Since he was finalist in Carlo Morelli National Vocal
Competition in 2007, tenor RODRIGO GARCIARROYO has been
continuously performing throughout Mexico’s most important theatres. He has performed opera leading roles and sung
several concerts at diverse venues and theatres in North America and Latin
America. A robust, impassioned voice and
captivating stage presence, as well as an innate, elegant musicality and
exquisite acting skills have gained for him the audience’s love and applause
everywhere he’s performed, and motivated critics to describe him as “charming.
An experienced, secure and refined professional, combining a rich timbre and a smooth
legato with secure and heroic high notes; simply first class singing” (J.
Bills, ProOpera magazine), and “There has been a glut of stellar
tenors coming out of Mexico lately, and Rodrigo Garciarroyo is the newest kid in the
Pantheon.” (Larry Kellum, The Town
Times,
Connecticut).
He has been awarded the Olga Forrai Foundation and the
Martina Arroyo Foundation
scholarships to study in NYC; the International Vocal
Arts Institute (IVAI) scholarship to study in Puerto Rico and Israel, and the
Placido Domingo voice scholarship given by Sociedad Internacional de Valores de Arte Mexicano (SIVAM),
Mexico’s most renowned young artist programme. In
2009, Mr. Garciarroyo made his debut at the Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York singing the tenor solo part in Verdi’s Requiem,
and in 2011 he sang Turiddu CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, under
conductor Niksa Bareza for his Palacio de Bellas Artes leading role debut, in Mexico City. In 2012 he founded the opera company Ópera Insolente and in 2013, he was named one of the top leaders of opera in Mexico by Lideres Mexicanos magazine.
His repertoire includes the tenor leading roles in CARMEN,
LA TRAVIATA, LA BOHEME, IL
TROVATORE, SAMSON & DALILA, TOSCA, IL TABARRO,
MADAMA BUTTERFLY, MANON, ZAIDE, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, DON GIOVANNI, and LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN; as well as in
Mexican operas ANITA by Melesio Morales, and SALA DE ESPERA
by Lorena Orozco. His concert repertoire includes songs, romanzas,
chamber and symphonic repertoire including Beethoven’s 9TH SYMPHONY and
Carl Orff’s CARMINA BURANA. He has collaborated with conductors
such as Enrique Diemecke, Enrique Patrón de Rueda, Fernando Lozano, Juan Carlos
Lomónaco, Carlos García Ruiz, Patrick Gardner and Willie Anthony Walters, among
others.
Recently, Rodrigo Garciarroyo was awarded the Artistic
Residence Scholarship in NYC from
Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes of the
Ministry of Culture (FONCA) to undertake a new phase in his career to study the roles of Canio I
PAGLIACCI and OTELLO. Mr.
Garciarroyo has studied with Arthur Levy, Joan Patenaude-Yarnell, Octavio
Arévalo, Cesar Ulloa, Sherrill Milnes, Martina Arroyo, Joan Dornemann, Tito
Capobianco, Rogelio Riojas-Nolasco, Lucy Arner, David Rosenmeyer, James
Demster, Claude Corbeil, and Mario Alberto Hernández.
Garciarroyo will be performing at the Historic Ritz Theatre at the Schaefer Center on November 8th at 7pm. Tickets are $10. For more information, call the Main Street office.
