Fernando de la Mora (tenor)

Fernando de la Mora
Fernando de la Mora
Background information
Born	June 7, 1958; Mexico City
Origin	Mexican
Genres	Opera
Instruments	Voice (tenor)
Years active	1986–present)

Fernando de la Mora (born 1958) is a Mexican operatic tenor. He began his music education in the National Conservatory of Mexico and studied with Leticia Velázquez and Rosa Rimoch.

He made his debut in Jalapa with Madama Butterfly in 1986, later in the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, San Diego, La Scala in Milan, Vienna State Opera, Opéra Bastille of Paris, Covent Garden of London and many others.

He has worked with conductors like Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Charles Mackerras, Eduardo Mata, and Richard Bonynge.

He mainly sings Italian and French opera. He has more than 20 recordings, most of them on Telarc.

Repertoire

Lord Percy - Anna Bolena
Don José - Carmen
Fausto - Fausto
Rodolfo - La Bohème
Alfredo - La Traviata
Gerald - Lakmé
Hoffman - Los cuentos de Hoffman
Edgardo - Lucia di Lammermoor
Macduff - Macbeth
Pinkerton - Madame Butterfly
Chevalier des Grieux - "Manon"
Duque de Mantua - Rigoletto
Roberto Devereux - Roberto Devereux
Romeo - Romeo y Julieta
Mario Cavaradossi - Tosca
Werther - Werther

Sources

Cummings, D. (ed,), "de la Mora, Fernando", International Who's Who in Classical Music, Routledge, 2003, pp. 180–181. ISBN 1-85743-174-X

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