Bio
Mexican baritone Luis Ledesma has established a reputation as a “rich and well controlled baritone” (Opera News). He frequently portrays the heroes and villains of Puccini, Verdi, and the bel canto masters as well as roles in recent new works in Spanish including Florencia en el Amazonas and El pasado nunca se termina. His operatic and concert career has advanced in Europe, the United States, and South America and includes theaters such as Teatro alla Scala, the Liceu in Barcelona, Klangbogen Festival in Vienna, Wexford Festival, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Semperoper in Dresden, Koeln Oper, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Bellas Artes in Mexico City and many more. This season, Ledesma will perform the title role in Macbeth with Syracuse Opera, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with Pacific Symphony, Augustino in El pasado nunca se termina with Fort Worth Opera, and perform as a soloist in Carmina Burana with Acadiana Symphony.