
Rene de la Garza

Baritone
Rene de la Garza is a versatile and talented baritone who has studied voice with Richard Highes, Phyllis Curtin and vocal coach Steven Bleier. He has performed with the Albany Symphony, New Haven Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic and the American Symphony Orchestra. His diverse operatic repertoire includes roles in Lully’s Alceste, Rameau’s Platee and the title role in Handel’s Giulio Cesare, as well as leading roles in the operas of Britten and Henze.
Frequently in demand as a solo recitalist, Mr. de la Garza has appeared at Avery Fischer Hall, the Newport Festival, the Gardner Museum, and the Kennedy Center and on concert tours in California, Texas and Michigan. An active orchestral and choral soloist, he has held leading baritone roles with New York’s OBIE award winning Spanish Repertory Company and Boston’s Charles Street Playhouse.
He has performed with the Boston Camerata and is an experienced soloist of early music and the music of contemporary American composers. Mr. de la Garza is director of URI Opera Workshop, an annual staged production of famous opera featuring URI voice and music students.
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