Xavier
Prado

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Xavier Prado
Xavier Prado, an award winning tenor, native of Chile & professional singer with transcontinental experience in opera, oratorio, & television. Praised for his “truly stunning acting and vocals". (Valley Scene Magazine).
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Xavier Prado

Xavier Prado is a Chilean-born tenor who has received numerous accolades for his exceptional singing. He has been named as a finalist in the upcoming 2023 Loren L. Zachary Vocal Competition, a finalist at the 2023 Giulio Gari International Vocal Competition, and has won numerous awards including the Audience Choice Award and one of the top three prizes at the 2022 Palms Springs Opera Guild Vocal Competition. He has also been recognized as a finalist at the 2023 Pasadena Vocal Competition and as a finalist and Robinson award winner at the 2023 Mary Jacobs Singers of the Year Competition. In 2019-20, he won the Beverly Hills National Auditions.

Mr. Prado's performances have been described as possessing "truly stunning acting and vocals." He has starred in leading roles in various new works and world premiers such as Don Quixote in the opera Dulcinea XL by Juan Colomer, which was performed in January of 2019 with the Los Angeles Grand Ensemble under the direction of maestro Ignazio Terrasi. He made his film debut in 2018 with the lead role in an American television miniseries, and performed the role of Ruodi in Guillaume Tell with Opera Southwest, which was broadcast across the United States.

As a Studio Artist in Sarasota Opera during their 2016-17 season, he performed dozens of concerts and lead role covers as well as the role of Le Premier Commissaire in Poulenc’s Les Dialogues des Carmélites. At Opera San Jose he sang roles in Le Nozze di Figaro and Streetcar Named Desire, as well as the role of Lindoro in L’Italiana in Algeri.

Mr. Prado has performed as a soloist in a wide range of repertoire with various opera companies and orchestras including the Palms Springs Opera Guild, Opera Buffs, California Philharmonic, The Lyric Opera of Orange County, Golden State Pops Orchestra, Pocket Opera, The Rousse Philharmonic in Bulgaria, Livermore Valley Opera, Santa Barbara Choral Society, Cameretta of Los Angeles, Mission Opera, The Valley Opera and Performing Arts, The Huntington Beach Symphony, Antelope Valley Symphony and Master Chorale, Ridgecrest Opera Guild, Pacific Palisades Symphony, Opera en Castellano, Barskaya Independent Opera Company, and the Pacific Lyric Association.

In 2020, through the Consortium of Music Presenters of Southern California, he presented a recital series throughout Southern California. His last public appearance in 2020 was in March, as the tenor soloist for Beethoven’s 9th Symphony at The Soraya Hall with the CSUN Symphony and a grand union of chorales. In late 2021 he made his return to the post-pandemic opera stage in Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Count Almaviva with the Huntington Beach Symphony & in the title role in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Kaschey The Deathless with Independent Opera Company.

Recent performances include the title role in Gounod's Faust with Huntington Beach Symphony, Romeo in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette in several productions, including those by Mission Opera, Valley Opera and Performing Arts, and the Lyric Opera of Orange County. Upcoming performances include The Prince in Independent Opera’s production of Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges, as well as his participation in the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy, in the opera Il Viaggio a Reims as part of the Academia Rossiniana “Alberto Zedda” in the Summer of 2023.

Aside from his music career, he is a passionate motorcycle enthusiast and violinist. He is heavily involved in the non-profit sector, currently serving as executive director of the Family Rescue Center in Canoga Park, CA.

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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Roméo - Roméo et Juliette by C. Gounod

2023 - 2023

Il Duca di Mantova - Rigoletto by G. Verdi

2023 - 2023
Huntington Beach, CA

Faust - Faust by C. Gounod

2022 - 2022

Count Almaviva - Il Barbiere di Siviglia

2021 - 2021

Mission Opera

2022 - 2023
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Roméo - Roméo et Juliette by C. Gounod

2022 - 2023

Roméo - Roméo et Juliette by C. Gounod

2022 - 2023
Escondido, California

Roméo - Roméo et Juliette by C. Gounod

2019 - 2019

Il Duca di Mantova - Rigoletto by G. Verdi

2014 - 2014

Don Quixote - Dulcinea XL by J. Colomer

2019 - 2019
World Premiere

Opera Southwest

2017 - 2017
Albuquerque, NM

Ruodi - Guillaume Tell by G. Rossini

2017 - 2017
Apprentice Artist

Arnold Cover - Guillaume Tell by G. Rossini

2017 - 2017
Apprentice Artist

Sarasota Opera

2016 - 2017
Sarasota, FL

Le Premier Commissaire - Les Dialogues des Carmélites

2017 - 2017
Studio Artist

Lindor Cover - L'Italiana in Algeri

2017 - 2017
Studio Artist

Ernesto Cover - Don Pasquale by G. Donizetti

2016 - 2016
Apprentice Artist

Opera San José

2014 - 2016
San José, CA

The Young Collector - A Streetcar Named Desire by A. Previn

2016 - 2016

Lindoro - L'Italiana in Algeri

2014 - 2014

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