About this Artist
American tenor Anthony León won First Prize and the Don Plácido Domingo Ferrer Prize for Zarzuela at the Operalia World Opera Competition in 2022. He was also a winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in 2022.
Recent highlights include a return to the LA Opera Young Artist program for a second season, when León performed Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni. Other engagements include Normanno in Lucia di Lammermoor, Spoletta in Tosca, and Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro with LA Opera. Anthony has also performed Remendado in Carmen at Santa Fe Opera (where he was an Apprentice Artist) and Ernesto in Don Pasquale at the New England Conservatory. On tour with ensemble I Gemelli, Anthony sang Giove and Amphinome in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and performed at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Arsenal Theatre, Metz, and Victoria Hall in Geneva. Last season, León took part in the Vocal Residency program at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and the Salzburger Festspiele Young Singers Project. This season, Anthony performs with the Dutch National Opera in Ellen Reid’s The Shell Trial and Beethoven’s Ninth in concert with the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.