He was born in Mexico City and studied at the Instituto Cardenal Miranda, with Antonio López and Ricardo Sánchez. After winning the Carlo Morelli National Singing Competition, he made his debut in Haydn's opera Lo Speziale in Monterrey, Mexico. His professional career began when Mexican conductor Eduardo Mata hired him to sing the role of Fenton in Verdi's Falstaff, and later Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni. After winning the Enrico Caruso Tenor Competition in Milan in 1986, he moved to Austria, where he completed his vocal studies at the Young Artist Program of the Wiener Staatsoper, with his mentor Leo Müller. In 1988 he made his European debut at the Lucerne Theater as Edgardo in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.
In 1990, he met in Milan the prestigious maestro Rodolfo Celletti, who became his singing teacher. He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York in 1992, replacing Luciano Pavarotti in Lucia di Lammermoor with June Anderson. Shortly after, he made his stage debut at the Teatro alla Scala in 1993, where he sang Fenton in a new production by Giorgio Strehler celebrating the centenary of Falstaff, musically directed by Riccardo Muti.
Currently, he regularly performs at the world's leading opera houses such as: Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires (La Favorita, Les contes d’Hoffmann), at the Royal Opera House in London (Un Ballo in Maschera, La Bohème, Rigoletto, La traviata), Teatro Alla Scala (Falstaff, Rigoletto, La Traviata), Metropolitan Opera of New York, performing 19 different roles and more than 220 performances (Attila, La bohème, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Cenerentola, L'elisir d'amore, Lucia di Lammermoor, Rigoletto, Der Rosenkavalier, among others), Teatro Real (Werther, Un Ballo in Maschera), Opéra National de Paris (Rigoletto, La Traviata, Lucia Miller, Idomeneo and Titus), San Francisco Opera (Un Ballo in Maschera, L'elisir d'amore, Lucia di Lammermoor), Wiener Staatsoper (La bohème, L'elisir d'amore, Lucia di Lammermoor, Maria Stuarda, Roberto Devereux, Don Carlos, Un Ballo in Maschera, Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Arena di Verona (Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rigoletto), and many others.
In addition to his operatic career, he is also an excellent concert singer, with a wide repertoire that includes Italian classical songs, German romantic lieder and songs by French, Mexican and Spanish composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1998 he gave a memorable recital at La Scala and his interpretations of Mexican folk songs have been enthusiastically received in concerts throughout Europe and Mexico.
Throughout his career he has received numerous awards, such as the Lauri Volpi for the best opera singer (1993), the Gino Tani Prize for the Arts (1995) from the Italian critics, the award as one of the best tenors in the world from the Austrian magazine Festspiele (1999), the British Opera Now magazine's Artist of the Year Award (2000), the ECHO Klassik - Singer of the Year Award (2001) awarded by the German Academy of Singing, the Puccini Prize of the Puccini Foundation (2005), the Rodolfo Celletti Award (2017) at Martina Franca and the Opera News New York Award (2018), among many others.
Ramón Vargas' multi-awarded discography includes Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Scala di Seta, Tancredi, Maometto II, Il Turco in Italia; Donizetti's La Favorite; Bellini's Zaira, I Capuleti e i Montecchi; Massenet's Werther; Goyescas by Granados; Falstaff and Alzira by Verdi, I Masnadieri at the Monte-Carlo Opera, Don Giovanni at the Grand-Théâtre de Genève; Un Ballo in Maschera at the Hamburgische Staatsoper, Grand-Théâtre de Genève and Teatro Real.
His performances in recent seasons include titles such as Roberto Devereux (Los Angeles Opera), Un Ballo in Maschera (Teatro Real, Grand-Théâtre de Genève, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), Les contes d'Hoffmann (Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires and Teatre Principal de Palma), Don Carlo (Los Angeles and Wiener Staatsoper), I masnadieri (Opera de Montecarlo), La Bohéme (Staatsoper Berlin), Don Giovanni (Grand-Théâtre de Genève), La clemenza di Tito (Paris Opera), Jerusalem (Teatro Regio di Parma), Simon Boccanegra (Paris Opera, Hamburgische Staatsoper and Monte-Carlo Opera), Tosca (Greek National Opera, Teatro Cervantes in Málaga and Naples), La Gioconda (Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse), Luisa Miller (Hamburgische Staatsoper), I lombardi alla prima crociata (Opéra Royal de Wallonie) and Das lied von der erde (Alicante), La Bohème in ADDA, Carmen in Graz with Elina Garanca and a tour of Norma in Japan.
Recent performances include Carmen in Bucharest, Giovanna d’Arco at the Opera of Fine Arts, a concert with the Moscow Philharmonic, and Galas at the Mariinsky and at the Roberto Plasencia Saldaña Bicentennial Theater.
His upcoming performances include Tosca at the Theater Bonn, L'elisir d'amore in Coruña and a recital at the Villamarta Theater in Jerez.
Date Last Edited: July 2024
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In 1990, he met in Milan the prestigious maestro Rodolfo Celletti, who became his singing teacher. He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York in 1992, replacing Luciano Pavarotti in Lucia di Lammermoor with June Anderson. Shortly after, he made his stage debut at the Teatro alla Scala in 1993, where he sang Fenton in a new production by Giorgio Strehler celebrating the centenary of Falstaff, musically directed by Riccardo Muti.
Currently, he regularly performs at the world's leading opera houses such as: Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires (La Favorita, Les contes d’Hoffmann), at the Royal Opera House in London (Un Ballo in Maschera, La Bohème, Rigoletto, La traviata), Teatro Alla Scala (Falstaff, Rigoletto, La Traviata), Metropolitan Opera of New York, performing 19 different roles and more than 220 performances (Attila, La bohème, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Cenerentola, L'elisir d'amore, Lucia di Lammermoor, Rigoletto, Der Rosenkavalier, among others), Teatro Real (Werther, Un Ballo in Maschera), Opéra National de Paris (Rigoletto, La Traviata, Lucia Miller, Idomeneo and Titus), San Francisco Opera (Un Ballo in Maschera, L'elisir d'amore, Lucia di Lammermoor), Wiener Staatsoper (La bohème, L'elisir d'amore, Lucia di Lammermoor, Maria Stuarda, Roberto Devereux, Don Carlos, Un Ballo in Maschera, Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Arena di Verona (Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rigoletto), and many others.
In addition to his operatic career, he is also an excellent concert singer, with a wide repertoire that includes Italian classical songs, German romantic lieder and songs by French, Mexican and Spanish composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1998 he gave a memorable recital at La Scala and his interpretations of Mexican folk songs have been enthusiastically received in concerts throughout Europe and Mexico.
Throughout his career he has received numerous awards, such as the Lauri Volpi for the best opera singer (1993), the Gino Tani Prize for the Arts (1995) from the Italian critics, the award as one of the best tenors in the world from the Austrian magazine Festspiele (1999), the British Opera Now magazine's Artist of the Year Award (2000), the ECHO Klassik - Singer of the Year Award (2001) awarded by the German Academy of Singing, the Puccini Prize of the Puccini Foundation (2005), the Rodolfo Celletti Award (2017) at Martina Franca and the Opera News New York Award (2018), among many others.
Ramón Vargas' multi-awarded discography includes Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Scala di Seta, Tancredi, Maometto II, Il Turco in Italia; Donizetti's La Favorite; Bellini's Zaira, I Capuleti e i Montecchi; Massenet's Werther; Goyescas by Granados; Falstaff and Alzira by Verdi, I Masnadieri at the Monte-Carlo Opera, Don Giovanni at the Grand-Théâtre de Genève; Un Ballo in Maschera at the Hamburgische Staatsoper, Grand-Théâtre de Genève and Teatro Real.
His performances in recent seasons include titles such as Roberto Devereux (Los Angeles Opera), Un Ballo in Maschera (Teatro Real, Grand-Théâtre de Genève, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), Les contes d'Hoffmann (Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires and Teatre Principal de Palma), Don Carlo (Los Angeles and Wiener Staatsoper), I masnadieri (Opera de Montecarlo), La Bohéme (Staatsoper Berlin), Don Giovanni (Grand-Théâtre de Genève), La clemenza di Tito (Paris Opera), Jerusalem (Teatro Regio di Parma), Simon Boccanegra (Paris Opera, Hamburgische Staatsoper and Monte-Carlo Opera), Tosca (Greek National Opera, Teatro Cervantes in Málaga and Naples), La Gioconda (Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse), Luisa Miller (Hamburgische Staatsoper), I lombardi alla prima crociata (Opéra Royal de Wallonie) and Das lied von der erde (Alicante), La Bohème in ADDA, Carmen in Graz with Elina Garanca and a tour of Norma in Japan.
Recent performances include Carmen in Bucharest, Giovanna d’Arco at the Opera of Fine Arts, a concert with the Moscow Philharmonic, and Galas at the Mariinsky and at the Roberto Plasencia Saldaña Bicentennial Theater.
His upcoming performances include Tosca at the Theater Bonn, L'elisir d'amore in Coruña and a recital at the Villamarta Theater in Jerez.
Date Last Edited: July 2024
Not to be altered without permission. Please destroy all previous biographical material.
2024-2025 Performances
FESTLICHE OPERNGALA
5 of July of 2024 Deutsche Oper Am Rhein - Opernhaus Düsseldorf
L'ELISIR D'AMORE
27 of September of 2024 Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña
29 of September of 2024 Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña
CONCERT
05 of October of 2024 Teatro Villamarta (Jerez de la Frontera)
CONCERT
19 of October of 2024 Opéra Grand Avignon (France)
UN BALLO IN MASCHER
28 of November of 2024 Teatro Colón (Argentina)
01 of December of 2024 Teatro Colón (Argentina)
03 of December of 2024 Teatro Colón (Argentina)
05 of December of 2024 Teatro Colón (Argentina)
MISA CRIOLLA
07 of December of 2024 Opéra National Capitole Toulouse (France)
08 of December of 2024 Opéra National Capitole Toulouse (France)
5 of July of 2024 Deutsche Oper Am Rhein - Opernhaus Düsseldorf
L'ELISIR D'AMORE
27 of September of 2024 Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña
29 of September of 2024 Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña
CONCERT
05 of October of 2024 Teatro Villamarta (Jerez de la Frontera)
CONCERT
19 of October of 2024 Opéra Grand Avignon (France)
UN BALLO IN MASCHER
28 of November of 2024 Teatro Colón (Argentina)
01 of December of 2024 Teatro Colón (Argentina)
03 of December of 2024 Teatro Colón (Argentina)
05 of December of 2024 Teatro Colón (Argentina)
MISA CRIOLLA
07 of December of 2024 Opéra National Capitole Toulouse (France)
08 of December of 2024 Opéra National Capitole Toulouse (France)
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