AMERICAN LYRIC SINGING COMPETITION

His musical studies began at the age of 9 as a child singer, an activity in which he later worked professionally for 20 years. As a cultural promoter  He has served as general director, artistic director, creative producer, artistic representative, consultant for different theaters, lecturer, creator of workshops and communicator on radio, television, internet and written media.

 

He has been a jury in different  operatic singing competitions, such as the Carlo Morelli National Singing Competition (Mexico), Opera Prima (Mexico), Neue Stimmen (Germany), Competizione dell'Opera (Germany), Laguna Mágica International Singing Competition (Chile); He was co-founder of the International Festival of Music and New Technologies Visiones Sonoras; Advisor of the Cultural Institute of León, of the Guanajuato Cultural Forum, of Ónix, A.C. Currently, he is part of the Board of Directors of Ópera Latinoamérica.

 

PROFESSIONAL PATH IN CULTURAL MANAGEMENT

 

2018 – Present   General and artistic director of Ópera de Bellas Artes and member of the Board of Directors of the Ópera de Bellas Artes Studio (Mexico)

2010 – 2017: General Director of the Bicentennial Theater (León, Mexico)

2009 – 2010: Director of Fine Arts Opera (Mexico)

2007 – 2009: National Coordinator of Fine Arts Music and Opera (Mexico)

2002 – 2007: Deputy director of artistic programming at the Nezahualcóyotl Hall, Simón Bolívar Amphitheater and Carlos Chávez Hall (UNAM, Mexico)

2000 – 2002: Artistic representative of the tenor Ramón Vargas

1996 – 2000: Deputy Director of Support for Artistic Development of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (Mexico)

 

OPERA PRODUCTIONS MADE

 

2009

Mozart Don Giovanni

Verdi Rigoletto

Bizet Carmen

Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana

Leoncavallo Pagliacci

 

2010

Bernal Jimenez Tata Vasco

Ortiz The True Story of Camelia la Texana (world premiere)

Rossini La Cenerentola                 

 

2011

Donizzeti L’Elisir d’Amore

Puccini La Boheme

Weil-Brecht Die Dreigroschenoper

                       

2012

Donizetti Don Pasquale

Verdi Rigoletto

Rossini La Cenerentola

Strauss Jr. Die lustige Witwe

 

2013

Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Puccini Tosca

Puccini Madama Butterfly

 

2014

Chapí The legend of the Kiss

Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana

Leoncavallo Pagliacci

              

2015

Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice

Verdi The Traviata

Bizet Carmen

 

2018

Ibarra The Insect Game (world premiere)

Dvořák Rusalka

Verdi Macbeth

Verdi Stiffelio (national premiere)

Strauss Jr. Die Fledermaus

Mozart's Nozze di Figaro

Rossini L'Italiana in Algeri

           

2019

Berlioz The Damnation of Faust

Saariaho L’amour de Loin (national premiere)

Catan Salsi cans

Verdi Otello

Puccini La Fanciulla del West

Offenbach Les Contes d'Hoffmann

                       

2020

Shotakovich Lady Macbeth of the Msensk district

 

2021

Beethoven Fidelio

Mozart Ascanio in Alba

Graun Montezuma

 

2022

Demestres Juana without heaven

Orozco Chinese foxes

 

 

 

COLLABORATIONS

 

Throughout his professional career he has had the opportunity to work with prestigious personalities, as well as with public and private institutions on successful projects. Among them stand out John Malcovich, Arvo Pärt, Anna Netrebko, Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Plácido Domingo, Ramón Vargas, Javier Camarena, Juan Diego Flores, Rolando Villazón, Marco Armiliato, Riccardo Frizza, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Les Ballets Jazz Montreal, National Ballet (Holland), Limon Dance Company, National Orchestra of Spain, Britten Sinfonia, Philharmonia Orchestra, Ensamble Intercontemporain, Tokyo Quartet, Borodin Quartet, The British Council, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, The Anglo, Japan Foundation, Goethe Institut; the diplomatic missions of Germany, Austria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Italy, Spain, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Russia, Switzerland, etc., as well as numerous theaters and festivals on the international circuit.