Mexican-American baritone Octavio Moreno received his Doctorate in Music at the University of Arizona. Moreno participated in the Young Artist Program at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, followed by the Houston Grand Opera Studio. Moreno won first place in the Linus Lerner International Voice Competition in 2018, third place in the Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers in 2008, third place in the Carlo Morelli Competition in Mexico City, and first place in both the Mariana de Gonitch Competition in Cuba in 2001 and Premio Ciudad Trujillo in Peru in 2004. Moreno also represented Mexico in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 2009, and the Paris International Competition in 2010.
Moreno has sung with companies such as the Chicago Lyric Opera, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Diego Opera, Arizona Opera, Bellas Artes Opera in Mexico City, and the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France, among others. Moreno premiered the roles of Moncada in Zorro, Xihuitl in the second-ever mariachi opera El Pasado Nunca Se Termina, and the Role of Laurentino in the first-ever mariachi opera Cruzar la Cara de la Luna. He has also appeared in roles such as Marcello in La bohème, Tonio in Pagliacci, Zurga in Les pêcheurs de perles, Don Alfonso in Cosi fan Tutte, Vronsky in David Carlson's Anna Karenina, John Proctor in Robert Ward's The Crucible, Germont in La traviata, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, the title role in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and Sourin in The Queen of Spades, and Belcore in The Elixir of Love. Mr. Moreno made his symphonic debut performing with the San Antonio Symphony in the Ginastera's ballet, Estancia, singing the Baritone Solo. Future engagements include Carmina Burana with Tucson Symphony, and General Moncada in Zorro with Arizona Opera.
