RAFAEL MORAS

UNITED STATES

TENOR

About:

Rafael Moras returns to HGO after making his company debut as Father Matías in the 2019 world premiere of El Milagro del Recuerdo/The Miracle of Remembering. This season with HGO he also performs as Second Jew in Salome. During the 2021-22 season he made company debuts as Don José (Red Cast) with Minnesota Opera in Carmen, Alfredo in La traviata with Holy City Arts & Lyric Opera, and Father Matías in El Milagro del Recuerdo with Arizona Opera. He gave a recital for Austin Opera and the Consulate General of Mexico for their brand-new Concerts at the Consulate series, continued performances as a tenor soloist in Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter Chris Botti's Chris Botti Live global tour, and performed in Entre Amigos, an all-star concert in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month with Forth Worth Opera. In 2023, Moras will make his Seattle Opera debut in the world premiere opera A Thousand Splendid Suns. An alumnus of LA Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program and The Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Program for Singers, Moras is a 2019 Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition semifinalist, a 2017 and 2018 recipient of The Santa Fe Opera's Richard Tucker Fund Award, a 2014 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition) Grand Finalist, 2014 Operalia quarterfinalist, and a 2013 and 2014 finalist in HGO’s Eleanor McCollum Competition.