With a “resonant” bass sound Puerto Rican bass Ricardo Lugo is a versatile international artist in demand on the operatic and concert scene. Having made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Un Barnabotto in La Gioconda, Ricardo has since been involved in multiple productions with the company including Shostakovich’s The Nose, Otello, Tannhäuser, Tosca, Turandot, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Ariadne auf Naxos, Khovanshchina, Billy Budd, La fanciulla del West, Adriana Lecouvreur, Macbeth, The Gambler, Die Zauberflöte, and Salome. In recent seasons, Mr. Lugo has joined Michigan Opera Theater as Timur in Turandot, Alfieri in Bolcom’s A View from the Bridge, Don Fernando in Fidelio, and the French General in Silent Night. Additionally, he has sung Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore with Opera Memphis, Mr. Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor with Boston Midsummer Opera, the Sacristan in Tosca and Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro with Sarasota Opera, Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro with the Princeton Festival, Wachtmeister/Der Holsteiner in Richard Strauss’ Friedenstag with the America Symphony Orchestra, Timur in Turandot with Virginia Opera, Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro with Vancouver Opera, and Sacristan in Tosca with Arizona Opera. Beyond these appearances, Ricardo has been featured in productions with companies including the San Francisco Opera, Virginia Opera, Vancouver Opera, Arizona Opera, Sarasota Opera, DC Opera, and Santa Fe Opera. Equally versatile in concert, Ricardo has performed with some of the most prestigious orchestras of the nation, such as the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Opera Orchestra of NY, Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, Bach Festival, and many others.
Last season saw his return to the Metropolitan Opera for productions of Tosca and Pelléas et Mélisande as well as singing the Sacristan in Tosca with Opera de Puerto Rico, and Verdi’s Requiem with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra. The 2019-2020 season includes the Commendatore in Don Giovanni with Michigan Opera Theatre, Beethoven’s Mass with the Phoenix Symphony, Il Pedone in La Wally with Sarasota Opera, and a return to the Metropolitan Opera for Tosca.
Ricardo holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico and a Master’s degree from the Juilliard School.
Ricardo’s Cornell NetID is rll258.