Raúl Hernández

Raúl Hernández (Tenor) was born in México. Possessing a voice of uncommon lyric beauty is recognized as one of the most gifted interpreters of the Bel Canto repertoire.

Raúl sung throughout the world with much acclaim the role of Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto) at Metropolitan Opera House (MET), Liceu di Barcellona and many others. Highly appraised are his performances of Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) performed at the Metropolitan Opera House (MET), the Austin Lyric Opera, the New York City Opera and at the “Festival del Centro Historico” in Mexico City. He is also well known for his amorous and fiery Alfredo in La Traviata, which he performed at many prestigious international theatres such as the Teatro Real de Madrid, the Kentucky Opera, the Manitoba Opera, the Opera de Quebec, the Opera Lyra in Ottawa, the Florentine Opera, the Milwaukee and the Atlanta Opera. He has also sang the role of Orombello (Beatrice di Tenda) together with soprano Edita Gruberova in several places and recorded a DVD, as Fenton (Falstaf) at The Karajan Festival in Baden-Baden - Germany, as Nemorino (L’Elisir d’Amore) at the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo - Italy, as Gennaro (Lucrezia Borgia) at the Teatro Regio di Torino – Italy as well as at a main concert during The Festival of Arts of Palm Desert - USA. He makes an easy transition from the operatic to the concert stage and has delivered moving performances in Mozart’s “Requiem”, “Missa Brevis”, in Handel’s “Messiah” and in Rossini’s “Stabat Mater” between others. In 2015 Tactus Label released a monographic CD featuring Giuseppe Verdi’s songs and in 2017 a double CD of Sacred Works by the Italian composer Pellegrino Santucci.