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Xavier Prado, a Chilean-American tenor, captivates global audiences with his versatile voice and dynamic stage presence. Renowned for his mastery of bel canto and lyric repertoire, he delivers performances marked by emotional depth and vocal brilliance.

Xavier won First Prize at the 2024 Concorso Internazionale Piero Cappuccilli, a testament to his vocal artistry. He is an alumnus of the Accademia Rossiniana Alberto Zedda (2023), a finalist and grant recipient at the 2023 Loren L. Zachary Vocal Competition, and a finalist at the 2023 Giulio Gari International Vocal Competition. He earned Second Prize, Third Prize (2022), and Audience Choice (2022) at the Palm Springs Opera Guild Vocal Competition, and was a finalist and Audience Choice winner at the Pasadena Vocal Competition (2023, 2024) and Mary Jacobs Singer of the Year Competition (Robinson/Tyrrell Award, 2023, 2024). He won the Beverly Hills National Auditions (2019-20). His 2025 portrayal of Zorro in Héctor Armienta’s Zorro with Opera San Jose earned critical acclaim, with reviewers lauding his “handsome countenance and vocal aplomb” (Theatre Eddys), “plaintive and strong” tenor with “swashbuckling flair” (Opera Today), and “charming underdog quality” with a “bell-like tone” (The Opera Tattler).

Xavier has performed lead roles in operas such as Le Nozze di Figaro, Streetcar Named Desire, L’Italiana in Algeri, Don Pasquale, Les Dialogues des Carmélites, and Il Viaggio a Reims with companies including Opera San Jose, Sarasota Opera, and the Rossini Opera Festival. He has also shone as a soloist in concerts with these companies, as well as Opera Las Vegas, California Philharmonic, and others. His stage credits include Rodolfo (La Bohème), Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Romeo (Roméo et Juliette), and the title role in Faust, alongside roles in world premieres like Dulcinea XL (2019) with Los Angeles Grand Ensemble and Again, and Again, and Again with Opera Las Vegas. He debuted in film in a 2018 American TV miniseries and sang Ruodi in Guillaume Tell with Opera Southwest, broadcast nationwide.

A dedicated pupil of renowned legendary Italian bass Carlo Colombara, Xavier continues to study under his guidance. Additionally he has received extensive mentoring by luminaries such as Ernesto Palacio, Juan Diego Florez, Luca Canonici, Luis Lima, Giulio Zappa, Ruben Sanchez-Vieco, Rosetta Cucchi, Vanessa Garcia, and others. He is scheduled to expand his bel canto repertoire with new roles and broaden his lyric repertoire with including this production of Tosca with Mission Opera and Cavalleria Rusticana this Fall at Opera Santa Barbara November of 2025.