Dane Suarez / Tenor

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Lauded for his "big, heroic voice" (LA Weekly) and "powerful emotions," tenor Dane Suarez has developed an exciting and varied career.

In the winter of 2020, Mr. Suarez returned to West Bay Opera to perform the role of Macduff in their production of Macbeth. For the remainder of the 2020 season, he was scheduled to reprise the role of Rodolfo in La bohème with Fort Worth Opera (COVID19), perform the Title Role in Faust with Opera Neo (COVID19) and make his role debut as Manrico in Il trovatore with Opera in the Heights (COVID19). In Fall 2020, Suarez returned to Opera Memphis in concert and joined the Memphis Symphony Orchestra for his debut in The Magic of Memphis. In 2021, Mr. Suarez was featured with Opera Memphis as Tamino and Scalia and was scheduled perform the role of Don José in Carmen with Festival Opera (now postponed to 2023.)

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Season Highlights

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Dane's 2021-2022 season opened with a concert for Il Cenacolo Club of San Francisco. Following that, he starred as the tortured Canio in Opera Memphis's new immersive production of Pagliacci, immediately following was his debut as Manrico in Il trovatore with Opera in the Heights. He debuted New Jersey Festival Orchestra in December and returned to Maryland Opera for a livestreamed concert in early 2022. He returned to his alma mater (Butler University) in March as Guest Soloist in Verdi's Messa da Requiem and reprised Justice Antonin Scalia in Derrick Wang's Scalia/Ginsburg with Penn Square Music Festival. Following that was a jump-in as Lenksy in Eugene Onegin at Opera in the Heights and a reprisal as Rodolfo in his company debut at Opera Birmingham. He reprises Scalia in Scalia/Ginsburg at Opera in the Heights and Rodolfo in his company debut at Newport Classical. Dane closes his season in a role and company debut as Pollione in Norma with Festival Opera. Click below to see Dane's upcoming schedule.