Omar Lara

Mexican-Italian baritone Omar Lara studied at the National School of Music and Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli in Mexico City. He sang Melchiorin Amahl and the Night Visitors with CONACULTA. Other roles include El Rey in Montsalvatge’s El Gato con Botas in the 39th Cervantino International Festival,Don Alfonso with Oberlin in Italy,Gasparo in Donizetti’s Ritain Guadalajara, and Gianni Schicciwith the Zacatecas Philharmonic Orchestra. He sang Marcello with the Bellas Artes Opera Company alongside Ramón Vargas and Ainhoa Arteta. He won first prize and the Bellas Artes Opera Award in the 7th International Sinaloa Singing Competition. He is a second-year resident artist of the SIVAM Opera Workshop in Mexico City. Future engagements include the roles of Belcore and Gasparo with Bellas Artes and