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Jesús León's new CD, Bel Canto, is out now on the Opus Arte Label.

Toby Purser, Conductor.

  

Review by the BBC Music Magazine

There’s nothing like a tenor strutting his stuff; and it’s all there when the young Mexican Jesús León tackles ‘Amici miei’,’ writes Christopher Cook in the August issue of BBC Music Magazine. ‘León leaps up to that closing trio of top notes with all the swaggering confidence of the young Pavarotti who made this a signature aria at the beginning of his career."
Christopher Cook – August 2015

Bel Canto CD – Planet Hugill Review
On this disc he gives a series of highly shapely, polished and a lovely sense of style. Jesús León has quite a narrow bore, fine-grained voice which has a lovely surface sheen (it works well live, as I saw him in Bellini’s I Puritani at Grange Park Opera in 2013. In timbre it has elements in common with a tenor like William Matteuzzi who devoted his career to the early 19th century Italian operas (and I love his recording of Bellini’s I Puritani will Mariella Devia). But in overall terms, the tenor I was most reminded of was Alfredo Kraus; Jesús León has the same stylish feel and the same care not to push the voice beyond its natural limits.
Planet Hugill – 17 June, 2015

 

Season 2015-16

OCTOBER 15 & 17 - Seoul, Korea
Leon makes his Korea National Opera debut this coming October singing the role of Nadir in Les Pecheurs de perles by Bizet, role he has previously sung at the Teatro Reggio in Parma and Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti in Modena.

NOVEMBER 18-22 - London, UK
Leon will sing 6 concerts at the Royal Albert Hall accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Classical Spectacular by Raymond Gubbay Ltd.

DECEMBER 5-11 - Catania, Italy
In December he will sing the role of Arturo in I Puritani at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania.

FEBRUARY 25-27, 2016 - Florence, Italy
In February Leon returns to Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence with the role of Nadir after he sang there the role of Arturo in I Puritani this year.

APRIL 17-19, 2016 - Verona, Italy
Leon debuts at Teatro Filarmonico in Verona singing the role of Elvino in La Sonnambula.

MAY 7-15, 2016 - Atlanta, US
Leon makes his Atlanta Opera debut with the role of Roméo in Romeo et Juliette by Gounod.
León was featured in BBC Music Magazine August 2015 and talks about the music that inspired him to make his CD Bel Canto.
Nadir's aria "Je crois entendre encore" from Les pecheurs de perles at Teatro Reggio di Parma.
Preview of the Classical Spectacular 2015 at the Royal Albert Hall.
La Belle Hélène with Gaëlle Arquez at Théâtre du Châtelet, May 2015. © Marie-Noëlle Robert
Ah Perche non posso odiarti - Jesus Leon
"Ah! perche non posso odiarti" from La Sonnambula at Ravenna Festival.
With the famous baritone Jean-Philippe Lafont.
© Marie-Noëlle Robert
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