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date = "2017-05-02T12:58:00-04:00"
discipline = "Tenor"
lastmod = "2017-05-25T10:07:00-04:00"
primary_image = "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1495721248579/Delgado%20MSO%20pic.jpg.jpg"
publishDate = "2017-05-02T12:58:00-04:00"
slug = "romulo-delgado"
title = "Romulo Delgado"
website = "http://romulodelgado.com/09/"
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Romulo Delgado is a classically trained tenor and a world music multi instrumentalist. He was a region finalist at the Hans Gabor Belvedere International Opera competition in Vienna, Austria. He trained in Toronto at the Royal Conservatory Music and the Glenn Gould School. 
 
His versatility as a performer has enchanted audiences all over North America and Europe as well various Canadian Prime Ministers and former U.S. president Bill Clinton.  His operatic roles currently include Pinkerton in Puccini’s *Madama Butterfly*, Alfredo in Verdi’s *La traviata*, Don José in Bizet’s *Carmen*, The Duke of Mantua in Verdi’s *Rigoletto*, Edgardo in Donizetti’s *Lucia di Lammermoor*, Idomeneo in Mozart’s *Idomeneo*, Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini’s *Tosca*, Macduff in Verdi’s *Macbeth*, Rodolfo in Puccini’s *La Boheme* and Riccardo in the Canadian premiere of Verdi’s Oberto. "Also in demand as a classical concert tenor soloist, his concert repertoire includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Gounod’s *St. Cecilia Mass*, Dubois’ the seven last words of Christ, Mendelssohn's *Elijah*, Handel’s *Samson*, Puccini’s *Messa di Gloria*, Verdi’s *Requiem* and Handel’s *Messiah*.
 
Ultimately, what distinguishes Romulo’s singing is that "striking, powerful and ingratiating lyric tenor sound with all the money notes!" (*Opera Canada*) As a world music performer, Romulo has also toured and recorded with many international and local recording artists and been engaged by several of the fortune 500 corporations. Whether on the opera stage, or enchanting audiences with his world music passion, “Romulo Delgado’s free, vigorous   lustrous tenor voice makes him one of Canada’s most unique performing artists.” (*The Globe and Mail*) 
 

