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As an Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera, Mr. Herrera appeared in many roles including Baron Douphol (La Traviata), Zaretski and The Captain (Eugene Onegin), Henry B. (The Mother of Us All) and Second Mate (Billy Budd).
Mr. Herrera débuts as the Marchese in Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix with Bel Canto at Caramoor on July 21. In September, he will make his New York opera début as Porteño in María de Buenos Aires with New York City's Gotham Chamber Opera. He performs as guest soloist in Beethoven's Symphony No.9 in gala concerts closing the 50th Anniversary Season of the Lake Forest Symphony Orchestra on May 30, 31 and June, 2008.
Recent engagements have included performances as soloist with New York Festival of Song in "Amores Nuevos" at Carnegie's Weill Hall and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in Maryland, Escamillo in Oldenburg, Germany, and feature roles with the San Francisco Opera.
A recipient of various awards and distinctions, Mr. Herrera won First Prize in the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Competition, participated in Plácido Domingo's Operalia World Opera Contest and the Merola Opera Center where he performed the title role in the Western Opera Theater National Tour of Don Giovanni. After performing leading roles in the premiere season of Opera Aegean (Greece), he received the Demodocus Award which resulted in his Carnegie Hall début as the bass soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Most recently, he was received the top prize from SIVAM.
Recent engagements have included Schaunard and Colline in La Bohème with Western Opera Theater, the title role in Don Giovanni with Pine Mountain Music Festival, Escamillo in Carmen with El Paso Opera and the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater (Germany), The Green Knight in the American Opera Projects' premiere of Peaslee's Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Leo in the world premiere of Spratlan's Earthrise; the title role in Macbeth with Berkeley Opera, Pallante in Agrippina and Somnus in Semele, Cadmus with Chicago Opera Theater, Taddeo in The Italian Girl in Algiers with San Francisco Opera, and Tiresias and Le Veilleur in Enesco's Oedipe with Sinfonia da Camera.
In concert, he has performed as soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Modesto Symphony; Mozart's Requiem and Brahms' Requiem with Marin Symphony; Elijah with San Francisco City Chorus, and The Priest/Angel of Agony in Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius with Kalamazoo Symphony.
Mr. Herrera received a bachelor's degree from The University of Texas in his native El Paso and a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School.
SOLOIST | Beethoven's Symphony No.9 | Lake Forest Symphony | May 30, 31 & Jun 1, 2008 |
| As Marchese in Linda di Chamonix: |
"It's bracing to encounter a young singer as well-versed in buffo traditions as the live-wire Ricardo Herrera (Marchese). The audience loved Herrera." |
Gay City News |
| As Taddeo in L'Italiana in Algeri: |
"Most impressive was bass-baritone Ricardo Herrera, whose knowing, vocally sure-footed performance as Taddeo, Isabella's foolish suitor, confirmed his growing promise." |
San Francisco Chronicle |
| As Escamillo in Carmen: |
"Ricardo Herrera's handsome bravado draws him into the audience's favor as his strong voice captures their attention." |
Los Altos Town Crier |
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| María de Buenos Aires | Porteño | Gotham Chamber Opera, NYC | 2007 |
| Linda di Chamounix | Marchese | Bel Canto at Caramoor | 2007 |
| Amores Nuevos | Recital | New York Festival of Song, NYC | 2007 |
Rossini | Barbiere di Siviglia | Ambrogio | San Francisco Opera | 2006 |
Bizet | Carmen | Zuniga | San Francisco Opera | 2006 |
Bernstein | Mass | The Celebrant | University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana | 2006 |
Mozart | Le Nozze di Figaro | Figaro | Sinfonia da Camera, Champaign, IL | 2006 |
Bizet | Carmen | Escamillo | Oldenburg, Germany | 2006 |
Haydn | The Creation | Raphael | Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco, CA | 2005 |
Enescu | Oedipe | Tiresias/Le Veilleur | Sinfonia da Camera, Champaign, IL | 2005 |
Rossini | L'italiana in Algeri | Taddeo | San Francisco Opera | 2005 |
Brahms | Requiem | BARITONE SOLOIST | Marin Symphony, San Rafael, CA | 2005 |
Rossini | L'italiana in Algeri | Haly | Santa Barbara Opera | 2005 |
Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin | A Captain/Zaretski | San Francisco Opera | 2005 |
Britten | Billy Budd | Second Mate | San Francisco Opera | 2004 |
Verdi | La Traviata | Baron Douphol | San Francisco Opera | 2004 |
Mozart | Requiem | BASS SOLOIST | Marin Symphony, San Rafael, CA | 2004 |
Busoni | Doktor Faust | Student from Cracow | San Francisco Opera | 2004 |
Bizet | Carmen | Escamillo | El Paso Opera | 2004 |
Pasatieri | The Seagull | Boris Trigorin | San Francisco Opera Center | 2004 |
Puccini | La Bohème | Schaunard (cover) | San Francisco Opera | 2004 |
Janáček | The Cunning Little Vixen | Harasta (cover) | San Francisco Opera | 2004 |
Shostakovich | Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk | Shopman/Sentry | San Francisco Opera | 2003 |
Rossini | Il Barbiere di Siviglia | Ambrogio | San Francisco Opera | 2003 |
Mozart | Die Zauberflöte | Sprecher (cover) | San Francisco Opera | 2003 |
Thomson | The Mother of Us All | Henry B. | San Francisco Opera | 2003 |
Spratlan | Earthrise | Leo | San Francisco Opera Center | 2003 |
Rossini | La Cenerentola | Alidoro (cover) | San Francisco Opera | 2003 |
Händel | Agrippina | Pallante | Chicago Opera Theater | 2003 |
Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | Priest/Angel of Agony | Kalamazoo Symphony, Kalamazoo, MI | 2003 |
Beethoven | Ninth Symphony | BASS SOLOIST | Modesto Symphony, Modesto, CA | 2003 |
Berlioz | L'enfance du Christ | Herode/Père de Famille | Syrinx Concerts, Monaco | 2002 |
Puccini | La Bohème | Colline/Schaunard | Western Opera Theater National Tour | 2002 |
Mozart | Don Giovanni | Don Giovanni | Pine Mountain Music Festival, Houghton, MI | 2002 |
Händel | Semele | Cadmus/Somnus | Chicago Opera Theater | 2002 |
Mendelssohn | Elijah | Elijah | San Francisco City Chorus, SF, CA | 2002 |
Peaslee | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | The Green Knight | AOP, TADA!, NY, NY | 2001 |
Beethoven | Ninth Symphony | BASS SOLOIST | Carnegie Hall, NY, NY | 2001 |
Lecuona | María la O | Jose Inocente | Town Hall, NY, NY | 2001 |
Puccini | Turandot | Timur | El Paso Opera | 2001 |
Mozart | Don Giovanni | Don Giovanni | University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL | 2000 |
Weill | Der Kuhhandel | Emilio Sanchez | Juilliard Opera Center | 2000 |
Mozart | Don Giovanni | Don Giovanni | Western Opera Theater National Tour | 1999 |
Mozart | Don Giovanni | Don Giovanni | Merola Opera Center, SF, CA | 1999 |
Mozart | Così fan tutte | Guglielmo | University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL | 1999 |
Giordano | Andrea Chénier | Roucher | New Jersey State Opera | 1999 |
Mozart | Così fan tutte | Guglielmo | Juilliard Opera Center | 1999 |
Cavalli | La Calisto | Giove | Juilliard Opera Center | 1998 |
Mozart | Don Giovanni | Don Giovanni | Aspen Opera Theater, Aspen, CO | 1997 |
Menotti | The Telephone | Ben | Iglesia de Porto Cristo, Mallorca, Spain | 1997 |
Menotti | The Medium | Mr. Gobineau | The Bronx Opera, NY, NY | 1997 |
Bach | Magnificat | Bass solo |
| St. John's Passion | Bass solo |
| St. Matthew's Passion | Bass solo |
Beethoven | Ninth Symphony | Bass solo |
Berlioz | L'enfance du Christ | Hérode |
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| Pére de famille |
Bernstein | Mass | The Celebrant |
Brahms | Ein Deutsches Requiem | Baritone solo |
| Liebeslieder Walzer | Bass solo |
Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | Angel of Agony |
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| Priest |
Fauré | Requiem | Bass solo |
Händel | Messiah | Bass solo |
Haydn | The Creation | Raphael |
Mendelssohn | Elijah | Elijah |
Mozart | Requiem | Bass solo |
Ramirez | Navidad Nuestra | Bass solo |
Schubert | Mass in G | Bass solo |
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| Bizet | Carmen | Escamillo | 1 |
| Zuniga | 1 | |
| Britten | Billy Budd | Second Mate | 1 |
| Busoni | Doktor Faust | Student from Cracow | 1 |
| Cavalli | La Calisto | Giove | 1 |
| Enescu | Oedipe | Tiresias | 1 |
| Le Veilleur | 1 | |
| Giordano | Andrea Chénier | Roucher | 1 |
| Händel | Agrippina | Pallante | 1 |
Semele | Cadmus | 1 | |
| Somnus | 1 | |
| Janáček | Cunning Little Vixen | Harasta | 1 |
| Lecuona | María la O | Jose Inocente | 1 |
| Menotti | The Medium | Mr. Gobineau | 1 |
The Telephone | Ben | 1 | |
| Mozart | Così fan Tutte | Don Alfonso | 1 |
| Guglielmo | 1 | |
Don Giovanni | Don Giovanni | 1 | |
| Leporello | 1 | |
| Masetto | 1 | |
Le Nozze di Figaro | Count | 3 | |
| Figaro | 1 | |
Die Zauberflöte | Papageno | 2 | |
| Sprecher | 2 | |
| Pasatieri | The Seagull | Boris Trigorin | 1 |
| Peaslee | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | The Green Knight | 1 |
| Piazzolla | María de Buenos Aires | Porteño | 1 |
| Puccini | La Bohème | Colline | 1 |
| Schaunard | 1 | |
Gianni Schicchi | Betto | 1 | |
| Gianni Schicchi | 1 | |
| Simone | 1 | |
Turandot | Timur | 1 | |
| Rachmaninoff | Aleko | Aleko | 3 |
| Rossini | Il Barbiere di Siviglia | Ambrogio | 1 |
La Cenerentola | Alidoro | 2 | |
| Dandini | 3 | |
L'Italiana in Algeri | Haly | 1 | |
| Mustafà | 3 | |
| Taddeo | 1 | |
| Shostakovich | Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk | Sentry | 1 |
| Shopman | 1 | |
| Spratlan | Earthrise | Leo | 1 |
| Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin | Captain | 1 |
| Eugene Onegin | 3 | |
| Zaretski | 1 | |
| Thompson | The Mother of us all | Henry B. | 1 |
| Verdi | Macbeth | Macbeth | 1 |
La Traviata | Baron Douphol | 1 | |
| Germont | 3 | |
| Weill | Der Kuhhandel | Emilio Sanchez | 1 |
1 | performed |
2 | completely prepared |
3 | in preparation |
Demodocus Award, Opera Aegean, Greece | 2000 |
First Prize Award Winner, The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Competition, NY, NY. | 1998 |
Presser Music Award, The Juilliard School, New York, NY. | 1997 |
Juilliard Opera Center, New York, NY. | 1998 - 2000 |
Master of Music, The Juilliard School, New York, NY. | 1998 |
Daniel Ferro Vocal Program, Greve in Chianti, Italy. | 1998 |
Bachelor of Music Education, University of Texas at El Paso. | 1994 |
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