Mexican tenor Mario Rojas has established himself as a versatile lyric tenor, increasingly sought after in the Italian and French repertoire. An alumnus of the Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, he has appeared at houses including the Teatro Regio di Torino, Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse, Opéra national de Lorraine, Staatsoper Hannover, Israeli Opera, Estonian National Opera, Hyogo Performing Arts Center and Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.

2026/27 SEASON

The 2026/27 season marks an important development in Rojas’s repertoire as he makes both his role and house debut in the title role of Verdi’s Don Carlo at Theater Aachen, in a new production conducted by Levente Török and directed by Elena Tzavara. He also returns to the Estonian National Opera as Don José in Carmen, a role that has become a central part of his repertoire.

In spring 2027, Rojas makes two important French house debuts as the Duke of Mantua in Verdi’s Rigoletto. He first appears at the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg in a new production by Eddy Garaudel, before continuing with the same production at the Opéra Grand Avignon.

Rojas returns to Theater Aachen in May as the tenor soloist in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, marking his debut in the work. He concludes the season with his debut at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland, returning to the role of Don José in Carmen at the historic Olavinlinna Castle.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

Recent milestones include his role debut as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto at Staatsoper Hannover and his title-role debut as Massenet’s Werther at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. He has also appeared as Don José in Carmen at the Estonian National Opera and Hyogo Performing Arts Center in Japan, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at Hyogo, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore at the Israeli Opera, and Alfredo in La traviata at the Opéra national de Lorraine in Nancy.

Further engagements include Rodolfo in La bohème in Novara and at the Luglio Musicale Trapanese, Ruggero in Puccini’s La rondine at the Teatro Regio di Torino, Roméo in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Ismaele in Verdi’s Nabucco at the Festival Castell de Peralada in collaboration with the Teatro Real Madrid under Nicola Luisotti, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, and Števa in Janáček’s Jenůfa at the Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse.

Rojas’s repertoire encompasses many of the central lyric and lirico-spinto tenor roles, including Don Carlo, Don José, Werther, the Duke of Mantua, Alfredo, Rodolfo, Pinkerton, Roméo, Nemorino, Edgardo, Ruggero, Ismaele, Rinuccio and Števa.

An alumnus of the prestigious Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Rojas made his professional debut at Mexico City’s Palacio de Bellas Artes as Rodolfo in La bohème. His distinctions include the Maria Manetti Shrem Award, the William Matheus Sullivan Foundation Award and a Luminarts Fellowship.