Biography
Tenor
Mario Chang
Mario Chang has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, the Italian Tenor in Der Rosenkavalier, Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor, and the Fourth Squire in Parsifal. He has also performed at Los Angeles Opera as Rodolfo in La bohème and as Ismaele in Nabucco; at Santa Fe Opera as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor; and with Washington National Opera, Atlanta Opera, and Opera Frankfurt as Alfredo in La Traviata. He made his Hollywood Bowl debut as Cassio in Otello with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and has appeared at Carnegie Hall.
Chang was a member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Proogram at the Met and holds an advanced diploma from the Juilliard School. His awards include first prize, zarzuela prize, and audience favorite at the 2014 Operalia Competition, as well as first prize, Plácido Domingo Prize, and Amigos de Sabadell Prize in the Francisco Viñas Competition. A native of Guatemala, he is the founder and director of Querido Arte Ópera de Guatemala, the first opera company in the country, and was appointed an ambassador of peace and culture by the Guatemalan government. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in July 2016.
Chang was a member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Proogram at the Met and holds an advanced diploma from the Juilliard School. His awards include first prize, zarzuela prize, and audience favorite at the 2014 Operalia Competition, as well as first prize, Plácido Domingo Prize, and Amigos de Sabadell Prize in the Francisco Viñas Competition. A native of Guatemala, he is the founder and director of Querido Arte Ópera de Guatemala, the first opera company in the country, and was appointed an ambassador of peace and culture by the Guatemalan government. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in July 2016.
