For the 2016-2017 season, Suarez made returns to: Opera in the Heights starring as Rodolfo in La bohème, Opera Memphis for 30 Days of Opera, Sarasota Opera to sing Flaminio (Montemezzi’s L’amore dei tre re) and cover Pinkerton where he was awarded the Mandelker Award for Outstanding Studio Artist, and Fort Worth Opera for their 2017 Frontiers Showcase. Additionally, he was seen in recital at Permian Basin Opera, Annapolis Opera, and Lyric Opera Baltimore.

In 2016, he was pictured on the front page of The Arts section of The New York Times for his “beautiful, soaring, and moving” performance as Cavaradossi with LoftOpera that “brought down the house.”

He returned to Opera Memphis in 2015-2016 for Don José (La tragédie de Carmen) and Beppe (Pagliacci), and joined Crested Butte Music Festival for his debut as Rodolfo (La bohème). In the 2014-2015 season, Suarez starred as Il Duca (Rigoletto) at Opera in the Heights and made his mainstage debut with Fort Worth Opera as Marcellus in Thomas’s Hamlet. For summer 2015, Dane returned to Opera North to sing Pedrillo and Mr. Splinters (The Tender Land) and covered Tony (West Side Story). In summer 2014, Dane made his role debut as Don José (Carmen) at Aspen Music Festival and was heard as Shuisky alongside Eric Owens in the Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov.

The 2013-2014 season first brought Suarez to Opera Memphis as tenor artist-in-residence where he was featured as Borsa and covered Il Duca (Rigoletto) after his first summer at Opera North as Edgardo cover (Lucia di Lammermoor).

For 2012-2013, Mr. Suarez was an apprentice artist at Sarasota Opera covering the role of Curley (Floyd's Of Mice and Men). He joined the late Maestro Lorin Maazel at the Castleton Festival where he sang Henrik (A Little Night Music) and appeared with the Castleton Festival at the Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman. In 2012, Suarez was featured as the tenor soloist in Beethoven's The Muir with Mark Morris Dance Group at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. In summer 2011, he was a Danis Wilson Apprentice Artist at Sugar Creek Opera (formerly Sugar Creek Symphony and Song.)  He sang First Man in Armour (Die Zauberflöte) and created the role of Ramdas for the world premiere of Stephen Taylor’s Paradises Lost with Illinois Opera Theatre. While completing his undergraduate degree, he performed Tamino (The Magic Flute) with Butler Opera Theatre.