Daniel Luis Espinal

A third-year Ryan Opera Center member, the Cuban-Dominican tenor from Sarasota was a national winner of the 2024 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, received a 2025 Sara Tucker Study Grant, and was in residence at the 2025 Aix-en-Provence Festival Académie and Ravinia Festival’s Steans Institute. He debuted with Lyric in 2024/25 as Jacquino/Fidelio. This summer Espinal makes his debut with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Frederic/The Pirates of Penzance and the Grand Teton Music Festival with Sir Donald Runnicles. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Espinal continued his studies at Yale University, where he received a Master of Musical Arts degree. His roles there included Tom Rakewell/The Rake’s Progress, Rinuccio/Gianni Schicchi, and Male Chorus/The Rape of Lucretia. The tenor previously participated in San Francisco’s Merola Opera Program for two summers.

Daniel Luis Espinal is sponsored by Lead Sponsor the J. Thomas Hurvis Endowment, in loving memory of Dick Kiphart and cosponsors Fred & Phoebe Boelter, Margo & Michael Oberman & Family, and Jennifer L. Stone.

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