Children's Opera
Commissioning new opera rooted in Puerto Rican classical music heritage
Featuring La Batalla de los Clásicos by Johanny Navarro and Paloma Sierra
Our Mission
Olga Iglesias Project preserves and transmits Puerto Rico's classical vocal heritage through education, artistic development, and the commissioning of new work,
ensuring that it continues to be practiced, reinterpreted, and carried forward by new generations of artists, students, and communities.
Olga Iglesias performing art songs composed and conducted by Pablo Casals at the Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont, 1966.
Olga Iglesias, soprano; Pablo Casals, composer & conductor.
Teach
Free educational recitals bringing the classical vocal tradition to Puerto Rico's schools.
The Metropolitan Opera's HD Live in Schools alliance
Educational Recitals
Perform
Paid singers who develop their artistry bringing the opera and recitals to schools, and taking the stage in the City of San Juan Series and special concerts.
Funding the Puerto Rico District of the Met's Laffont Competition since 2021
Artist Programs
Commission
New opera, one-act and participatory, rooted in Puerto Rican classical music heritage.
La Batalla de los Clásicos, by Johanny Navarro and Paloma Sierra
Commissioning
Preserve
Stewarding the archive of one of Puerto Rico's most celebrated voices, open to the world.
The Olga Iglesias Collection at the Digital Library of the Caribbean
Collections
Our impact, in numbers
“The recital moved me deeply. It exceeded all my expectations. It was one of the most positive experiences I've had in my 16 years of teaching.”
Who We Are
Named for one of Puerto Rico's most celebrated sopranos and Pablo Casals' chosen collaborator, the Olga Iglesias Project is a nonprofit dedicated to advancing Puerto Rico's classical music heritage. We bring educational recitals and opera to schools, free for school communities, led by professional artists of our Artist Programs.
It all begins with Olga, her life on the great stages and the personal archive she left behind. We commission original operas rooted in Puerto Rican classical music heritage, and we preserve her historic collection, now open to the world at the Digital Library of the Caribbean.
On WIPR-TV, the Project brings Puerto Rican classical music to the island's schools
Alliances & Sponsors
Announcements
The Olga Iglesias Project Opens Its Audition Call for the 2026–2027 Season
Tarde de Ópera en Condado, a Free Night of Opera Under the Stars, Closes the Olga Iglesias Project's Third Year with the Municipality of San Juan
Annette Urso Rickel Foundation Commits to Five More Years of Support for Proyecto Olga Iglesias, Pledging $20,000 a Year Through 2030
Newsletter
A short letter now and then, with the recitals we bring to schools, the artists carrying the tradition, and what comes next.
Every recital, every opera, every new work advances Puerto Rico's classical music heritage.