Class: 2015
Angel Vargas
A 2015 graduate of the Conservatory with a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance, he then completed a Master of Music degree from The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in 2019. Vargas, a 2022 national semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition, opens his 2023-24 season with a Puerto Rico Opera debut in the role of Nemorino in El elixir del amor. In 2024, Vargas made his Sarasota Opera debut with Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, and was seen as Remendado in Carmen for Opera Southwest. Next season, he joins Minnesota Opera as an artist-in-residence, where he will be seen as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (and will cover Romeo), and also as Jasper/Papi in El día nevado. Vargas recently completed her second season as a Gerdine Young Artist at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where she sang the role of Spc. Rodriguez in the world premiere of Huang Ruo's An American Soldier and covered The Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto.
In the summer of 2023, Vargas was awarded a scholarship to the Aspen Music Festival to perform the role of General Alfredo in Jimmy Lopez’s Bel Canto and Spalanzani in Les contes d’Hoffmann, while covering the title role. His other recent roles have included Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi, Vašek in The Bartered Bride, Elder Gleaton in Susannah, and the Commissario in Dialogues of the Carmelites. he performed as part of the Landestheater Linz Opera Studio, where he made his role and debut as Don José in a production of Peter Brook’s The Tragedy of Carmen; and was subsequently an Emerging Artist at Mascarade Opera Studio in Florence, Italy. In concert, Vargas recently made his debut with Pro Arte Musical in his hometown of San Juan as part of the New Virtuosos concert series; and sang with the Linda Hart Institute in a collaborative performance offered by the Dallas Opera and Opera for Peace. She has performed in opera and concert scenes at the Teatro La Fenice, the Teatro Rudolstadt im Stadthaus in Germany and as a member of the Georg Solti Accademia program in Castiglione della Pescaia. Vargas reached the finals of the Eleanor McCollum Competition at the Houston Grand Opera, where she won the Ana María Martínez Encouragement Award. Her other awards include second place in the Zarzuela, Voz y Olé Competition in Latin America and at the Gegen den Strom Festival in Bad Ems: Offenbach Grand Prix. Vargas is currently part of the Athlone Artists roster.
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