Hailed by Opera News as “utterly loveable, with an expansive sound and easy stage presence”, Baritone, Jesús Vicente Murillo, has been performing Opera, Musical Theater, Concerts and Art Song across the United States and Canada since making his debut at with Michigan Opera Theater as The Android in Cary John Franklin’s The Very Last Green Thing at the age of eighteen. In 2019 he completed a two-year residency in Salt Lake City, with Utah Opera where he performed The Businessman in The Little Prince, Gregorio in Romeo & Juliette, Second Priest in The Magic Flute, The Captain in Candide, Captain Gardiner in Moby Dick, The Notary in Gianni Schicchi, Belcore in Freeze Frame: The Elixir of Love, and the Bass Soloist in The Messiah. Since then, he has gone on to respectively cover and perform the role of Dr. Bartolo in The Barber of Seville with Santa Fe Opera and Fargo-Moorhead Opera, Figaro in ¡Figaro! (90210) with Chautauqua Opera, Betto di Signia in Gianni Schicchi/Buoso’s Ghost with Michigan Opera Theater, and Masetto in Don Giovanni with Bare Opera. He has also made numerous appearances with Opera Louisiane, Charlottesville Opera, Opera in Williamsburg, Salt Lake Choral Artists, Opera Saratoga, Seagle Music Colony, Arbor Opera Theater, Thompson Street Opera, Main Street Opera, and many others. Upcoming projects for the 2021-22 season include Leporello in “Don Giovanni” with Fargo-Moorhead Opera, Guillermo Kahlo/Petate Vendor in Frida with Michigan Opera Theater, Guillermo Kahlo/R.J. Rockefeller/Edward G. Robinson in Frida with El Paso Opera, Kassandra in Kassandra with The Chamber Cartel of Atlanta, and The Bass Soloist in Basses and Beer with The Penn Square Music Festival, and Faure’s Requiem with The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Chestnut Hill, PA). He received his Bachelor of Music: Vocal Performance from the University of Michigan, and a Master of Music: Opera and Voice Performance from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He is currently based out of Philadelphia where maintains a vocal studio, and is the Bass Soloist at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill, PA.