Timothy León has been featured with such companies as Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pacific Chorale, Pacific Repertory Opera (now Opera San Luis Obispo), Nevada Opera Theater and in Europe with Opera Toscana, New Operafestival di Roma and Tuscia Operafestival. He is a versatile artist, equally adept as an operatic heldentenor, a conductor and pianist, specializing in Italian repertoire. He has sung leading roles in such operas as Norma, La Traviata, Don Giovanni, and Madama Butterfly to name a few. Mr. León’s recent engagements have included singing his first Wagnerian role in Los Angeles Lyric Opera’s Die Feen, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, conducting Pagliacci and Suor Angelica for Stageworks Festival in Washington, D.C., and concertizing in Italy for the Tuscia Operafestival in Viterbo, Italy and the Narnia Festival in Narni, Italy, with both companies he has sustained a critical relationship as a singer, coach and conductor for 19 years. His conducting credits include Le Nozze di Figaro, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Cavalleria Rusticana, La Traviata, Sweeney Todd, South Pacific and Kiss Me, Kate with The Marina del Rey Summer Music Festival, Pacific Opera Project, Opera by the Glass, The Celestial Opera Company and California Opera Association.
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