Stage director and playwright. He has been the Artistic Director of the Medinaceli Lyrical Festival since December 2020.
Born in Cintalapa (Chiapas, Mexico), he studied Industrial Engineering in his home country, combining it with studies in Fine Arts and Music. He also studied Architecture in Madrid (Polytechnic University), Graphic Design in Mexico City, Drama workshops in New York, as well as various art courses in other European cities.
He worked as an assistant stage director in Mexico and Spain in theatre, zarzuela, and opera. His first foray into directing in the lyric genre took place in Mexico City with a production based on Siete canciones populares by Manuel de Falla in 1996. He later directed theatrical works and zarzuelas. His opera debut as a director was with Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti at the Jovellanos Theatre in Gijón in 2004. Since then, he has staged operas such as La traviata, Rigoletto, La bohème, Turandot, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Pepita Jiménez, Cavalleria rusticana, Carmen, and the operetta The Merry Widow by Lehár.
He has written and premiered lyric-theatrical productions (Händel, King of Baroque Opera; Fernando VI and His Musical Court; A Tribute to Albéniz; Mahler: An Artist at the Turn of the Century) and directed the musical A Man’s a Man at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
He has collaborated with publications in Mexico (ProÓpera), Spain (Opera World, Ópera Actual, Mundo Clásico), Argentina (Operayre), as well as with publications of the Mozart Festival of A Coruña, the Teatro de la Zarzuela, and the Teatro Real in Madrid.
He directed the lyric productions Sumisión y sortilegios at the Municipal Theatre of Bogotá (2012), La travesía at the Gran Teatro de La Habana (2012), and the performance Rodin: The Volumes of Man in Mexico City (Soumaya Museum, 2013). In 2015, he directed in Madrid the premiere of two theatrical works commemorating International Theatre Day, as well as new productions of La traviata in Bogotá (2015) and La bohème at the 4th Oaxaca Opera Festival (2016). Also in 2016, he directed La corte de Faraón in Bogotá, and in 2017, for the National Opera of Mexico, he staged Gianni Schicchi, the zarzuela María la O in Santa Marta (Colombia), and the revival of The Merry Widow in Bogotá. That same year, he directed Don Giovanni at the Ateneo de Madrid. In 2018, he premiered Farinelli VS Carestini at the Corral de Comedias of Alcalá de Henares and directed Carmen and Luisa Fernanda for the International Zarzuela Season of Bogotá, an Opera Gala at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City (followed by a tour of more than a dozen Mexican cities), the lyric production Monumental in Toledo (Spain), a new production of La traviata at the Municipal Theatre of Cali, and premiered Bijoux lyriques and The Death of Violetta in Madrid, with texts written by himself. In 2019, he premiered Queen and Woman: The Tudors in Opera (also with texts by the author) at the 5 de Mayo Festival in Puebla (Mexico), the Ateneo de Madrid, and the National Center for the Arts (Mexico City). That same year, he participated in new productions in Bogotá (La traviata) and Cali (Lucia di Lammermoor). In 2020, he directed the Baroque zarzuela El imposible mayor en amor, le vence Amor in Dallas and took part in the recovery of the Colombian zarzuela Romance esclavo in Bogotá. In 2021, he directed the zarzuela Cecilia Valdés for the Andorra Lyric Season, Der Schauspieldirektor at the Teatro Real of Aranjuez, and Los Gavilanes in Bogotá, and also founded the Zarzuela Studio. In 2022, he directed new productions in Bogotá (Los Gavilanes), Cali (Rigoletto), Porto (Rigoletto), and several Spanish cities (La del manojo de rosas, La canción del olvido). He also toured his native land with the production Chiapas Lírico and collaborated on the re-premiere in Spain of the zarzuela Chin Chun Chan.
He has also directed lyric works in Havana, Bogotá, Edinburgh, Dallas, and Miami, among other cities in the Americas and Europe.
Among his most recent works are the Baroque zarzuelas Apolo y Dafne in Dallas; Jasón at the Brunetti Festival (Colmenar de Oreja) and the Conde Duque Cultural Center in Madrid; the revival of the Baroque zarzuela Veneno es de amor la envidia at the National Auditorium in Madrid; Doña Francisquita at the Zarzuela Festival of La Solana; Madama Butterfly in Lisbon; La rondine in Costa Rica; and La bohème in Panama, as well as directing the International Zarzuela Studio in San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante) and Torralba de Calatrava (Ciudad Real).
His latest projects include directing a new production of La Corte de Faraón at the Semana de la Zarzuela Festival in La Solana; directing, as part of a university project, the Colombian premiere of Giordano’s opera Mese mariano; as well as Romance de puerto in Santander, and Madama Butterfly and La leyenda del beso.
Date of last modification: January 2026
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Born in Cintalapa (Chiapas, Mexico), he studied Industrial Engineering in his home country, combining it with studies in Fine Arts and Music. He also studied Architecture in Madrid (Polytechnic University), Graphic Design in Mexico City, Drama workshops in New York, as well as various art courses in other European cities.
He worked as an assistant stage director in Mexico and Spain in theatre, zarzuela, and opera. His first foray into directing in the lyric genre took place in Mexico City with a production based on Siete canciones populares by Manuel de Falla in 1996. He later directed theatrical works and zarzuelas. His opera debut as a director was with Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti at the Jovellanos Theatre in Gijón in 2004. Since then, he has staged operas such as La traviata, Rigoletto, La bohème, Turandot, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Pepita Jiménez, Cavalleria rusticana, Carmen, and the operetta The Merry Widow by Lehár.
He has written and premiered lyric-theatrical productions (Händel, King of Baroque Opera; Fernando VI and His Musical Court; A Tribute to Albéniz; Mahler: An Artist at the Turn of the Century) and directed the musical A Man’s a Man at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
He has collaborated with publications in Mexico (ProÓpera), Spain (Opera World, Ópera Actual, Mundo Clásico), Argentina (Operayre), as well as with publications of the Mozart Festival of A Coruña, the Teatro de la Zarzuela, and the Teatro Real in Madrid.
He directed the lyric productions Sumisión y sortilegios at the Municipal Theatre of Bogotá (2012), La travesía at the Gran Teatro de La Habana (2012), and the performance Rodin: The Volumes of Man in Mexico City (Soumaya Museum, 2013). In 2015, he directed in Madrid the premiere of two theatrical works commemorating International Theatre Day, as well as new productions of La traviata in Bogotá (2015) and La bohème at the 4th Oaxaca Opera Festival (2016). Also in 2016, he directed La corte de Faraón in Bogotá, and in 2017, for the National Opera of Mexico, he staged Gianni Schicchi, the zarzuela María la O in Santa Marta (Colombia), and the revival of The Merry Widow in Bogotá. That same year, he directed Don Giovanni at the Ateneo de Madrid. In 2018, he premiered Farinelli VS Carestini at the Corral de Comedias of Alcalá de Henares and directed Carmen and Luisa Fernanda for the International Zarzuela Season of Bogotá, an Opera Gala at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City (followed by a tour of more than a dozen Mexican cities), the lyric production Monumental in Toledo (Spain), a new production of La traviata at the Municipal Theatre of Cali, and premiered Bijoux lyriques and The Death of Violetta in Madrid, with texts written by himself. In 2019, he premiered Queen and Woman: The Tudors in Opera (also with texts by the author) at the 5 de Mayo Festival in Puebla (Mexico), the Ateneo de Madrid, and the National Center for the Arts (Mexico City). That same year, he participated in new productions in Bogotá (La traviata) and Cali (Lucia di Lammermoor). In 2020, he directed the Baroque zarzuela El imposible mayor en amor, le vence Amor in Dallas and took part in the recovery of the Colombian zarzuela Romance esclavo in Bogotá. In 2021, he directed the zarzuela Cecilia Valdés for the Andorra Lyric Season, Der Schauspieldirektor at the Teatro Real of Aranjuez, and Los Gavilanes in Bogotá, and also founded the Zarzuela Studio. In 2022, he directed new productions in Bogotá (Los Gavilanes), Cali (Rigoletto), Porto (Rigoletto), and several Spanish cities (La del manojo de rosas, La canción del olvido). He also toured his native land with the production Chiapas Lírico and collaborated on the re-premiere in Spain of the zarzuela Chin Chun Chan.
He has also directed lyric works in Havana, Bogotá, Edinburgh, Dallas, and Miami, among other cities in the Americas and Europe.
Among his most recent works are the Baroque zarzuelas Apolo y Dafne in Dallas; Jasón at the Brunetti Festival (Colmenar de Oreja) and the Conde Duque Cultural Center in Madrid; the revival of the Baroque zarzuela Veneno es de amor la envidia at the National Auditorium in Madrid; Doña Francisquita at the Zarzuela Festival of La Solana; Madama Butterfly in Lisbon; La rondine in Costa Rica; and La bohème in Panama, as well as directing the International Zarzuela Studio in San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante) and Torralba de Calatrava (Ciudad Real).
His latest projects include directing a new production of La Corte de Faraón at the Semana de la Zarzuela Festival in La Solana; directing, as part of a university project, the Colombian premiere of Giordano’s opera Mese mariano; as well as Romance de puerto in Santander, and Madama Butterfly and La leyenda del beso.
Date of last modification: January 2026
It cannot be altered without permission. Please destroy any previous biographical material.
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