The Colombian tenor César Cortés is establishing himself as one of the most promising voices of his generation. In 2019 he completed a master degree with Marta Matheu at the Liceu Conservatory in Barcelona and was awarded with Belcanto Prize as best emerging voice at Festival Rossini in Wildbad.
Engagements for the 2024/25 season include: La fille du régiment at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Il barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola at Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, Il barbiere di Siviglia at Opéra de Lille and at Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, La Sonnambula at Teatro Massimo in Palermo.
Recent seasons feature numerous role and house debuts: Il barbiere di Siviglia in Seattle, Bologna, Reggio Emilia, Mannheim, Wildbad Rossini Festival and Cracow; La Cenerentola in Stockholm and in Bonn; La Sonnambula, La clemenza di Tito and Don Pasquale in Oldenburg; Don Pasquale in Trieste, Pisa and Düsseldorf; La muette de Portici, Il viaggio a Reims, Les Troyens, La finta giardiniera, Die Zauberflöte, Così fan tutte at Theater Kiel; Mozart’s Requiem at Palau de la Musica in Barcelona; Lucia di Lammermoor at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; Don Giovanni with Sabadell Opera in the theatres of Sabadell, Santander and Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona; Der Rosenkavalier with Irish National Opera in Dublin; Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Orquestra Ciudad de Granada; Le Comte Ory in Bologna.
Further performing experience to date includes: La cambiale di matrimonio at Opera de Colombia; Il Signor Bruschino and L'inganno felice Opera de Sarrià; Così fan tutte, Pagliacci and L'elisir d'amore with Opera de Sabadell; La Cenerentola (under Teresa Berganza) and Die Zauberflöte at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, studied with Francisco Araiza.
