He was born in Cintalapa (Chiapas, Mexico) and completed his studies in Industrial Engineering, combining them with visual and performing arts. He studied graphic design and drama in Mexico City and architecture in Madrid (Universidad Politécnica), as well as various art workshops in other European cities. He lives in Spain since 1997.
He started as assistant stage director in Mexico and Spain (theatre, zarzuela and opera). His first foray as a director in opera was in Mexico City in 1996, with a show based on Manuel de Falla's Siete canciones populares. He then directed theatre and zarzuela, until reaching the two most prestigious stages in his home country: Palacio de Bellas Artes (2017, 2018) and the Centro Nacional de las Artes (2019).
In 2004 he made his operatic debut, with Lucia di Lammermoor, at the Teatro Jovellanos in Gijón. Since then he has staged zarzuela, opera, operetta, musical and prose theatre in Cuba, Colombia, the United States, Portugal, Scotland and Andorra, as well as Mexico and Spain. He has collaborated in workshops for lyric artists in the latter two countries, as well as in Colombia, the United States and Italy. In Mexico, he has directed shows at the Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Centro Nacional de las Artes, the two most prestigious venues in his home country.
Among the works he has directed are zarzuelas such as Cecilia Valdés, El barbero de Sevilla, El imposible mayor en amor le vence Amor, La canción del olvido, La Corte de Faraón, La del manojo de rosas, La leyenda del beso, La del soto del parral, La verbena de la Paloma, Los gavilanes, Luisa Fernanda, La canción del olvido, María la O, Cecilia Valdés, Romance esclavo, Jasón o la conquista del Vellocino, Apolo y Dafne and La ruta de Don Quijote; operas such as Amahl and the night visitors, Carmen, Cavalleria rusticana, Gianni Schicchi, La bohème, La traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Marina, Pepita Jiménez, Rigoletto, Tosca and Turandot; and operettas such as The Merry Widow and The Count of Luxembourg.
In 2023 he directed the zarzuelas Jasón o la conquista del Vellocino (Festival Brunetti / CC Conde Duque Madrid), Apolo y Dafne (Dallas) and the operas Rigoletto (Oporto) and Turandot (Alcalá de Henares). He also conducted the third edition of the Estudio de Zarzuela, an educational project of which he is the founder, and participated in the premiere of the zarzuela La ruta de Don Quijote, by Rodríguez Albert, in Miami (Florida International University Music Festival).
In 2024 he will conduct Madama Butterfly in Coimbra (Portugal) and La rondine in San José (Costa Rica) and will return to the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City with Reina y mujer. He is currently artistic director of the Festival Lírico de Medinaceli, the Estudio de Zarzuela and has recently been appointed artistic advisor to the Zarzuela-USA organisation.
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