Jeremy Luis Lopez is a Colombian-American tenor currently in the second year of his master’s degree at the University of Houston’s Moores Opera Center. This season, Jeremy will sing Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi and Pong in Turandot alongside Christine Goerke in the title role and Limmie Pulliam as Calaf. In the summer of 2024, Jeremy was a resident artist at Teatro Nuovo, where he covered Tebaldo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi and sang scenes from La bohème (Rodolfo) and La Traviata (Alfredo). Last season, Mr. Lopez sang in a workshop with Tom Cipullo of the acclaimed composer’s new work, Hobson’s Choice, in the principal tenor role of Will Mossop. He sang Camille de Rosillon in Die lustige Witwe and Chrysodule Babylas in Monsieur Choufleuri at the Moores Opera Center, and covered Contino del Fiore, singing the role of Bortolo in the modern-day premiere of the Ricci brothers’ comedy, Crispino e la Comare with Teatro Nuovo at Lincoln Center. In concert, Mr. Lopez joined the Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church Orchestra and Choir with conductor Charles Hausmann, singing the tenor solo in Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living.
Previous seasons have included Chevalier de la Force in Dialogues of the Carmelites with Bronx Opera, Mr. Plume in Der Schauspieldirektor at Eastman Opera Theater, and Le petit vieillard and La rainette in L’enfant et les sortilèges at Eastman Opera Theater. Mr. Lopez also gave a solo recital with pianist Michele Wong for the Caumsett Foundation Summer Concert Series, and joined the Bel Canto Institute of San Miguel de Allende for concerts with pianist Ted Taylor.
Jeremy was a finalist in the Dorothy Lincoln-Smith Competition through the National Society of Arts and Letters, a Semi-Finalist for the Koussevitszky Young Artist Award through the Musicians Club of New York, and a Semi-Finalist in the Premier Opera Foundation’s International Vocal Competition. A native of Long Island, New York, Mr. Lopez holds a Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music, where he also earned a minor in Italian and a Certificate of Arts Leadership.