Tenor

David Portillo

Beatrice & Benedict

Biography

American tenor David Portillo, winner of the 2024 Sphinx Medal of Excellence by the Sphinx Organization and praised for “high notes with ease, singing with a luxuriant warm glow that seduced the ear as he bounded about the stage with abandon”, (Opera News) he has established himself as a leading classical singer of his generation.

In the 2024/25 season, David will sing Tamino in Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the Metropolitan Opera, the roles of Natura, Pain and Furia in Cavalli’s La Calisto at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Dr. Richardson in Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves at Houston Grand Opera, Lysander in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, Bajazet in Handel’s Tamerlano with Haymarket Opera in Chicago, and in concert, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the San Antonio Symphony and Septimius in Handel’s Theodora with Dame Jane Glover and Music of the Baroque.

Past seasons in opera include appearances at the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Opera Australia, Washington National Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Glyndebourne Festival, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Washington Concert Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Austin Opera, Minnesota Opera, San Diego Opera, Arizona Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Calgary Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Detroit Opera, and the Bard Festival.

Sept 2024