With a velvety tone and a stage presence which exudes confidence and charm, baritone Levi Hernandez is gaining momentum as a sought after artist on the operatic stage. Recently the El Paso native made his Houston Grand Opera debut as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly next to Ana Maria Martinez and Joseph Calleja; he also joined the rosters of San Francisco Opera and the Metropolitan Opera in their productions of Puccini’s Il trittico and Fanciulla del West. The 2013-2014 season features returns to the Metropolitan Opera for Die Frau ohne Schatten, Opera Omaha as Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola, Opera Theatre of St. Louis as Papageno, the Philadelphia Ballet for Carmina Burana, and Intermountain Opera Bozeman for Germont in La Traviata. In the 2012-2013 season Mr. Hernandez returned to the Metropolitan Opera for Carmen, revisited Sharpless with Nashville Opera, appears with Opera Memphis as Marcello in La bohème, sang Handel’s Messiah with the El Paso Symphony, and performed the role of Guglielmo in Puccini’s Le Villi with the Spoleto Festival, USA. In the 2011-12 season Levi sang Tobias Mill in Rossini’s La Cambiale di Matrimonio with Opera Omaha, reprised the role of Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with Minnesota Opera and Intermountain Opera, and appeared in concert singing Handel’s Messiah with both the Phoenix Symphony and the Pennsylvania Ballet. He made his European debut in the Komishe Oper Berlin production of Pique Dame in the role of Tomski. …
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 23:22:37 +0000