David Portillo

American tenor David Portillo, winner of the 2024 Sphinx Medal of Excellence by the Sphinx Organization, and praised by Opera News for “high notes with ease, singing with a luxuriant warm glow that seduced the ear as he bounded about the stage with abandon,” has established himself as a leading classical singer of his generation. In the 2024-25 season, Mr. Portillo sings Tamino in The Magic Flute holiday presentation at the Metropolitan Opera, the roles of Natura, Pain and Furia in Cavalli’s La Calisto at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Dr. Richardson in Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves at Houston Grand Opera, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, Bénédict in Berlioz’ Béatrice et Bénédict with Irish National Opera, Bajazet in Handel’s Tamerlano with Haymarket Opera in Chicago, and in concert, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the San Antonio Symphony and Septimius in Handel’s Theodora with Dame Jane Glover and Music of the Baroque.

Past season highlights include performances at the Metropolitan Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Houston Grand Opera, the Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, the Salzburg Festival, The Santa Fe Opera, Opera Australia, the Glyndebourne Festival, Opera Philadelphia, the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, the Opéra de Lille, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Saito Kinen Festival in Japan, Washington National Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Recent orchestral appearances include performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, New York Choral Society, Phoenix Symphony, Colorado Music Festival, Netherlands Radio Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain, Kansas City Symphony, US Naval Academy, Richmond Symphony and the Colorado Music Festival.

Learn more at www.davidportillotenor.com.