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Luis Ledesma has established himself as a singer with powerful, yet refined vocal and theatrical gifts. His career already includes appearances in several international opera houses around the world, including Teatro alla Scala (Luisa Fernanda), the Liceu in Barcelona (Alphonse in La favorite, Riccardo in I puritani and Marcello in La boheme), Klangbogen Festival in Vienna (Leoncavallo's La boheme), Teatro Municipal de Santiago (Escamillo in Carmen), Semperoper in Dresden (Marcello in La boheme), Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires (Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia), Bellas Artes in Mexico City (Marcello in La boheme), Macau Festival (Sharpless in Madama Butterfly), and Graz Oper (Escamillo in Carmen).
In the United States, Mr. Ledesma has sung with many companies, including Houston Grand Opera, Washington Opera, Madison Opera, Nashville Opera, Portland Opera, Indianapolis and Connecticut Opera, Opera Pacific, Palm Beach Opera,Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Carolina, Memphis Opera, Minnesota Opera and New York City Opera.
The 2007-2008 season opened with Amonasro (Aida) for Lyric Opera of Kansas City, the High Priest in Samson and Dalila with Nashville Opera, and Marcello (La boheme) with Madison Opera. Mr. Ledesma is again part of the Andrea Bocelli U.S. Tour (Las Vegas, San Jose, Madison Square Garden, Continental Arena, Ft.Lauderdale, Phoenix and Anaheim)and after a short break will sing his first Jack Rance (La Fanciulla del West) for the St.Bart's Festival. This will be followed by his first Gerard in Andrea Chenier for Mobile Opera, Escamillo (Carmen) for Austin Opera (inaugurating their new opera house)Germont in (La traviata) for Michigan Opera Theater and Scarpia (Tosca) for San Antonio Opera. The season ends with an exciting debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra singing La boheme (Marcello) at the Mann Music Center and the Vail Festival under the baton of Rossen Milanov.
In the 2008-2009 season upcoming debuts include Jack Rance in La Fanciulla del West with L'Opera de Montreal, Germont in La traviata with Florida Grand Opera and a return to Mobile opera as Enrico Lucia di Lammermoor. In the spring of 2009 Mr. Ledesma will debut with Arizona Opera as Scarpia in Tosca followed by a reprisal of Enrico for the acclaimed Savonlinna Festival, where he is also invited for Escamillo in 2010.
Recent engagements in the 2006-2007 season include Scarpia (Tosca) for Palm Beach Opera followed by tours with Andrea Bocelli (and soprano Ana Maria Martinez) which included Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl. He then made his debut in Bellas Artes in his native Mexico City in the role of Marcello (La boheme). The season continued in Graz Oper as Escamillo in the critically acclaimed new production of Carmen by Stefan Herheim followed by his debut as Tonio (I pagliacci) for Opera Carolina and a return to Opera Pacific as Escamillo (Carmen). The season finished with concerts for Washington Opera conducted by Placido Domingo and as the cover for Lado Ataneli in their production of Macbeth. This was immediately followed by an engagement in Switzerland to record several rare songs by Leoncavallo for the Fondazione Leoncavallo.
Recent past engagements include Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) for the Macau Festival and highly acclaimed performances of Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia) in a new production for Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. Frequently engaged by theaters throughout Germany, Mr. Ledesma performed several roles for Koeln Oper which included Rodrigo (Don Carlo), Germont (La traviata), Belcore (L'elisir d'amore), Silvio (I pagliacci) and Dandini (La cenerentola). He has sung the role of Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor) for Las Palmas de Mallorca and the roles of Valentin (Faust) and Amonasro (Aida) for the Shaker Mountain Festival. Other performances include Escamillo for the Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Don Pasquale and L'etoile du nord for the Wexford Festival, and Ramiro (L'heure espagnol) in a new production for the Kammeroper in Vienna.
Additionally as a concert artist, Mr. Ledesma has performed a variety of orchestral repertoire, including Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Mozart's Coronation Mass, Faure Requiem and Orff's Carmina Burana. Most recently he sang Carmina Burana with the Louisville Orchestra and a series of Christmas concerts in Hannover with the NDR Radiophilarmonie.
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