Rebeca Olvera is from Mexico. She studied at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Mexico City and was a member of the IOS at the Opernhaus Zürich from 2005 to 2007. She then became a permanent ensemble member there and sang roles such as Adina ("L’elisir d’amore"), Norina ("Don Pasquale"), Berenice ("L’occasione fa il ladro"), Giulia ("La scala di seta"), Rosina (Paisiello’s "Il barbiere di Siviglia"), Blonde ("Die Entführung aus dem Serail"), Madame Herz ("Der Schauspieldirektor"), Dorinda ("Orlando"), Isolier ("Le comte Ory"), Adalgisa ("Norma"), and Zaida ("Il turco in Italia"). She has worked with conductors including Ralf Weikert, Vladimir Fedoseyev, William Christie, Marc Minkowski, Nello Santi, Adam Fischer, Fabio Luisi, Diego Fasolis, Franz Welser-Möst, Emmanuelle Haïm, and Alessandro De Marchi. She has performed concerts with José Carreras in South America and Europe (Carreras Gala 2007 on ARD) and with Plácido Domingo in Mexico. In 2016, she sang Adalgisa in "Norma" alongside Cecilia Bartoli at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Edinburgh Festival, and the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. In Zurich, she has appeared as Despina, Musetta, Frasquita in "Carmen", Mi in "Das Land des Lächelns", Zaida in "Il turco in Italia", Komtesse Stasi in "Die Csárdásfürstin", Waldvöglein in "Siegfried", and Contessa di Folleville in "Il viaggio a Reims"—a role she also sang at the Royal Danish Opera. She performed Isolier at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo and Clorinda ("La Cenerentola") at the Vienna State Opera. She has also appeared as Berta ("Il barbiere di Siviglia") and in the gala concert Carmencita & Friends at the Salzburg Festival.