The Le Salon de Musique Team
Cristina Aurora Villalobos
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Cristina is an American Latina soprano from Springville, Utah. Cristina holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Utah Valley University (2023), and recently graduated with a Masters in Music in Vocal Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (2025), where she continues to study under the tutelage of César Ulloa. Cristina is a multifaceted performer whose stage roles include Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Violetta (La Traviata), Mimi (La Bohème), Giulietta (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Nella (Gianni Schicchi), Le Prince Charmant (Cendrillon), and most recently Girl 3 in the west coast premiere of (ANON) at SFCM. Cristina recently won first place in the SFCM Voice Concerto Competition, and will perform Hector Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été with the SFCM orchestra in October (2025). She is also a recipient of two Encouragement Awards from The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (2021, 2022), a concerto competition winner at UVU, and was a first place district winner and a national quarterfinalist in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) competition. Determined to be a voice for the classical music world, Cristina is also an advocate for emerging musicians in the field. Aside from music, she loves long walks, boba, cuddles with her adorable teacup puppy Mila, keeping up with pop culture, and enjoying her lively exciting life!
Madison
Barton-Holloway
Artistic Director & Co-Founder
Madison Barton-Holloway, soprano, is a proud Portland, Oregon native who fell in love with the Intermountain West while living in Southeast Idaho. She holds undergraduate degrees in Music Performance, French, and Business from Brigham Young University–Idaho (2022), and earned her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 2025. Her operatic roles include Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Marie (La fille du régiment), Mme Herz (The Impresario), the Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Harlequin (Triumph of Love), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Ilia (Idomeneo), and Girl 2 in the West Coast premiere of Errollyn Wallen’s Anon. On the concert stage, she has appeared as the soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Fauré’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem. In addition to her performance career, Madison is the founder of Women of Opera (womenofopera.org), an organization dedicated to discovering, preserving, and performing operatic works by women composers. In 2024, she conducted a research tour across seven European cities, locating and digitizing long-forgotten operas by women. The project culminated in a landmark recital in San Francisco in March 2025, which marked the U.S. premiere of arias from each of these works. Madison enjoys snow sports, cross-stitching, and spending time with her 110-pound dog, Miles. She also performs regularly in a jazz duo with her husband around San Francisco and Portland, blending her classical training with a love for improvisation.
