Marcelo Puente

Born in Argentina, Marcelo Puente has gained widespread recognition as an important lirico-spinto tenor in theaters including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Paris Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Stuttgart Opera, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Opera Australia, Teatro Real in Madrid, Hamburg State Opera, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Semperoper Dresden, Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, State Opera Prague, and several others. Puente sprang to international attention in 2017, when he debuted at the Royal Opera House as Pinkerton in »Madama Butterfly«, opposite Ermonela Jaho and conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano. This production was also released on DVD. Other debuts followed in rapid succession: at the Hamburg State Opera and Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie as Pinkerton, as Cavaradossi in »Tosca« at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, as Don José with Opera Australia, and his Japanese debut in concert performances of Carmen under Charles Dutoit with the NHK Orchestra. Puente sang Paolo in »Francesca da Rimini« at the Opera du Rhin in Strasbourg in 2018 and subsequently starred in the same role for his debut at La Scala in Milan. He also added the role of Don Alvaro in »La Forza del Destino« to his repertoire in a new production at the Zürich Opera, as well as at the Semperoper in Dresden. The artist also sang his first Calaf in »Turandot« for his debut at the Vancouver Opera. In 2019, Puente made two other significant debuts: at the Opera National de Paris as Cavaradossi and at the Washington National Opera in the title role of »Faust«. He returned to Dresden as Don José in »Carmen« and made his debut at the Cologne Opera in »La Forza del Destino«. He also sang Cavaradossi at the Hamburg State Opera and Pinkerton in El Escorial, Spain. Other recent engagements have included Don José at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Manrico in »Il Trovatore« with Opera Toulon, and the title role in a new production of Verdi’s »Don Carlos« at the State Opera Prague. Puente has also starred as Riccardo in »Un ballo in maschera« at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.