Bernardo Bermudez
Biography
Venezuelan American Tenor Bernardo Bermudez, started his musical education at The Conservatory of Music Juan Manuel Olivares, in Caracas Venezuela. He has recently began essaying roles and repertoire for the Tenor voice. Currently living in the United States he has performed in productions and concerts with companies including San Diego Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Long Beach Opera, Anchorage Opera, Portland Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, The San Diego Symphony, Opera North, Union Avenue Opera, West Bay Opera, Livermore Valley Opera and The Music Academy of the West to name a few. His operatic roles performed as a Tenor include Don Jose in Carmen, and will be performing The Messenger in Aida in San Diego Opera production in fall 2019. As a Lyric Baritone roles include Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire, Diego Rivera in Frida, Danilo in The Merry Widow, Silvio in Pagliacci, Escamillo in Carmen, Valentin in Faust, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore, the title role in Don Giovanni, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Vidal Hernando in Luisa Fernanda, Aeneas in Dido & Aeneas, other roles include El Dancairo and Morales in Carmen, Marullo in Rigoletto, Schaunard in La Boheme, Price Yamadori in Madama Butterfly, as well as Morald in the North America stage premier of Richard Wagner’s Die Feen, as part of Los Angeles Opera’s Ring Festival. He participated as a voice fellow at the prestigious Summer Festivals at The Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara California, under the direction of famous American Mezzo Soprano Marilyn Horne, Opera North in New Hampshire under the direction of Louis Burkot as well as Opera Neo in San Diego California under the direction of Peter Kozma. He received 1st place in NATS LA singing competition, 1st place winner in AEIOU, 39th Annual Opera Scholarship and Competition, finalist in the Burbank Philharmonic Hennings-Fischer Opera Competition, Opera Buffs Grant recipient, semifinalist in the Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition, recipient of the Doug Acker Memorial Vocal Scholarship, and 2nd place winner in the Virginia Hawk Vocal Competition. Most recently he has received the Music Academy of the West Alumni Enterprise award in 2019 and 2020. Mr. Bermudez is also co-founder of Opera4Kids a new non-profit organization, whose mission is to use the transformative power of live vocal and classical music performance, to educate young audiences about theatre and music, in a culturally enriching environment.

Future Productions
Diego Rivera in Frida by R. X. Rodriguez for Portland Opera, Portland OR 2021 Portland Opera
Soloist in All is Calm by Rothstein, Lichte, Takach for Bodhi Tree Concerts, San Diego CA 2021
Woodsman/Fox in The Enchanted Tail by V. Robertson for Opera4Kids, San Diego CA 2021 Opera4Kids
Cancelled engagements due to Covid-19 in 2020
Diego Rivera in Frida by R. X. Rodriguez for Opera Cultura, San Jose CA 2020 (Cancelled)
Diego Rivera in Frida by R. X. Rodriguez for Long Beach Opera, Long Beach CA 2020 (Cancelled)
Stage Productions
Role | Opera | Company | Year |
Diego Rivera | Frida by Robert Xavier Rodriguez | Lon Beach Opera (Cancelled) | 2020 |
Diego Rivera | Frida by Robert Xavier Rodriguez | Opera Cultura (Cancelled) | 2020 |
Marios Father/Actor | Il Postino by D. Catan | Opera Santa Barbara | 2020 |
Diego Rivera | Frida by Robert Xavier Rodriguez | Anchorage Opera | 2020 |
A Messenger | Aida by G. Verdi | San Diego Opera | 2019 |
El Dancairo | Carmen by G. Bizet | San Diego Opera | 2019 |
Woodsman / Fox | The Enchanted Tail by V. Robertson | Classics 4 Kids | 2019 |
Soloist | All is Calm by P. Rothstein, E. Lichte and T.C. Takach | San Diego Opera | 2018 |
Danilo | The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar | Opera Neo | 2018 |
King Mark | The Love Potion by Frank Martin | Long Beach Opera | 2018 |
Crippled Sailor | Florencia en el Amazonas by Daniel Catan | San Diego Opera | 2018 |
Ensemble | Maria De Buenos Aires by Astor Piazzolla | San Diego Opera | 2018 |
Morales | Carmen by Georges Bizet | The Opera Buffs | 2017 |
Diego Rivera | Frida by Robert Xavier Rodriguez | Long Beach Opera | 2017 |
Escamillo | Carmen by Georges Bizet | SMC Opera Theater at The Broad Stage Santa Monica | 2017 |
Count Almaviva | Le nozze di Figaro by W. A. Mozart | Livermore Valley Opera | 2017 |
Figaro | Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini | Pacific Opera Project | 2016 |
Luis | The Gondoliers by Gilbert and Sullivan | Bodhi Tree Concerts | 2016 |
Don Giovanni | Don Giovanni by W. A. Mozart | Opera Neo | 2016 |
Prince Yamadori | Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini | San Diego Opera | 2016 |
Melchior | Amahl and The Night Visitors by G. Menotti | Village Church Community Theatre | 2015 |
Escamillo | Carmen by Georges Bizet | Pacific Lyric Association | 2015 |
Escamillo | Carmen by Georges Bizet | Heartland Opera Theatre | 2015 |
Silvio | Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo | Marina Del Rey Symphony | 2015 |
Valentin | Faust by Charles Gounod | West Bay Opera | 2015 |
Doganiere | La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini | San Diego Opera | 2015 |
Marullo | Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi | Livermore Valley Opera | 2014 |
Stanley Kowalski | A Streetcar Named Desire by Andre Previn | Union Avenue Opera | 2014 |
Vidal Hernando | Luisa Fernanda by Federico Moreno Torroba | SMC Opera Theater at The Broad Stage Santa Monica | 2014 |
Villager Solo | Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo | San Diego Opera | 2014 |
El Dancairo | Carmen by Georges Bizet | Livermore Valley Opera | 2013 |
Papageno | Die Zauberflöte by W. A. Mozart | Center Stage Opera | 2013 |
Count Almaviva | Le nozze di Figaro by W. A. Mozart | Opera NEO | 2013 |
Mercurio | L’incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi | Opera NEO | 2013 |
Belcore | L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti | Center Stage Opera | 2013 |
Silvio | Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo | Vineyard Touring Opera | 2013 |
Belcore | L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti | Opera North | 2012 |
Figaro | Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini | Center Stage Opera | 2012 |
Scarpia | Tosca by Giacomo Puccini | Vineyard Touring Opera | 2012 |
Capulet | Romeo Et Juliette by Charles Gounod | Livermore Valley Opera | 2011 |
Figaro | Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini | Music Academy of the West | 2011 |
Schaunard | La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini | Repertory Opera Company | 2011 |
Alfio | Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni | Vineyard Touring Opera | 2011 |
Papageno | Die Zauberflöte by W. A. Mozart | Los Angeles Metropolitan Opera | 2011 |
Cantalapiedra | Cecilia Valdes by Gonzalo Roig | Bilingual Found. Of the Arts | 2010 |
Morald | Die Feen by Richard Wagner | Lyric Opera of Los Angeles | 2010 |
Scarpia | Tosca by Giacomo Puccini | Intimate Opera Company | 2010 |
Vidal Hernando | Luisa Fernanda by Federico Moreno Torroba | Pacific Lyric Association | 2010 |
Jim | The Gift of The Magi, a mini Opera by Jonathan Price and Jan Michael Alejandro | Noho Ho Holiday Show | 2009 |
Aeneas | Dido & Aeneas by Henry Purcell | CSU Summer Arts | 2009 |
Concerts
Role | Work | Company | Year |
Woodsman / Fox | The Enchanted Tail | San Diego Opera and Classics4Kids | 2019 |
Tenor Soloist | Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique | San Diego Symphony | 2019 |
Tenor Soloist | Handel’s Messiah | Claremont Symphony Orchestra | 2017 |
Soloist | Luciano Berio Sinfonia | La Jolla Symphony | 2017 |
Featured Artist | Tucson Desert Song Festival: Love Songs and other Dances | Ballet Tucson | 2017 |
Featured Artist | Tucson Desert Song Festival: Rhythms of the Americas | Tucson Guitar Society / Ballet Tucson | 2016 |
Featured Artist | Home for the Holidays | San Bernardino Symphony | 2015 |
Bass Soloist | Handel’s Messiah | Claremont Symphony Orchestra | 2015 |
Featured Artist | Opera at the Shore: Featuring artist from the Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition | Marina Del Rey Symphony | 2015 |
Featured Artist | Figaro Unbound Concert Series | Los Angeles Opera | 2015 |
Featured Artist | L’amour Valentine’s Day Concert to benefit San Diego Opera | San Diego Opera | 2015 |
Featured Artist | Opera Exposed: The Art of Voice | San Diego Opera | 2014 |
Featured Artist | LA Opera at City of Hope: Songs Through The Centennial | Los Angeles Opera | 2013 |
Featured Artist | The Loren L. Zachary Society Viennese Concert | The Loren L. Zachary Society | 2012 |
Featured Artist | Fall 2011 Perf. Showcase “Romantic Journey” | The Opera Buffs Inc | 2011 |
Featured Artist | Voices on Fire, A night of Passionate Singing | Lyric Opera of Los Angeles | 2010 |
Bass Soloist | Missa Brevis in C “Spatzen-Messe” by W. A. Mozart | Our Savior Lutheran Church Arcadia | 2010 |
Bass Soloist | Lutheran Mass in G-minor by Johann Sebastian Bach | Our Savior Lutheran Church Arcadia | 2009 |
Featured Artist | Bernardo Bermudez in Concert | H.M. Artist Foundation | 2009 |
Featured Artist | Free Sunday Concert Sponsored by Target | San Diego Children’s Museum | 2009 |
Featured Artist | The 3 Divas & Me Concert | H.M. Artist Foundation | 2008 |
Featured Artist | National Anthem | San Diego Padres Petco Park | 2008 |
Featured Artist | Noche Latina | The Westgate Hotel San Diego | 05-09 |
Featured Artist | Ms. Latina International 2005 Pageant | Hard Rock Hotel & Casino | 2005 |
Featured Artist | Chica Venezuela U.S.A. 2003 | Leida’s Productions | 2003 |
Featured Artist | Ms. Latina International 2003 A Night Of Stars | Transmedia Group | 2003 |
Featured Artist | Mini Miss International 2003 | Mildread Castillo Productions | 2003 |
Awards and Honors
Recipient The Music Academy of The West Alumni Enterprise Award 2019 and 2020
2nd Place 2015, 3rd Place 2014 Virginia Hawk Vocal Competition SD California
Semi-Finalist The Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016
Recipient The Dough Acker Memorial Scholarship 2012
Recipient The Opera Buffs Inc. Grant 2010, 2011 and 2018
Recipient Anne and Michael Towbes Scholarship in Voice 2011
Finalist Burbank Philharmonic Hennings-Fischer Opera Competition 2011
1st Place American Edu. Of Italian Orig. Unit., 36 Annual Opera Competition 2010
1st Place NATS LA 2009
Education
B.A. Psychology University of California Irvine
Conservatory of Music – “Juan Manuel Olivares” Caracas Venezuela
Cal Arts Summer Program Summer 2009 Fresno CA
Music Academy Of The West Summer 2011 Santa Barbara CA (Marilyn Horne Director)
Opera North Summer 2012 Lebanon NH (Louis G. Burkot Director)
Opera Neo, Summer 2014, 2016 and 2018 San Diego CA (Peter Kozma Director)
Teachers / Coaches / Conductors
Vladimir Chernov, UCLA, Los Angeles CA
Bill Neill, Orange County, CA
Cesar Ulloa, San Francisco CA
Frank Fetta, Los Angeles CA
Dan Bridston, Los Angeles CA
Seth Riggs, Los Angeles CA
Daniel Hendrick, San Diego CA
Bruce Stasyna, San Diego CA
Mara Waldman, New York NY
Mona Lands, Los Angeles CA
Tim Mussard, Los Angeles CA
Benjamin Makino
Warren Jones
Albert Sherman
Anthony Barrese
Frank Fetta
Alex Katsman
Ives Abel
Kostis Protopapas
Peter Kozma
Daniel Helfgot
Andreas Mitisek
Kristof Van Grysperre