During the 2024-25 season at HGO, Héctor Vásquez performs as Benoît/Alcindoro in La bohème, as he did for the company’s 2018 and 2012 productions of the opera. Vásquez has performed with HGO many times, including as The Emperor Altoum in Turandot (2022), Aba in El Milagro del Recuerdo (2022, 2019), George Benton in Dead Man Walking (2011), the title role in Rigoletto (2009), and Alvaro in Florencia en el Amazonas (2001, 1996). Recent appearances include Aba in El Milagro del Recuerdo with San Diego Opera and Colonel in The Falling and The Rising with Intermountain Opera. Vásquez has sung leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera, as well as houses in San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Diego, Cleveland, and Orlando. He has served as baritone soloist with philharmonic/symphony orchestras in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Houston, among others. He has been featured at music festivals of Berlin, Ojai, Aspen, Carmel, and Santa Fe, as well as the Hollywood Bowl Summer Season. Vásquez is an assistant professor of voice at the University of Houston and a member of the voice faculty of HGO’s Bauer Family High School Voice Studio. He served as program director of the Sarah and Ernest Butler Houston Grand Opera Studio from 2006 to 2008. He has judged many national and international competitions, including the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. His broadcast appearances include Live from the MET, Live from Lincoln Center, and NPR radio performances.