Praised for his “Outstanding Singing” and “Big, bass-y baritone” by The Dallas Morning News, baritone Joseph Canuto Leon is an emerging artist beginning to make strides in the classical voice world. Originally from Des Moines, Joseph has been featured with Florida Grand Opera, The Dallas Opera, Charlottesville Opera, American Baroque Opera Company, Painted Sky Opera, and Opera on the James. Major roles in Joseph’s repertoire include Giorgio Germont (La traviata), Tonio and Silvio (I Pagliacci), Ford (Falstaff), Onegin (Eugene Onegin), Marcello and Schaunard (La bohème), Il conte d’Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro) The Four Villains (Les contes d’Hoffmann), Donner (Das Rheingold), The Father (Hansel and Gretel), Baron Zeta (The Merry Widow), and Belcore (The Dallas Opera’s abridged production of The Elixir of Love). Joseph is a graduate of the University of North Texas (MM 2017) and Iowa State University (BM 2013) and is a voice student of baritone Michael Chioldi.