“Money-notes worth every penny,” “powerful singing,” “wonderful acting,” “movie star good looks,”and “passionate elegance” are just a few of the phrases used by critics to describe tenor Isaac Hurtado. Critically acclaimed for portrayals of Don José in Carmen, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Werther in Werther, Alfredo in La Traviata, and Roméo in Roméo et Juliette, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Duca in Rigoletto, and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Mr. Hurtado is “the complete package.”
Mr. Hurtado’s 2024-25 season includes Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly in Palm Desert, CA with Teatro Lirico d’Europa, Alfredo in La traviata with Opera Idaho, and concerts with Winter Opera St. Louis. In the 2023-24 season Mr. Hurtado starred as The Prince in Dvorak's Rusalka for Opera Orlando, and as Don José in Carmen for Opera Southwest. He made his Carnegie Hall debut as tenor soloist in Nunes-Garcia’s Missa de Requiem for MidAmerica Productions and performed the tenor solos on the award-winning recording of Dwight Bigler’s Mosaic for the Earth, released on the Tonsehen label. He also appeared in recital with Opera Orlando, as tenor soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with Salt Lake Choral Artists, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, with Brigham Young University, and "Opera Gems" with Opera Roanoke. Other recent appearances include the role of Don José in both Carmen and La Tragèdie de Carmen for Utah Festival Opera and Utah Opera respectively.
Mr. Hurtado is Associate Professor of Voice and Director of Opera at Utah Valley University and directs Utah Valley Operafest.