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That same year, she made her professional debut as a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of St. Villalón named a Grand Finals winner of the 2019 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. In June 2020, she was slated to join Santa Fe Opera as an Apprentice Artist, where she was to make her house debut as the First Wood Sprite in Rusalka. Villalón performed with Houston Grand Opera as Inés in Kevin Newbery’s new production of La Favorite and La Mujer in the world premiere of Javier Marti­nez’s El Milagro de Recuerdo, while also covering the roles of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and Michal in Saul. Villalón also appeared in recital with Cincinnati Song Initiative and at the Rienzi Museum of Fine Arts as part of the studio recital series, and was featured in a concert of baroque cantatas and arias with the Mercury Chamber Orchestra. Scheduled operatic engagements during the abridged 2020-2021 season were to include performances as Sophie in Werther and Clorinda in La Cenerentola, as well as the cover of Bess in Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves. Villalón returned to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Lauretta in a new production of Gianni Schicchi under the baton of Leonard Slatkin. Little’s Vinkensport, The Snowy Day, and Hansel and Gretel, as well as in HGO’s Studio Showcase as Sophie in Werther, the title role in Lulu, and Poppea in L’incoronazione di Poppea. Highlights of the 2020-2021 season include digital collaborations with Houston Grand Opera in David T. Villalón appears as the soprano soloist in Poulenc’s Gloria with the Grand Rapids Symphony and in Handel’s Ode for St. Villalón will be the Vocal Arts DC emerging artist, performing at the Kennedy Center. Notable opera engagements include house and role debuts at The Dallas Opera as Tina in Flight and at Austin Opera as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, as well as continued collaborations with Houston Grand Opera, where she will create the role of Amy in the world premiere of Joel Thompson’s The Snowy Day and debut the role of Juliette in Roméo et Juliette. Her 2021-2022 season features a number of debuts encompassing a variety of both operatic and concert repertoire.