Daniel Esteban Lugo is a first generation Mexican-American tenor from El Paso, Texas. He began his singing career doing opera choruses, namely Tosca and Carmen, as a high school student at the El Paso Opera. Daniel completed a BM in Vocal Performance (‘20) at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee under the tutelage of Monique Phinney. During this time, Daniel performed a variety of comprimario roles, as well as covered the role of Ernesto in Don Pasquale.
Daniel was an emerging artist at the Seagle Festival during their 2021 and 2022 summer seasons where he performed the roles of Timothy Laughlin in Fellow Travelers, Hermosa in Offenbach's The Island of Tulipatan and covered the role of Le Prince Charmant in Cendrillon by Massenet. Most recently, Daniel performed the role of Oronte in Alcina with Lawrence University.
In the summer of 2023, Daniel joined the Apprentice Artist program at Des Moines Metro Opera where he performed the role of El Remendado in Carmen under the baton of Kelly Kuo.
Daniel a has since joined Tri-Cities Opera as a resident artist for their 2023 - 2024 season where he is currently covering the Count Almaviva in Barber of Seville.
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Press
"Short of years but tall of talent, [Daniel Lugo] dazzled our ears... It is so exciting to hear a singer of such promise at a very early stage of his career.”
Voce di Meche
"Lugo’s translucent rendering of Thoreau’s “elevation at every hour” marked a highlight of both Rudoi’s score and libretto."
The Boston Musical Intelligencer