Winner of the distinguished 2009 George London Award, the young Philippine-American tenor Arthur Espiritu is a singer who possesses an exceptionally beautiful lyric voice, is capable of conveying a broad range of characters, and performs with great ease. Described as singing "superbly" "with beautiful legato" "a regal tenor" his career to date has included important assignments in Europe, Asia and the United States. In Europe and Asia, he has performed with the Accademia of Teatro alla Scala as a guest artist, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Opera Fuoco, Theatre St. Gallen in Switzerland, Théâtre Champs-Élisées in Paris, France. Israeli Opera in Tel Avia, Israeli Opera, the Learners Chorus in Hong Kong, the Oulu Sinfonia of Finland and opera performances in Linz with Maestro Martin Sieghart at the Brucknerhalle and Brucknerhaus. In the US, Mr. Espiritu has been seen on the mainstages of Pittsburgh Opera, Connecticut Opera, Opera Memphis, Opera North, and has sung in concert with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Jefferson Performing Arts Society. In addition, he has participated in the distinguished summer series of the Marlboro Music Festival. Recent and upcoming projects in the 2010-2012 Seasons for Mr. Espiritu include a return to St. Gallen where he made role debuts in Sonnambula (Elvino) and Alcina (Oronte), a reprise of Tamino in a company debut with the Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv, and reprises of Count Almaviva for Ashlawn Opera, Don Ramiro in a return to Opera North (NH), reprises of Don Ottavio in Linz and Ried, Tamino in the US for Austin Lyric Opera and Foresto for Washington Concert Opera. Mr. Espiritu also looks forward to a company and role debut singing Publio in Mozart’s Il sogno di Scipione for Gotham Chamber Opera and a role debut singing the Duke (Rigoletto) in a return to St. Gallen as a guest performer. In concert Mr. Espiritu sings the tenor solos in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Learners Chorus, Hong Kong, China and Rossini’s Messa di Gloria in a debut with the Oulu Sinfonia, Oulu, Finland.