Francisco Rendon is a performer, educator, and director from Lubbock, TX, and enjoys a life performing both classical and musical theatre repertoire. 

Francisco received his bachelor’s degree in Voice Performance at Texas Tech University, where he studied with Karl Dent, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Voice Performance at TTU studying with internationally acclaimed tenor, Eric Stoklossa. 

In the world of opera, Francisco has performed the roles of Rodolfo in La Boheme, B.F. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Canio in I Pagliacci, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore, and Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi. Francisco has also had extensive experience performing in American musical theater singing the roles of Curly McClain in Oklahoma!, Sebastian in The Little Mermaid, Donkey in Shrek the Musical, Gomez Addams in The Addams Family, Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors, Horton the Elephant in Seussical the Musical, and Thomas Andrews in Titanic the Musical. Upcoming roles for Francisco include T.A. Hoffmann in Les Contes d’Hoffmann with TTU Opera Theatre. 

When not performing Francisco enjoys teaching his wonderful voice students and spending time with his wife Kelsie and their English sheepdog, Fitzgerald. Francisco is so excited to be performing with the amazing cast and leadership of The Wizard of Oz at SSMT.