Jesús León

Mexican tenor Jesús León is one of the most acclaimed ‘bel canto’ tenors of his generation. His vocal studies began with the Cuban tenor Jesús Li, followed by attendance at the UCLA Opera Studio, the Solti Accademia di Bel Canto, the Boston University Opera Institute and the Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program at Los Angeles Opera. He also trained in Italy under the direction of legendary soprano Mirella Freni, who granted him the Nicolai Ghiaurov scholarship.

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Jesús León at Royal Albert Hall, March 21, 2009
Jesús León at Royal Albert Hall, March 21, 2009
Background information
BornHermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
GenresOpera
Occupation(s)(tenor)
Instrument(s)voice, guitar, piano
LabelsOpus Arte
Websitewww.jesusleon.com

Early years

His music studies began with guitar lessons at age ten and then voice lessons in the Casa de la Cultura of Sonora at age 14 while at the same time he was singing for private events in his self-created rock band, "Garage".[1] From 1990 to 1995, he played guitar and sang with local bands, Herson Rucks, Europa and Sahuaro and won third prize in the Valores Bacardi national music competition in 1995.

In 1996 León began professional opera studies at the University of Sonora. He sang as a tenor soloist with the university choir and performed in music festivals such as the Festival Ortiz Tirado and the Festival of Las Fronteras. In 1998 he sang in the theatrical production, La Mandrágora.

Between 1998 and 2004, as tenor and pianist, León was a member of several sacred ensembles that led him to create his own ensemble, Cantiquo.[2][3] For six years he sang in the Notte di Pasta of the hotel Fiesta Americana of Hermosillo. He also recorded a CD called Recuerdo de una Notte di Pasta.

Opera career

2021-22 Season he made his debut at the Opera Comique of Paris singing Roméo in Roméo et Juliette, he sang the role of Hernan Cortes from Montezuma by Graun in the Palace of Bellas Artes Mexico and sung 6 concerts with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. He will sing concerts with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Munchen Philharmonic in Munich and the title role in William Tell by Rossini with Ireland National Opera.

His 2018- 2019 season included the roles of Elvino in La Sonnambula, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Deutsche Oper Berlinand Alfredo in La Traviata at the Minnesota Opera. He sung Roméo in Roméo et Juliette at Graz Opera, Hoffmann in Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Palace of Bellas Artes in Mexico, a concert at the Great Hall in Moscow and 6 concerts at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

León's engagements in the 2017–18 season include Duca Rigoletto (Oper im Steinbruch), Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor Florida Grand Opera, Christmas concerts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, New Year's Eve and New Day's year concert at Dubai Opera House, his role of Elvino in La Sonnambula in Staatsoper Stuttgart Opera, 7 concerts at Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and as Ismael in Nabucco Opéra de Nice and Toulon Opera.

León's engagements in the 2016–18 season include Nadir in Les pêcheurs de perles (Opera di Firenze, Teatro Verdi di Trieste and Seoul Arts Centre), Il Duca Rigoletto (Opéra de Nice), Roméo in Roméo et Juliette (Royal Opera House Muscat) and Elvino La Sonnambula (Teatro Filarmonico Verona).

Other recent engagements have included Roméo in Roméo et Juliette at the Atlanta Opera, Arturo in I Puritani at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Tebaldo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi at Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, Elvino La Sonnambula at Teatro Massimo Bellini, Teatro Comunale Mario del Monaco in Treviso, Teatro Comunale Ferrara and Teatro Alighieri Ravenna, Nadir Les pêcheurs de perles at (Opera di Firenze, Teatro Regio in Parma, Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, Korea National Opera Seoul and Daegu Opera House), Pâris in La Belle Hélène at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, Ernesto in Don Pasquale at Tyrolean State Theatre, Alfredo in La Traviata at Scottish Opera, Dijon Opera, Théâtre de Caen, Vorarlberger Landestheater, Il Duca di Mantova in Rigoletto at Vorarlberger Landestheater, as Riccardo in Donizetti's Maria di Rohan in Berlin and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at Garsington Opera and Birgitta Festival.

León is also an active concert performer and has performed with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (Spirit of Christmas and New Year's Eve gala, New Year's concert), Birmingham Symphony Hall, Barbican Hall, Wigmore Hall, Orchestra Verdi in Milan (Mozart Requiem) and the Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (Berlioz's Romeo et Juliette).

Discography (CD)

Awards & Grants
  • 2020 - Winner of the Vienna International Music Competition. His award-winning concert took place same year at the Wiener Konzerthaus.
  • 2009 - Festival Ortiz Tirado,[5]
  • 2007 - Grants from Jose Iturbi Foundation,[6]
  • 2007 - The Vilcek Foundation,[7]
  • 2006 - The Nando Peretti Foundation,[8]
  • 2006 - The Solti Foundation,[9]
  • 2005 - The Palm Springs Opera Guild
  • 2005 - The American Institute of Fine Arts
  • 2004 - The Opera Buffs Inc.[10] of Los Angeles.[11]

Complete Repertoire
Year of Debut # Title Composer Role Opera house Location
2004 1 L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of love) Gaetano Donizetti Nemorino Auditorio Civico del Estado Hermosillo, Sonora
2005 2 La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi Alfredo Palm Springs Opera Guild Palm Springs, California
3 Gianni Schicchi Giacomo Puccini Rinuccio Boston Opera Institute Boston, Massachusetts
2006 4 Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) Rossini Almaviva (Cover) Saint Louis Opera Saint Louis, Missouri
2007 5 Così Fan Tutte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ferrando (Cover) Santa Fe Opera Santa Fe, New Mexico
2008 6 Lucia di Lammermoor Gaetano Donizetti Edgardo Riverside Lyric Opera London, UK
7 Tosca Giacomo Puccini Cavaradossi (Cover) Raymond Gubbay Production London, UK
2009 8 Carmen Georges Bizet Don Jose (Cover) Raymond Gubbay Production London, UK
9 Falstaff Giuseppe Verdi Fenton(Cover) Glyndebourne Festival Lewes, England
2010 10 Tosca Giacomo Puccini Cavaradossi Northern Ireland Opera Belfast, Northern Ireland
11 La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi Alfredo West Bay Opera Palo Alto, California
12 Madame Butterfly Giacomo Puccini Pinkerton Grange Park Opera Nevill Holt
2011 13 Maria di Rohan Gaetano Donizetti Riccardo Berliner Operngruppe Berlin, Germany
14 La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi Alfredo Opera de Dijon Dijon, France
2012 15 La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi Alfredo Theatre de Caen Caen, France
16 Don Giovanni Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Ottavio Garsington Opera London, UK
17 Don Giovanni Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Ottavio Birgitta Festival Tallinn, Estonia
18 La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi Alfredo Scottish Opera Glasgow, Scotland
2013 19 La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi Alfredo Vorarlberger Landestheater Bregenz, Austria
20 Don Pasquale Gaetano Donizetti Ernesto Teatro del Bicentenario Leon, Mexico
21 I Puritani Vincenzo Bellini Arturo Grange Park Opera London, UK
2014 22 Don Pasquale Gaetano Donizetti Ernesto Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, Austria
23 Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi Il Duca di Mantova Vorarlberger Landestheater Bregenz, Austria
24 Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) Georges Bizet Nadir Teatro Reggio di Parma Parma, Italy
25 Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) Georges Bizet Nadir Teatro Comunale di Modena Modena, Italy
26 La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) Vincenzo Bellini Elvino Teatro Comunale di Treviso Treviso, Italy
27 I Capuleti e i Montecchi Vincenzo Bellini Tebaldo Teatro Massimo di Bellini Catania, Italy
2015 28 I Puritani Vincenzo Bellini Arturo Opera di Firenze Florence, Italy
29 La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) Vincenzo Bellini Elvino Teatro Comunale di Ferrara Ferrara, Italy
30 La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) Vincenzo Bellini Elvino Teatro Comunale Alighieri di Ravenna Ravenna, Italy
31 La Belle Hélène Jacques Offenbach Paris Théâtre du Châtelet Paris, France
32 Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) Georges Bizet Nadir Korea National Opera Seoul, South Korea
33 Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) Georges Bizet Nadir Korea National Opera Daegu, South Korea
2016 34 Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) Georges Bizet Nadir Opera di Firenze Florence, Italy
35 La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) Vincenzo Bellini Elvino Teatro Filarmonico di Verona Verona, Italy
36 Roméo et Juliette Charles Gounod Roméo Atlanta Opera Atlanta, Georgia
37 La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) Vincenzo Bellini Elvino Teatro Massimo di Bellini Catania, Italy
38 Roméo et Juliette Charles Gounod Roméo Royal Opera House of Muscat Muscat, Oman
2017 39 Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) Georges Bizet Nadir Teatro Verdi di Trieste Trieste, Italy
40 Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi Il Duca di Mantova Opera Nice Côte d’Azur Nice, France
41 Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) Georges Bizet Nadir Korea National Opera Seoul, South Korea
42 Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi Il Duca di Mantova Oper im Steinbruch Vienna, Austria
43 La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) Vincenzo Bellini Elvino Amigos de la Opera de Vigo Vigo, Spain
44 Lucia di Lammermoor Gaetano Donizetti Edgargo Florida Grand Opera Miami, Florida
2018 45 La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) Vincenzo Bellini Elvino Staatsoper Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany
46 Roméo et Juliette Charles Gounod Roméo Opera Nice Côte d’Azur Nice, France
47 Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi Ismaele Opera Nice Côte d’Azur Nice, France
48 Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi Ismaele Opéra de Toulon Toulon, France
2019 49 La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) Vincenzo Bellini Elvino Deutsche Oper Berlin Berlin, Germany
50 Lucia di Lammermoor Gaetano Donizetti Edgargo Deutsche Oper Berlin Berlin, Germany
51 La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi Alfredo Minnesota Opera Saint Paul, Minnesota
52 Roméo et Juliette Charles Gounod Roméo Graz Opera Graz, Austria
53 The Tales of Hoffmann (Les contes d’Hoffmann) Jacques Offenbach Hoffmann Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico City, Mexico
2021 54 Montezuma Carl Heinrich Graun Hernán Cortés Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico City, Mexico
55 Roméo et Juliette Charles Gounod Roméo Opera Comique Paris, France

References
  1. Grupo Garage en Teledicion, Canal 12. Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico: Garagehermosillo. 2002. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  2. "Cantiquo en Charlas de Verano, 11 Septiembre, 2001" (PDF). elimparcial.com. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
  3. "Cantiquo en concierto, 13 de Agosto 2002" (PDF). elimparcial.com. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
  4. "Product Details - JESÚS LEÓN - BEL CANTO". www.opusarte.co.uk.
  5. "Revelacion Juvenil. Jesus Leon, Tenor(2009)". festivalortiztirado.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  6. "About us - José Iturbi International Music Competition - Piano Competition, Voice Competition, Music Competition". joseiturbifoundation.org.
  7. "Vilcek Foundation Sponsored Programs Santa Fe Apprenticeship". vilcek.org. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  8. "Nurturing Classical Singers: Supporting the Solti Te Kanawa Accademia di Bel Canto". nandoperettifound.org. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  9. "Solti Foundation Previous Award Winners, 2006 - Accademia Solti 2006 Summer Masterclass". soltifoundation.com. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  10. "Home - The Opera Buffs Inc". The Opera Buffs Inc.
  11. "Opera Buffs Awards $20,000 to Aspiring Young Singers". californiachronicle.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2010-02-20.


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