Ricardo Garcia is thrillingly described as possessing a voice, “at times lilting and lyrical, at times intense with excitement” by KWMR FM. In the 2023-24 season, he joins the ensemble of the Staatstheater Darmstadt, returning to Alfredo in La traviata and debuting the roles of Lens in Eugene Onegin, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Cassio in Otello, and Oronte in Alcina with the company. He also returns to the States for Handel’s Messiah with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Last season, he sang Alfredo in La traviata as well as Schmidt in Werther and the Third Jew in Salome in his final year as a member of the company’s Studio. He also returned to Central City Opera as Roméo in Roméo et Juliette and sang Handel’s Messiah with the Las Vegas Philharmonic.

Previously with Houston Grand Opera, he sang Roméo in Roméo et Juliette as well as Remendado in Carmen and Papi and Jasper in the world premiere of Thompson’s Snowy Day, the First Commissioner in Dialogues des Carmélites, and Hans Sachs’ Trainer in Little’s Vinkensport in addition to covering Tamino in Die Zauberflöte. He made debuts with Boston Lyric Opera as Roméo in Roméo et Juliette and Central City Opera as Fabrizio Naccarelli in The Light in the Piazza. With the Aspen Music Festival, he sang his first performances of Grimoaldo in Rodelinda, and he joined Wolf Trap Opera as Valcour in L’amant anonyme.

He is a former Resident Artist of Portland Opera where he sang Bill in A Hand of Bridge and Donald Hopewell in Gallantry and covered Andronico in Bajazet before his spring performances of Beppe in Pagliacci and as a soloist in the company’s Big Night concert also were cancelled by the pandemic.  He joined Music Academy of the West as Jenik in The Bartered Bride, Opera on the James as Fenton in Falstaff, and Tulsa Opera as the Lamplighter and Drunkard in The Little Prince.

Mr. Garcia earned his Master of Music Degree at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, at which he sang a host of leading roles, including the Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw, Bajazet in Tamerlano, Le Mari in Les mamelles de Tiresias, Houssar in Mavra, the title role of Bastianello, Lorenzo in Musto’s Lucrezia, and Younger Thompson in Cipullo’s Glory Denied. He was also an Apprentice Artist at Santa Fe Opera and a previous Studio Artist at Wolf Trap Opera

On the concert stage, Mr. Garcia has sung Handel’s Messiah with the Pacific Chamber Orchestra, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Eureka Symphony, and Gonzalez‘s Misa Azteca with the Rogue Valley Chorale. While at Wolf Trap Opera, he was tenor soloist in the company’s Bernstein at 100 concert with the National Orchestral Institute. He has been presented in solo recital by Castro Valley Performing Artist and as a distinguished alumnus of Songfest.

He is a 2023 winner of a George and Nora London Aware and 2020 winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions New Orleans and Puerto Rico District. Previously in the competition he has won in the San Francisco District and has received encouragement awards at the district level. Prior to earning his Master of Music degree from San Francisco Conservatory, he completed his Bachelor of Arts from the University of the Pacific.  Prior to beginning his operatic career, he played professional baseball with the Storm, a high independent league affiliate for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Photographs featuring Ricardo Garcia