About The Opera Locos
The Opera Locos is a comic opera show where five exceptional lyric singers perform some of the most well-known opera hits, sometimes combined in a clever and original way with rock and pop classics. The performance combines the best of clowning and opera to show off these fantastic entertainers in a production unlike any other!
The idea for the show was conceived and created by YLLANA, Spain’s award-winning comedy-theatre company.
The Cast
Edwin Parra, Countertenor/Contratenor
Edwin began his formal singing studies in 2011 at the UACH Faculty of Arts and was also a fellow of the SNFM Vocal Scenic Ensemble in Mexico City. He earned the First Place award at Ópera Durango 2016, and Countertenor of Mexico in the Olivia Gorra 2017 contest. He has sung the operatic roles of Nerone and Ottone from Monteverdi’s l’Incoronazione di Poppea; Cherubino from Le nozze di Figaro and The Cat from El gato con botas opera by Montsalvatge; he also performed Lumiere in the musical Beauty and the Beast.
María Rey-Joly, Soprano
Born in Madrid, María studied violin and piano and later graduated in singing from the Escuela Superior de Canto of Madrid. She completed her training in the masterclasses of Gundula Janowitz, Brigitte Fassbaender, Raina Kabaiwanska and Plácido Domingo. Her vocal personality makes her a highly versatile and flexible singer, allowing her to face a varied repertoire with roles from Mozart to Wagner! Highlights: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung (Woglinde), Die Walküre (Ortlinde and Helmwige); W.A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Pamina and Erste Dame), Così fan tutte (Fiordiligi), Don Giovanni (Donna Anna and Donna Elvira), Don Pasquale (Norina); Leonard Bernstein: Candide (Cunegonde); Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème (Musetta), and many more.
Antonio Comas, Tenor
Born in Barcelona, Antonio made his debut with Massenet’s opera Herodiade at the Gran Teatre del Liceu where he went on to perform Strauss’s Il Capriccio and Puccini’s Turandot. In 2011, he premiered Amadeu, a musical by Albert Boadella about the composer Amadeu Vives, at the Teatros del Canal in Madrid (Ercilla Theatre Award for best actor). Highlights: Candide by Bernstein, Il Sequestro by Alberto García Demestres, La note d’acoté by Alfonso de Vilallonga, El Eclipse by Alberto García Demestres, Yo, Dalí by Xavier Benguerel, Shakespeare’s Richard III, among many more!
Mayca Teba, MezzoSoprano
Mayca is a soprano and Sevillian actress of great vocal and artistic versatility. Her repertoire ranges from Opera and Zarzuela to Musical Comedy, Jazz and Symphonic Rock. She began her lyrical career at the age of 20 at Maestranza Theatre in Seville with producer Pino Cuccia, singing Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Rossenkavalier, and many others. Highlights: Cosí fan tutte, Acis and Galatea, at López de Vega Theatre of Sevilla; Dido and Eneas at Isabel La Católica Theatre-Granada; Orpheus in the Underworld, West Side Story at The Sherman Theatre – Cardiff; Madam Butterfly at the Britten Theatre-London and at the Clonter Opera Theatre in Manchester.
Enrique Sánchez-Ramos, Baritone
Enrique was born in Aranjuez, Spain. He began his musical studies at age 9 at the Joaquin Rodrigo Music School of Aranjuez, Madrid and holds degrees in Solfeggio, Piano Teaching, and Choral Conducting. He made his operatic debut singing “Guglielmo” in Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte. He has also performed in France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Brasil, México and Costa Rica. Since 2004 he has sung as baritone soloist with the early music ensemble Hyppocampus in the complete cycle of Bach’s Cantatas sponsored by Madrid’s Town Hall. Highlights: Orff’s Carmina Burana, J. Melchor Gomis’ opera Le Diable à Seville, Händel’s Agrippina, Gounod’s Faust, Händel’s Messiah, Delibes’ Lakmé.
The Opera Locos performs at The Sharon at 7pm on April 9th!