Benito Galindo , Baritone

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Benito Galindo has established himself as superb performing baritone while encompassing an exceptionally varied repertoire including the comic Mozart , verismo , modern opera, and zarzuela, extending his work into the concert and oratorio repertoire ranging from the the Baroque to the Romantic composers. Mr. Galindo's engagements include appearances with Long Beach Opera, Opera Idaho, Pacific Repertory Opera, Mexico 's Teatro del Estado as well as major performing arts centers in San Luis Obispo , Escondido & Costa Mesa, CA., Fort Collins, CO., Tampa Bay , Fl., as well as the Lied Center in Lincoln , Nebraska .

As an interpreter of Hispanic music, Benito Galindo has frequently performs with the Jarvis Theatre in the Napa Valley Zarzuela Festival including the role of Santiago Jerico in Dona Francisquita and Felipe in La Revoltosa . In 2003, Mr. Galindo performed the role of Simon Corona in the Mexican premiere of the opera Serafina y Arcangela by Enrique Gonzales-Medina at the Teatro del Estado, excerpts of which were broadcast on Telemundo throughout Latin America .

On the concert stage, recent season's performances have also included an especially wide breadth of oratorio repertoire, ranging from The Messiah with the Orange County Symphony, the title role in the concert version of Ernest Hemingway by Armenian composer Youri Khazarian with the Orange Coast Symphony, to the Durufle Requiem with the San Francisco Choral Society and Bach's B Minor Mass with the Cypress Masterworks Chorale. Recital performances include art songs of Latin American composers (alongside soprano Melodee Fernandez) for the Cole Recital Series in Carlsbad , CA .

Benito Galindo devotes a considerable amount of his performing schedule to presenting opera and classical music to students throughout California , including outreach performances with Southland Opera, Guild Opera, and Opera Pacific, for which he has performed the role of The Wolf in Seymour Barab's operatic version of Little Red Riding Hood. The current season's engagements have included the role of Samuel in Pirates of Penzance in Fort Collins, Colorado, Dancairo in Carmen with Pacific Repertory Opera in San Luis Obispo in addition to concert performances at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, Alcindoro in La Boheme with Opera Idaho, and Don Alfonso in Cosi Fan Tutte with the Music Center of San Francisco. Benito Galindo received his Bachelor of Music Degree from California State University , Northridge.

OPERATIC ROLES PERFORMED

ORATORIO and CONCERTS PERFORMED

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TRAINING

Conductors: Clifton Swanson, Philip Bauman, Anthony Quartuccio, Monroe Kanouse, Alex Ruggieri, Mary Chun, Henri Venanzi, Robert Geary, David Rorbaugh

REVIEWS

". . . Mr. Galindo's vibrant voice arrived full force, with beneficial results, in 0 Mimi, tu piu non torni."

SAN LUIS OBISPO TELEGRAM TRIBUNE

". . . Baritone Benito Galindo was in superb voice. . . "

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE