ISAAC HURTADO Tenor
“Money-notes worth every penny,” “wonderful acting,” “movie star good looks,”and “passionate elegance” are just a few of the phrases used by critics to describe tenor Isaac Hurtado. Critically acclaimed for portrayals of Don José in Carmen, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Werther in Werther, the Duke in Rigoletto, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Alfredo in La Traviata, and Roméo in Roméo et Juliette, Mr. Hurtado is “the complete package.”
Upcoming for the 2023-24 season, Hurtado will make his Carnegie Hall solo debut in Nunes-Garcia's Missa de Requiem with New England Symphonic Ensemble for Midamerica Productions. He will appear twice with Opera Orlando in a solo concert and later as The Prince in Rusalka. He will also revisit the role of Don José in a Spanish version of Carmen with Opera Southwest.
In a busy 2022-23 season, Hurtado performed Don José in Carmen with Utah Festival Opera and covered the role of Cavaradossi in Tosca for Utah Opera. He sang Verdi's Requiem with Salt Lake Choral Artists, Beethoven's 9th Symphony with BYU Choirs and Orchestras, appeared in "A Night in Seville" with Amelia Island Opera, and debuted with Opera Roanoke in "Opera Gems," under the baton of Maestro Steven White. He performed and recorded the tenor solos in Deon Price's new oratorio, "Christus" at the Tabernacle at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, and his recording of Bigler's "Mosaic for Earth" was released worldwide on the Tonsehen label.
In 2021-22, Hurtado revisited the role of Rodolfo in La bohème at the Noorda Center for the Performing Arts alongside Marina Costa-Jackson's Mimì and sang Don José in La tragédie de Carmen with Utah Opera. He also performed the tenor solos in Dwight Bigler's new work for choir, orchestra and soloists entitled "Mosaic for Earth" at Virginia Tech University, sang Mozart's Requiem with Millennial Choirs and Orchestras in Salt Lake City and Handel's Messiah with the Southwest Symphony.
Other recent performances include appearances recitals in Pesaro and Iesi, Italy, Don José in Carmen with Pine Mountain Music Festival. He also covered the role of Roméo at Utah Opera, sang the role of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Piedmont Opera and Opera Circle Cleveland, and sang Belmonte in Die Entfürung aus dem Serail with Opera North (NH). He also appeared as the Duke in Rigoletto for Opera Circle Cleveland, and was featured in concert for the Hoku Concert Series in Kona, Hawaii. Further activities have included multiple appearances with ULTIMI 3 Tenors at the Tabernacle at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, and concerts in Hawaii, Utah, and Idaho.
Mr. Hurtado spent two seasons as Principal Artist in Residence with Opera San Jose, where he performed the roles of Roméo, Alfredo, Pinkerton, Edgardo, Duca di Mantova, Werther, and Tamino to critical acclaim. He has also appeared with companies such as Phoenix Opera, Utah Festival Opera, Opera North, Opera Circle of Cleveland, Festival Opera at Walnut Creek (CA), Central City Opera, the Bay Area’s Midsummer Mozart Festival, Utah Lyric Opera, Sun Valley Opera, Opera at the Acorn (MI), and Opera Theatre of Lucca, Italy.
In concert, Mr. Hurtado has performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the West Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Liszt’s A Faust Symphony with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, Bach’s Magnificat and G Major Mass with Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra, Messiah with the Central United Methodist Church (MI), and gala concerts with Utah Symphony and Opera, Festival Opera at Walnut Creek, Temple Square Orchestra and Chorale of Salt Lake City, Santa Rosa Symphony and Martinez Opera.
Mr. Hurtado has been studying voice with Jack LiVigni since 2020, moving into the spinto tenor repertoire. He was trained as a young artist with Central City Opera, Opera North and Utah Festival Opera. He holds degrees in voice from Florida State University, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and Brigham Young University.