He sang a recital at El Camino College Center for the Arts, Handel’s Messiah with New Choral Society, a gala of Gershwin favorites with New Century Chamber Orchestra. Last season, he sang Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Memphis and Livermore Valley Opera and joined Opera Saratoga as Dick in Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock. This season, he joins West Edge Opera for Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande and sings Handel’s Messiah with the Las Vegas Philharmonic. She is also an active jazz singer.Įfraín Solís is a recent graduate of the Adler Fellowship Program at San Francisco Opera, where he sang Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Dandini in La Cenerentola, and Schaunard in La bohème. Other opera roles include Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Sarelda in The Inspector, Tituba in The Crucible, Loma Williams in Cold Sassy Tree, and others. An early music enthusiast, Duarte sings often with Ars Lyrica Houston, Merury Houston, the Bach Society Houston, the Festivalensemble in Stuttgart, Germany, and the Festival de Musica Barroca de San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She can be heard in the most recent CD recording of Daniel Catán songs, Encantamiento. She has been active in the circle of contemporary music, giving life to new roles such as Gracie in A Way Home (HGOco world premiere), Jessie Lydell in A Coffin in Egypt (HGO world premiere), First responder/Harriet in After the Storm (HGOco world premiere), Alicia in Some Light Emerges (HGOco world premiere), as well as chamber pieces. She has toured with this production to Paris, France Lyric Opera of Chicago San Diego Opera Arizona Opera and most recently, Fort Worth Opera. Recently he sang Junius in The Rape of Lucretia for the University of Arizona.Ĭecilia Duarte created the role of Renata in Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, premiered by Houston Grand Opera in 2010 and revived in 2013. Moreno composed and released his first solo album in 2013 titled “Amar a esa mujer,” accompanied by mariachi. He has also sung Zurga in Les pêcheurs de perles, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, Vronsky in Anna Karenina, John Proctor in The Crucible, Germont in La traviata, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, the title role in Rigoletto, Sourin in The Queen of Spades, and Belcore in The Elixir of Love. ![]() He created the role of Laurentino for Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, and the role of Xihuitl for El Pasado Nunca Se Termina. He has performed with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego Opera, Arizona Opera, Opera in the Heights, Bellas Artes Opera in Mexico City, and the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France, among others. ![]() He won third place in the 2008 Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers and represented Mexico in the 2009 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition and the 2010 Paris International competition, as well as third place in the Carlo Morelli Competition in Mexico City. Originally from Hermosillo, Mexico, Octavio Moreno participated in the young artist program at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia and the Houston Grand Opera Studio.
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