Dr. Luis Orozco

Dr. Luis Orozco
Director Of The SJSU Opera Theater
luis.a.orozco@sjsu.edu

A Juárez Mexico native, Mexican-American Baritone Luis Alejandro Orozco, holds the position of
Assistant Professor of music at San José State University.

Orozco made his Metropolitan Opera debut in the 2021-2022 season, singing the Prime Minister in their English version of Cendrillon. He also curated and sang in a Hispanic Heritage Concert with Fort Worth Opera, followed by his debut with Virginia Opera as Marcello in La bohème. He then returned to Opéra de Lyon to remount Maria de Buenos Aires on their mainstage, singing El Payador, joined Intermountain Opera as the Count in Le nozze di Figaro, and appeared with Minnesota Opera in a gala concert.

Orozco’s 2024-2025 season includes Byron Au Young’s Stuck Elevator singing the role of Marco with Hawaii Opera Theater which he premiered with Nashville Opera. He reprises the role again with in a new production with Knoxville Opera, where he will also sing Marcello in their production of La bohème. Orozco also performs the baritone soloist in Carmina Burana with the Youth Orchestra of San Antonio, University of Wisconsin Madison, and at with the Schola Cantorum at Cal State East Bay.

Recently Mr. Orozco made his Swiss debut as Riolobo in Florencia en el Amazonas with Theater St. Gallen, performed Escamillo in Carmen with Pensacola Opera, and joined the Nuits de Fourvière FesOval to sing El Payador in collaboration with Opéra de Lyon, appeared in recital with Opera Saratoga, and collaborated with More Than Musical to create a filmed produciton of La bohème, singing Marcello.In the summer of 2021, he joined Opera Maine as Belcore in L’elisir d’amore and the St. Croix Valley Opera for their Opera on the River concert.

Appearing regularly with symphonies and in recital, his recent concert engagements include the Carmina Burana with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah with the Las Vegas Philharmonic, and he has toured across Russia in a concert honoring Leonard Bernstein.