Ledesma has sung with many companies, including Houston Grand Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Washington Opera, New York City Opera, Arizona Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Madison Opera, Nashville Opera, Portland Opera, Indianapolis and Connecticut Opera, Opera Pacific, Palm Beach Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Carolina, Memphis Opera, San Antonio Opera, New Jersey Opera, Minnesota Opera, Florentine Opera, and Hawaii Opera. His career already includes appearances in several international opera houses around the world, including Teatro alla Scala (Luisa Fernanda), the Liceu in Barcelona (Alphonse in La favorite, Riccardo in I puritani and Marcello in La bohème), Klangbogen Festival in Vienna (Leoncavallo's La bohème), Wexford Festival (Don Pasquale), Teatro Municipal de Santiago (Escamillo), Semperoper in Dresden (Marcello), several roles for Koeln Oper (including Don Carlo and Germont), Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires (Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia), Bellas Artes in Mexico City (Marcello, Germont, and Escamillo ), Macau Festival (Sharpless), Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos (Marcello), Graz Oper (Escamillo), L’opera de Montreal (Jack Rance in La fanciulla del West), Manitoba Opera (Escamillo), Opera Lyra Ottawa (Tonio), the Philadelphia Orchestra (Marcello in a concert version of La boheme and Beethoven Nine) and the Savonlinna Opera Festival (Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor and Escamillo), Bucharest National Opera (Scarpia) and Hungarian State Opera (Alfio and Tonio). His growing repertoire includes many roles in the French repertoire and has extended to the verismo composers as well.
Levy hails from Lexington, Massachusetts, and currently resides in New York City.Luis Ledesma frequently portrays the heroes and villains of Puccini and Verdi in addition to performing the important bel canto roles of Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini. Petersburg Opera, and Otello with LoftOpera.Īn alumnus of the young artist programs of Sarasota Opera, Opera Maine and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, he received his Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory, and his Master of Music degree from Westminster Choir College. Recent performance highlights include Falstaff with Opera Omaha, La traviata, and Les contes d’Hoffmann with St. He was also seen in performances of Haydn’s Creation, Schubert’s Mass in G major, and Mozart’s Requiem. Petersburg Opera as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, and to Opera Maine for their 25th anniversary season as Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte, where Opera News noted his “vocally forward and strong” performance. His 2019-2020 season featured an immersive production of Rigoletto at infamous New York City nightclub The Box, and was to include a debut with Maryland Lyric Opera in Gianni Schicchi. Levy join the Lakeland Symphony Orchestra for Cavalleria rusticana, and return to Opera Project Columbus for Un ballo in maschera. The upcoming 2022-2023 season will see Mr.
Later in the season, he joined Maryland Lyric Opera for Turandot and returned to Opera Company of Middlebury for Orphée aux enfers. Described by Opera News as having “dominated the scene vocally,” American tenor Lucas Levy brings “operatic power” (Tampa Bay Times) to his portrayals, is “a joy to watch” (Broadway World), and was praised by The Wall Street Journal for being “remarkably loud." His 2021-2022 season began with debuts at Berkshire Festival Opera in Falstaff, Opera Company of Middlebury in The Maid of Orleans, and Opera Project Columbus in a concert of Verdi scenes.
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