“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 lyric tenor Isaac Hurtado. Critically acclaimed for portrayals of Rodolfo in La Bohème, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Werther in Werther, the Duke in Rigoletto, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Alfredo in La Traviata, and Roméo in Roméo et Juliette, Mr. Hurtado is “the complete package.”
Additional opera roles include Belmonte in Die Entfürung aus dem Serail, the title role in Bernstien’s Candide, Roméo in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Ferrando in Cosí fan tutte, Agenore in Mozart’s Il re pastore and Tebaldo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi. As Roger Doremus in Lee Hoiby’s Summer and Smoke, Mr. Hurtado was heard nationally on National Public Radio’s World of Opera.
Mr. Hurtado’s 2012-13 season has included performances of Rodolfo in La Bohème with Utah Lyric Opera and Sun Valley Opera (ID), a concert in Kona Hawaii for the Hoku Concert Series, and will continue with the role of the Duke in Rigoletto for Opera Circle Cleveland, and another Rodolfo in La Bohème for Opera at the Acorn (MI).
Mr. Hurtado has appeared with Opera San Jose, 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 was trained as a young artist with Central City Opera, Opera North and Utah Festival Opera. He holds DM, MM, and BM degrees in voice performance from Florida State University, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and Brigham Young University respectively. He continues his vocal studies with Darrell Babidge.
