Praised for his “ample voice of arresting quality” and “expressive sensitivity” (Opera News) and “power, passion and lyrical finesse” (Opera Magazine), in the 2022/23 season, rising young Argentinian-Spanish-American tenor Jose Simerilla Romero joins the ensemble of Staatsoper Hannover for various leading roles which will include Rodolfo in La bohéme, Prince Gwidon in Zar Saltan, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, and Chevalier de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites. He also makes his Komische Oper debut as Laërte in Hamlet. Last seaon, he joined the Nederlandse Reisopera as both Alfredo in La traviata and Rodolfo in La bohéme, made his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut as Jaquino in Fidelio under the baton of Maestro Gustavo Dudamel, sang Rodolfo in La bohéme with the Grand Tetons Music Festival under the baton of Donald Runnicles, sang the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto in his Florida Grand Opera and Daytona Symphony debuts, made his San Francisco Symphony debut as the Shepard in Oedipus Rex, and sang further performances of Alfredo in La traviata with First Coast Opera.
Mr. Simerilla Romero is an Award Winner from the Chicago International Music Competition, the Vero Beach Opera Competition, the Camerata Bardi International Vocal Competition, the Jensen Foundation International Vocal Competition, the Opera Foundation, Metropolitan Opera National Council District Auditions, Kyrenia Opera Vocal Competition, Vienna International Music Competition, Berliner International Music Competition, the Orpheus Vocal Competition, and the Tampa Bay Symphony Jack Heller Competiton. He has participated in Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artist Vocal Academy, the LA Opera Young Artist Program, the Dutch National Opera & Ballet Studio, the Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute, and holds degrees from both Valencia College and Stetson University
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