In A Nutshell

Isabella Ruano is a Cuban-American artist from Tampa, FL. She is a graduate of Oklahoma City University and has appeared there in Legally Blonde, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Die Zauberflöte, Suor Angelica, and an original work—Pietá. Her other most notable credits include An Evening with Kelli O’Hara at the OKC Civic Center, Unrehearsed Shakespeare, and Oklahoma. Catch her in Chicago this August as Maria in West Side Story. In all her creative forms of expression, she aspires to promote authenticity and genuity in each performance, keeping things fresh.


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Upcoming and Recent

  • Oklahoma!

    October 17-19, 24-26, 2025, New Tampa Players

    Isabella Ruano makes her New Tampa Players debut this October as Laurey in Oklahoma! Don’t miss this classic musical with music that will sweep you away and characters who leave you with dreams as big as the sky!

  • Staggerwing by Lisa DeSpain

    May 30, 31 and June 1, Wichita, Kansas

    In this Jazz Operetta, Blanche Noyes and Louise Thaden enter The Bendix aviation race as one of the only women in the compeition. Come see the show to see if they will break down the walls for women in aviation!

  • Senior Recital

    Saturday, April 5, 4pm

    In her final classical recital, Isabella sings music from the Bel Canto Era to Modernism. Join her in this glorious night of song at Petree Recital Hall

  • Spring Jazz Concert

    March 5, 2025, 7:30pm

    Join Isabella in her final jazz concert at OCU where she will be singing “L.O.V.E.” by Nat King Cole in Petree Recital Hall.

  • Notes on Viardot | Opera Scenes

    December 17-19, 2024 (Opera Scenes) | December 21, 2024, 7pm (Viardot)

    Isabella performs as chorus in Michael Ching’s Notes on Viardot, in association with Music On Site. She also performs scenes from Dvorak’s Rusalka and Federico Moreno Torroba’s Luisa Fernanda. Come join her this December at Friends University in Wichita, KS!

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    Jazz Concert

    November 25, 2024, 7:30pm

    Join Isabella as she sings La Vie en Rose live with the OCU Jazz Band. Don’t miss the final concert of the semester in Petree Recital Hall!

  • Headshot of Isabella

    The Ballad of Baby Doe

    November 15-17, 2024

    Isabella performs as Elizabeth Doe Tabor in OCU's The Ballad of Baby Doe. Come support her in her final year at OCU!

  • Musical Theatre Recital

    October 26, 2024, 6pm, SRH

    Isabella gives her Senior MT Recital at OCU in SRH!

  • Isabella smiling

    Jazz Concert

    October 9, 2024, 7:30pm

    Isabella sings with her university's jazz band, live in Petree Recital Hall!

  • Isabella singing with microphone in hand

    Jazz and Broadway Concert

    July 27, 2024, 9:30pm

    Isabella sings the classic “A Foggy Day” at Teatro Petrarca.

  • La Corona

    La Corona

    July 25 & 26, 2024, 9pm

    Isabella performs Meleagro in Christoph Gluck’s La Corona. Come join Isabella in Arezzo, Italy, at La Frateritá dei Laici

  • Professional headshot of Isabella

    Slice of Life

    March 9, 2024, 8pm

    At OCU in Medium Rehearsal Hall, Isabella performs in Andy Chan’s original mini musical. Come see the show that celebrates friendship and college experience!

  • Isabella in a photo with rose in hair

    Jazz Band Concert

    Feb 28, 2024, 7:30pm

    Isabella performs a duet form of Osvaldo Farréss’ iconic “Quizás, Quizás Quizás” with Riordan Banks and the OCU Jazz Band. The concert is open seating and held in Petree Recital Hall at the Wanda Bass School.

  • Isabella sining at piano

    Junior Recital

    Feb 10, 2024, 6pm

    Isabella performs 30 minutes of classical music at Oklahoma City University in Small Rehearsal Hall.

  • Isabella in Pieta scene

    Suor Angelica and Pieta

    Nov 18, 2023

    Isabella performs as Genovieffa in Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Jake Landau and Andrea DelGuidice’s Pietá.

  • Isabella at the Mirabell Palace

    Mirabell Recital

    July 31, 2023

    Isabella gives a music theatre and classical recital in Salzburg, Austria as the Mirabell Competition winner. Her videos may be viewed on her YouTube channel.

  • Isabella with Kelli O'Hara

    An Evening With Kelli O'Hara

    Feb 23, 2023

    Isabella sings as a vocalist alongside Kelli O’Hara in her concert with the OKC Philharmonic.

  • Isabella as Pamina in The Magic Flute

    Die Zauberflöte

    Feb 18, 2023

    Isabella portrays Pamina in Mozart’s The Magic Flute at OCU, directed by Cynthia Stokes.