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Baritone Juan Suarez, is a well-established performer in the Boston area, performing frequently with organizations such as Odyssey Opera, MassOpera, Opera Del West, Boston Opera & Zarzuela, and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras.
Notable engagements include world music premieres with Catalyst new music in collaboration with Poet Todd Hearon and Composer Jonathan Mitchell; and with Sparks & Wiry Cries in New York City, premiering an original poem set to music by Composer Laura Nevitt. Juan can also be heard singing in the chorus of Boston Modern Opera Project’s Grammy nominated recording of The Lord of Cries, written by composer John Corigliano and librettist Mark Adamo.
Recent and Upcoming engagements include performances as bass soloist in Camille Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël and G.F Handel’s Messiah, a role debut as Falke in Johann Strauss’ comic Operetta, Die Fledermaus, and his third consecutive production with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras in their performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Grand Opera, Don Carlo.
Juan holds Music Degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music and Stetson University.