Sergio Manzo

Sergio Manzo, baritone, noted by von Otter Masterclass for “a divine and natural voice,” recently performed as Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with Genesis Opera and was lauded as “extremely comedic and had a powerful baritone voice” (Escondido Times-Advocate). He debuted as Jupiter in Offenbach’s comedic operetta Orphée aux enfers and Marullo in Rigoletto during his residency with Opera North. Sergio made his Fort Worth Opera mainstage debut as Mr. Gobineau in their production of Menotti’s The Medium (premiered in Spanish), and took the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Texas Tech University Opera Theater. Sergio’s other roles include Publio in La clemenza di Tito and Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus. He has also joined Portland Opera as Schaunard in Puccini’s La bohème and Dr. Bartolo in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia. Native to Phoenix, Arizona, he has performed with NAU Lyric Opera as Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Sam in Trouble in Tahiti, and Enrico in Donizetti’s short opera Il campanello. On the concert stage, Sergio was baritone soloist in Dubois’ Seven Last Words of Christ, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, and Handel’s Messiah. He was finalist in both the Texoma NATS Eduard Baird Singer of the Year competition and the Southwest Vocal Competition and received three Encouragement Awards from the Metropolitan Opera National Council.