Baritone Adrian Melendrez comes from Las Vegas, NV and holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Southern California. He currently studies with baritone Derrick Lawrence. Coming up, Adrian will sing in Opera Buff’s Opening Season Recital in September in Pasadena, CA. Most recently, Adrian sang in the Berkshires, MA with Classic Lyric Arts in June and in Opera Buff’s New Opera Pop-Up show in May. Other past highlights include singing as Nardo in Mozart’s La finta giardiniera with USC Opera, Schicchi in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi with Berlin Opera Academy, The King in Ethel Smyth’s Fête Galante with Lyric Opera of Orange County, and Figaro in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro at the Miami Music Festival. He will be auditioning for graduate school programs and young artist programs this coming Fall.