Stage director and playwright. He has been artistic director of the Medinaceli Lyric Festival since December 2020.
Born in Cintalapa (Chiapas, Mexico), he studied Industrial Engineering in his native country, combining it with Fine Arts and Music, also architecture in Madrid (Polytechnic University), graphic design in Mexico City, dramatic art workshops in New York, as well as various art courses in other European cities.
He was assistant to stage directors, in Mexico and Spain, in theater, zarzuela and opera. His first foray as a conductor in opera was in Mexico City, with a show based on the Seven Popular Songs by Manuel de Falla, in 1996. Later he directed theatre plays and zarzuelas. His debut as an opera director was with Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro Jovellanos 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 de Lehár.
He has written and premiered lyrical-theatrical shows (Handel, king of baroque opera; Ferdinand 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 (Óperayre) and those of the Mozart Festival of La Coruña, Teatro de la Zarzuela and Teatro Real of Madrid.
He directed the lyrical shows Submission and Spells at Teatro Municipal in Bogotá (2012), The Journey 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 plays to commemorate International Theatre Day, new productions of La traviata in Bogotá (2015) and La bohème at the IV Oaxaca Opera Festival (2016). Also in 2016 he directed La corte de Faraón in the Colombian capital and in 2017, for the National Opera of Mexico he directed 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 the show Farinelli VS Carestini at the Corral de Comedias in Alcalá de Henares and directed Carmen and Luisa Fernanda in the International Zarzuela Season of Bogotá, an Opera Gala at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City (with a subsequent tour of more than a dozen Mexican cities). the lyrical show called Monumental in Toledo (Spain), a new production of La traviata at the Teatro Municipal in Cali and premiered the shows Bijoux lyriques and La muerte de Violeta in Madrid, with texts of his authorship. In 2019 he premiered the work Queen and Woman, the Tudors in opera (also with texts of his authorship) at the Festival 5 de Mayo in Puebla (Mexico), Ateneo de Madrid and Centro Nacional de las Artes (Mexico City). That same year he participated in new productions in Bogotá (La traviata) and in Cali (Lucia di Lammermoor). In 2020 he directed the baroque zarzuela El imposible mayor en amor, le vence Amor in Dallas and participated in the recovery of the Colombian zarzuela Romance esclavo in Bogotá. In 2021 he directed the zarzuela Cecilia Valdés at the Lyric Season of Andorra, Der Schauspieldirektor at the Teatro Real de Aranjuez and the zarzuela Los Gavilanes in Bogotá, as well as founding the Estudio de Zarzuela. In 2022 he directed new productions in Bogotá (Los Gavilanes), Cali (Rigoletto), Porto (Rigoletto) and in several locations in Spain (La del manojo de rosas, La canción del olvido). He also toured his homeland with the show Chiapas Lírico and collaborated in the Spanish revival of the zarzuela Chin Chun Chan.
In addition, he has directed lyrical works in Havana, Bogotá, Edinburgh, Dallas and Miami, among other cities in America and Europe.
Among his recent works are the baroque zarzuelas Apolo and Dafne in Dallas; Jason at the Brunetti Festival (Colmenar de Oreja) and the Conde Duque Cultural Center in Madrid; the rescue of the baroque zarzuela Veneno es de amor la envidia at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid; Doña Francisquita at the La Solana Zarzuela Festival; Madama Butterfly in Lisbon; La rondine in Costa Rica and La bohème in Panama, in addition to carrying out the Estudio de Zarzuela Internacional in San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante) and in Torralba de Calatrava (Ciudad Real).
His engagements this season include the direction of a new production of La Corte de Faraón at the Semana de la Zarzuela festival in La Solana and the direction, in a university project, of the premiere in Colombia of the opera Mese mariano by Giordano.
Date of last modification: October 2024
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Born in Cintalapa (Chiapas, Mexico), he studied Industrial Engineering in his native country, combining it with Fine Arts and Music, also architecture in Madrid (Polytechnic University), graphic design in Mexico City, dramatic art workshops in New York, as well as various art courses in other European cities.
He was assistant to stage directors, in Mexico and Spain, in theater, zarzuela and opera. His first foray as a conductor in opera was in Mexico City, with a show based on the Seven Popular Songs by Manuel de Falla, in 1996. Later he directed theatre plays and zarzuelas. His debut as an opera director was with Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro Jovellanos 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 de Lehár.
He has written and premiered lyrical-theatrical shows (Handel, king of baroque opera; Ferdinand 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 (Óperayre) and those of the Mozart Festival of La Coruña, Teatro de la Zarzuela and Teatro Real of Madrid.
He directed the lyrical shows Submission and Spells at Teatro Municipal in Bogotá (2012), The Journey 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 plays to commemorate International Theatre Day, new productions of La traviata in Bogotá (2015) and La bohème at the IV Oaxaca Opera Festival (2016). Also in 2016 he directed La corte de Faraón in the Colombian capital and in 2017, for the National Opera of Mexico he directed 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 the show Farinelli VS Carestini at the Corral de Comedias in Alcalá de Henares and directed Carmen and Luisa Fernanda in the International Zarzuela Season of Bogotá, an Opera Gala at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City (with a subsequent tour of more than a dozen Mexican cities). the lyrical show called Monumental in Toledo (Spain), a new production of La traviata at the Teatro Municipal in Cali and premiered the shows Bijoux lyriques and La muerte de Violeta in Madrid, with texts of his authorship. In 2019 he premiered the work Queen and Woman, the Tudors in opera (also with texts of his authorship) at the Festival 5 de Mayo in Puebla (Mexico), Ateneo de Madrid and Centro Nacional de las Artes (Mexico City). That same year he participated in new productions in Bogotá (La traviata) and in Cali (Lucia di Lammermoor). In 2020 he directed the baroque zarzuela El imposible mayor en amor, le vence Amor in Dallas and participated in the recovery of the Colombian zarzuela Romance esclavo in Bogotá. In 2021 he directed the zarzuela Cecilia Valdés at the Lyric Season of Andorra, Der Schauspieldirektor at the Teatro Real de Aranjuez and the zarzuela Los Gavilanes in Bogotá, as well as founding the Estudio de Zarzuela. In 2022 he directed new productions in Bogotá (Los Gavilanes), Cali (Rigoletto), Porto (Rigoletto) and in several locations in Spain (La del manojo de rosas, La canción del olvido). He also toured his homeland with the show Chiapas Lírico and collaborated in the Spanish revival of the zarzuela Chin Chun Chan.
In addition, he has directed lyrical works in Havana, Bogotá, Edinburgh, Dallas and Miami, among other cities in America and Europe.
Among his recent works are the baroque zarzuelas Apolo and Dafne in Dallas; Jason at the Brunetti Festival (Colmenar de Oreja) and the Conde Duque Cultural Center in Madrid; the rescue of the baroque zarzuela Veneno es de amor la envidia at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid; Doña Francisquita at the La Solana Zarzuela Festival; Madama Butterfly in Lisbon; La rondine in Costa Rica and La bohème in Panama, in addition to carrying out the Estudio de Zarzuela Internacional in San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante) and in Torralba de Calatrava (Ciudad Real).
His engagements this season include the direction of a new production of La Corte de Faraón at the Semana de la Zarzuela festival in La Solana and the direction, in a university project, of the premiere in Colombia of the opera Mese mariano by Giordano.
Date of last modification: October 2024
It cannot be altered without permission. Please destroy any previous biographical material.
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