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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), Graz Oper (Escamillo in Carmen) and Savonlinna Opera Festival (Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor and 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.
Mr. Ledesma frequently portrays the heroes and villains of Puccini and Verdi in addition to performing the important bel canto roles of Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini. His growing repertoire includes many roles in the French repertoire and has extended to the verismo composers such as Leoncavallo and Giordano.
The 2009-2010 season opened in San Antonio Opera in the role of Sharpless, followed by performances of Scarpia for Nashville Opera, a Gala concert for Die Alte Oper Frankfurt and Escamillo for Tres Siglos Tres Fiestas in Chihuahua Mexico. The season continues with Escamillos for New Jersey Opera (with Kirsten Chavez and Richard Leech) and a debut with Manitoba Opera in Winnipeg in the same role. Mr. Ledesma will then make his debut with Florentine Opera in the title role of Verdi’s Rigoletto. The summer brings a return to the Savonlinna Opera Festival as Escamillo.
The 2010-2011 season opens with Tonio in I pagliacci for San Antonio Opera, Gerard in Andrea Chenier for Nashville Opera, Escamillo in Carmen for Arizona Opera, Marcello in La boheme with the Teatro de Bellas Artes Mexico City followed by Valentin in Faust for Hawaii Opera.
Other recent roles include Jack Rance in La fanciulla del west with L’opera de Montreal, Germont in La traviata with Florida Grand Opera, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with Mobile Opera and Marcello in Lisbon, Portugal Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos, Scarpia for Arizona Opera, Valentin in Fresno, and Enrico for the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland, Gerard in Andrea Chenier for Mobile Opera, Germont for Michigan Opera Theater and Scarpia for San Antonio Opera in addition to a debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra in concert performances of La boheme (Marcello) at the Mann Music Center and the Vail Festival.
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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