for Julie include Stéphano (Roméo et Juliette) with Shakespeare Opera Theater), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) with Amore Opera, Annio (La clemenza di Tito) with LOLA, Cherubino in (Le nozze di Figaro) with LAHSOW, Sesto in (Giulio Cesare) with BASOTI, as well as features as the Bridesmaid in Austin Opera’s Le nozze di Figaro and as Il Paggio in Rigoletto with Austin Opera and Opera San Antonio.

A passionate interpreter of new theatrical and genre-bending works, Julie has covered the role of the Teacher in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Austin Opera), has premiered new art song with the iSING! International Young Artists Program in Suzhou, China, and has premiered as the Mezzo in the “adventurous music-theatre work” Satie’s Journey with Imago Theatre in Oregon. With composer Graham Reynolds, Julie performed excerpts from the cross-border opera Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance at the New England Foundation for the Arts. Julie has also premiered several roles with the grassroots company One Ounce Opera including Persis in Remembering Landscape, in which her performance in a trio of solo performers was described by the Austin Chronicle as a “welcome breaking-and-entering into the house of what a person might call their soul.”

Based in New York City, Julie performed in the Off Off Broadway premiere of the musical Dunyeti at the Hudson Guild Theatre this past summer. Coming up in Fall of 2025, Julie will be making her Washington National Opera Chorus debut in Verdi’s Aida.