Chilean-American tenor Xavier Prado is widely regarded as one of the most compelling and versatile young lyric tenors of his generation. He has received unanimous critical acclaim for his portrayal of the title role in Héctor Armienta’s *Zorro* in highly successful runs with Opera Santa Barbara (West Coast premiere, 2024), Opera San José (2024), and Arizona Opera in both Phoenix and Tucson (2025). Reviewers have praised his “handsome countenance and vocal aplomb” (Theatre Eddys), “plaintive and strong” tenor with “swashbuckling flair” (Opera Today), “bell-like tone” and “charming underdog quality” (The Opera Tattler), and a performance that was “simply glorious as Diego de la Vega… with ringing conviction” and “truly exciting to watch” (Parterre Box).

Winner of First Prize at the 2024 Concorso Internazionale Piero Cappuccilli and an alumnus of the Accademia Rossiniana “Alberto Zedda” (2023), Prado has also been a finalist in the Loren L. Zachary and Giulio Gari competitions and has earned multiple awards at the Palm Springs Opera Guild, the Mary Jacobs Singer of the Year Competition, Pasadena Vocal Competitions, and many others.

Most recent highlights include three debuts for which he received great praise, first as Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana with Opera Santa, Cavaradossi in Puccini’s *Tosca*, and Pinkerton in Puccini’s *Madama Butterfly*. His most frequently performed roles for which has also received great recognition are the Duke of Mantua in *Rigoletto* and Roméo en *Roméo et Juliette*; other signature roles include Alfredo in *La traviata*, the Prince in Prokofiev’s *The Love for Three Oranges*, Rodolfo (*La bohème*), Edgardo (*Lucia di Lammermoor*), Faust, and Don Quijote in Juan Colomer’s *Mutante Dulcinea*.

He has appeared in leading roles, oratorio, or solo work with Opera San José, Opera Santa Barbara, Arizona Opera, Opera Southwest, Sarasota Opera, the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, California Philharmonic, Los Angeles Grand Ensemble, Rousse Philharmonic in Bulgaria, CSUN Symphony, Lyric Opera of Orange County, among many others.
Prado studies with legendary bass Carlo Colombara and has received valuable guidance in the course of his development from Ernesto Palacio, Juan Diego Flórez, Luca Canonici, Luis Lima, and Víctor De Renzi.

In 2026 he will appear at the Bombay Beach Biennale, return as Cavaradossi in *Tosca* en Palo Alto, California, and sing the title role in the East Coast premiere of *Zorro* in Williamsburg, Virginia.