Arturo Chacón Cruz

Noteworthy performances include: The Duke in "Rigoletto" (Houston, Verona, Mexico City, Napoli, Budapest, Hamburg, Strasbourg, Aix en Provence, San Francisco, Verona, Brussels, Los Angeles, Florence) Rodolfo in "La Boheme" (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Miami, Munich, Stockholm, Graz, Cologne, Hamburg, Las Palmas, Bordeaux, etc.)

Alfredo in "La Traviata" (Seville, Beijing, Munich, Valencia, Moscow, Rome, Barcelona, Padova, Mexico City, Washington D.C., Detroit, Los Angeles, Verona, Oman) Ruggero in Puccini’s "La Rondine" (Genova, Venice, Detroit, Zagreb) Hoffmann in Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffmann" (Turin, Vienna, Milan, Malmo, Munich, Las Palmas, Tokyo, Nagoya, Moscow) Faust in Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust" (Mexico City’s Bellas Artes, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Bolshoi Theater in Moscow) Verdi Requiem (Mexico City, Los Angeles, Guadalajara, San Sebastián, Ljubljana, Miami, Denver) Werther (Barcelona, Lyon, Moscow, Budapest, Stuttgart) Des Grieux in Massenet’s "Manon" (Monte-Carlo, Mexico City) Don Jose in "Carmen" (Hamburg, Tel Aviv, Parma, Lyon, Tampere, Palermo, Zurich, Liege) Jacopo in "I Due Foscari" (Vienna, Munich, Paris) Macduff in Verdi’s "Macbeth" (Los Angeles, Vienna, Verona) Arturo has also collaborated with acclaimed film directors Sofia Coppola ("La Traviata," featuring exclusive Valentino Garavani designed costumes) and Woody Allen ("Gianni Schicchi," available on DVD and BluRay by Sony).

Arturo portrayed Edgardo di Ravenswood in Simon Stone’s production of "Lucia di Lammermoor" in Los Angeles, Riccardo in Verdi’s "Un Ballo in Maschera" in Maryland, Cavaradossi in "Tosca" with Florida Grand Opera in Miami and Fort Lauderdale (offering a historic "Bis" for "E lucevan le stelle" during their 4th performance).

Recent releases include singles such as "Can't Help Falling in Love," "Let It Be," "Hallelujah," "Volver," "Cien Años," "Gracias a la Vida," and "Caruso."

Early Life and Education: In his late teens, before committing to a full-time artistic career, Arturo pursued a degree in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering.

He spent six semesters in his native Sonora, Mexico, alternating between mathematics and physics and taking private operatic voice lessons, all while performing with Mariachis on the weekends.

Arturo's "big break" came in 2005 when he won the prestigious "Operalia" competition in Madrid, garnering the attention of many major figures in the opera world.

Mentorship: Arturo serves as a mentor to aspiring young singers, aiming to pass on the valuable lessons and experiences he gained during his own early career.

He has been a guest teacher at several institutions such as: Peabody Conservatory, Boston University, EOBA, San Francisco Opera's Adler Program, New World School for the Arts, in Miami, to name a few.