“tenor Hugo Vera impresses…” “ Hugo Vera commanded the stage...”  “ Hugo Vera, with his brilliant and truly heroic voice, was well cast… the sound was brilliant and beautiful.”

A native Texan, the young tenor Hugo Vera is described as possessing a “truly heroic voice” that is both “beautiful and brilliant.”  A recent addition to The Metropolitan Opera artist roster, Mr. Vera has performed with distinguished companies in the US as part of his musical and artistic development of the full lyric and spinto tenor repertoire.  Mr. Vera has sung with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, The Minnesota Opera, Chautauqua Opera, New York City Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Sarasota Opera, Opera North, Aspen Opera Theatre, Nashville Opera, Shreveport Opera, and Tanglewood Music Festival. In addition to his Avery Fisher Hall debut in the acclaimed North American premiere of Mascagni’s Il Piccolo Marat with Teatro Grattacielo, Mr. Vera recently made his company debut with the distinguished Spoleto - USA. He looks forward to making important role and company debut for Opera Memphis and he returns to the mainstage of The Metropolitan Opera in the season.