Rebeca Olvera is from Mexico and studied at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Mexico City. From 2005 to 2007, she was a member of the International Opera Studio at the Zurich Opera House. Afterwards, she became a permanent ensemble member and performed 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 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 gave 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, at the Edinburgh Festival, and at the Baden-Baden Festival House. In Zurich, she appeared as Despina, Musetta, Frasquita (Carmen), Mi (Das Land des Lächelns), Zaida (Il turco in Italia), Komtesse Stasi (Die Csárdásfürstin), Waldvöglein (Siegfried), and Contessa di Folleville (Il viaggio a Reims) — the latter role also performed at the Royal Danish Opera. She performed Isolier at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo and Clorinda (La Cenerentola) at the Vienna State Opera. Additionally, she appeared as Berta (Il barbiere di Siviglia) and in the gala concert Carmencita & Friends at the Salzburg Festival.