Tenor
Mario Chang
La traviataBiography
Named “a born bel canto tenor” by the New York Times, Guatemalan tenor Mario Chang's 2023 – 2024 season sees his return to the Metropolitan Opera to sing Arcadio in Mary Zimmerman's new production of Catán's Florencia en el Amazonas , conducted by music director Yannick Nézet -Séguin. Mr. Chang also returns to Palm Beach Opera for his US debut as Cavaradossi in Tosca , and makes his debut with Irish National Opera as Alfredo in La Traviata . Additional appearances include appreances as Ruggero Lastouc in La Rondine with Washington Concert Opera. Concert work includes Verdi's Requiem with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. Operatic highlights include multiple performances at the Metropolitan Opera including as Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, the Italian Tenor in Der Rosenkavalier opposite Renée Fleming, Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Rodolfo in La bohème conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and Ismaele in Nabucco at Los Angeles Opera, Rodolfo in La bohéme and Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor at Santa Fe Opera, and Alfredo in La Traviata with Washington National Opera, Atlanta Opera, Oper Frankfurt, and North Carolina Opera. Mr. Chang made his house and role debuts as the title role in Massenet’s Werther with Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, his house debut at Norwegian National Opera as the Duke in Rigoletto, and at Arizona Opera as Rodolfo in La bohème.