Mario Rojas
“It was tenor Mario Rojas who captured the audience's hearts. Rojas' warm and ingratiating voice prevailed.” −Steven Winn, San Francisco Classical Voice.
Mario
Rojas
BIO
Mario Rojas is an alumnus of the prestigious Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and an alumnus of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
He has recently sung roles such as Romeo in Gounod's opera Romeo and Juliet and Ismael in Verdi's opera Nabucco at the Castel de Peralada Music Festival under the baton of Maestro Nicola Luisotti and the opera company of the Teatro Real in Madrid. Within his repertoire are characters such as Alfredo in La Traviata, who in 2019 at the Chicago Lyric Opera replaced a sick colleague at the last minute; Rodolfo in La Bohème; Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi; Nemorino in the Elixir of Love; Duque of Mantua in Rigoletto; Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor; among others.
In 2019 he was invited to sing at Maestro Plácido Domingo's concert in his hometown, Torreón, Coahuila, in front of 30,000 people. Among the honors Rojas has received are the 2021 Maria Manetti Shrem Award from the Napa Valley Festival, William M. Sullivan Foundation Award in 2018, third place in the Dallas Opera Vocal Competition in the same year, and the Luminarts Foundation - Fellowship in 2020, as well as other recognitions.
SCHEDULE
Aug
31
Opening Season Gala
Mario Rojas
Opera National de Estonia
Aug. 31 2024
Tallin, Estonia
Sept
29
Carmen G. Bizet
Don Jose
Opera National de Estonia
Sept 29 Oct 5, 9 & 11 2024
Tallin, Estonia
March
28
Rigoletto G. Verdi
Il Duca di Mantova
Staatstheater Hannover
Mar 28 April 5, 26, May 2, 9 & 302025
Hanover, Germany
N E W S
Debut as Don Jose, in Bizets "Carmen"
as well as his house debut at Estonian National Opera.