Efraín Solís

Mr. Solís made his European debut as Dandini in La Cenerentola at the Staatsoper Hamburg, a role he has also sung with San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and Forth Worth Opera. He has sung Schaunard in La bohème with Santa Fe Opera and Dallas Opera. He joined Minnesota Opera, Austin Opera, Opera San Antonio, Houston Grand Opera’s HGOCo, New York City Opera, El Paso Opera, and Opera Santa Barbara for previous performances of Mark in Cruzar la cara de la luna and also sang his first performances of Laurentino in the same title with West Edge Opera. With Florida Grand Opera, Virginia Opera, and Opera San José, he sang Charlie in Heggie’s Three Decembers. Other recent performances for the baritone include Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette with Utah Opera, Opera Carolina, Virginia Opera, Opera San José, and Toledo Opera; Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with the Santa Rosa Symohony; and Lieutenant Audebert in Puts’ Silent Night and Escamillo in La tragedie de Carmen, also with Utah Opera.

He is a former Adler Fellow of San Francisco Opera and while with the company, in addition to Dandini and Schaunard, sang his first performances of Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Silvano in Un ballo in maschera, Sciarrone in Tosca, and Prince Yamadori in Madama Butterfly. He recently returned to the company for Thierry, Le medicin, and the Jailer in Dialogues des Carmélites.

He has sung Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Memphis, Opera Delaware, Opera San José, and Livermore Valley Opera; Malatesta in Don Pasquale and Germano in La scala di seta with Opera Santa Barbara; Alvaro in Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas with Opera San José; Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande with Opera Southwest and West Edge Opera; Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore with Hawaii Opera Theatre and Charlottesville Opera, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas with Opera San José, Di Cosimo in Catán’s Il postino with Virginia Opera; Slook in La cambiale di matrimonio with Philharmonia Baroque; El Payador in Piazzola’s Maria de Buenos Aires with Opera Southwest, the Father in Turnage’s Coraline and Glass’ Hydrogen Jukebox with West Edge Opera; Fiesque in Maria di Rohan with Washington Concert Opera, Gaspar in Rita with the New Century Chamber Orchestra, and Dick in Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock with Opera Saratoga.

Mr. Solis sang his first performances of Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with the Palo Alto Philharmonic and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem as a guest artist at Concordia College. He has joined the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Las Vegas Philharmonic, and New Choral Society for Handel’s Messiah and the Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra for Britten’s War Requiem. An active recitalist, he has debuted with San Francisco Performances, joined the New York Festival of Song for multiple programs of Spanish repertoire and has sung a solo program of Granero and Turina with the Cincinnati Song Initiative. He has been presented in a Schwabacher Debut Recital in San Francisco and offered an additional recital program at the El Camino College Center for the Arts.

He is an alumnus of the prestigious Merola Opera Program, at which he sang Junius in The Rape of Lucretia. He is also a former member of Opera Santa Barbara’s Studio Artist Program. In 2013, he was a Grand Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and sang arias from Rodelinda and Le nozze di Figaro on the famed company’s stage with Marco Armilianto conducting. He was also a finalist in Houston Grand Opera's Eleanor McCollum Competition and the Loren L. Zachary Society for the Performing Arts National Vocal Competition. He holds a Master of Music from San Francisco Conservatory of Music, at which he sang Guglielmo in Così fan tutte and Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and while at Chapman University, his performances included Beethoven’s Mass in C and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria.