Mexican-American tenor Joshua Guerrero has established himself as one of the leading tenors of his generation, appearing with many of the world’s foremost opera houses and orchestras in repertoire spanning Puccini, Verdi, French opera, and contemporary works.
In 26/27, Guerrero makes house debuts at San Francisco Opera in Simon Boccanegra, Semperoper Dresden in Don Carlo, and The Atlanta Opera in Carmen. He also returns to LA Opera for Carmen, Bayerische Staatsoper for Tosca, Opernhaus Zürich and Staatsoper Unter den Linden for Manon Lescaut, Opernhaus Zürich for La bohème, and the Royal Opera House and Wiener Staatsoper for Madama Butterfly. On the concert stage, Guerrero makes debuts with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in Verdi’s Requiem and the Minnesota Orchestra in Tosca.
Guerrero has appeared at many of the world’s leading opera houses, including Wiener Staatsoper, the Royal Opera House, Opéra national de Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zürich, Dutch National Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Washington National Opera, English National Opera, Teatro Real, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Oper Frankfurt, Glyndebourne Festival, and the Salzburger Festspiele. He made his European operatic debut at Opéra National de Bordeaux and has also appeared with Florida Grand Opera and San Diego Opera, among others.
His repertoire encompasses many of the leading tenor roles of the Italian and French canon, including Don Carlo, Simon Boccanegra, Macbeth, La traviata, Rigoletto, Tosca, La bohème, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Il trittico, Carmen, Roméo et Juliette, Lucia di Lammermoor, and L’elisir d’amore. An acclaimed interpreter of contemporary repertoire, Guerrero has also appeared in Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas and La hija de Rappaccini, Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick, and John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles.
On the concert stage, Guerrero has appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, Santa Fe Symphony, NDR Radiophilharmonie, and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. His concert repertoire includes Verdi’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Haydn’s The Creation, and concert performances of opera. He has also been a featured soloist at the Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala at Carnegie Hall.
Guerrero has collaborated with many of the world’s leading conductors, including Gustavo Dudamel, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Franz Welser-Möst, James Conlon, Marin Alsop, Gianandrea Noseda, Lorenzo Viotti, Speranza Scappucci, Eun Sun Kim, Emmanuel Villaume, and Thomas Søndergård. His longstanding collaboration with Dudamel has included performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and a European tour with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela.
On the operatic stage, Guerrero has collaborated with acclaimed directors including Barrie Kosky, Sir David McVicar, Claus Guth, Àlex Ollé, Peter Sellars, and Jonathan Miller.
Guerrero began his professional career as a member of LA Opera’s Young Artist Program, where he received the Eva and Marc Stern Artist Award, and has maintained a close relationship with the company throughout his career. His appearances there have included Moby-Dick, The Ghosts of Versailles, Macbeth, and Carmen.
Guerrero’s honors include second prize in the Operalia Competition and a Richard Tucker Foundation Career Grant. He is a GRAMMY Award winner for LA Opera’s recording of The Ghosts of Versailles and is also featured in Disney/Pixar’s Academy Award-winning animated film Coco.
2026-2027
