Adrian rosales

is a baritone and actor from Portland, Oregon. He holds both Bachelors and Masters degrees in Vocal Arts/Opera from the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. Rosales has been mentored by renown artists including Rod Gilfry, Eric Halfvarson, Elizabeth Hynes, Dr. Hernan Pelayo, and W. Stephen Smith. Currently, Rosales studies voice with Richard Zeller and acting at the Actors Lab PDX with Kristina Haddad.

Highlights from his career include playing:

• Schaunard in Puccini’s La Boheme with Opera San Jose and Tacoma Opera

• Voltaire/Dr. Pangloss in Bernstein’s Candide with the Aspen Music Festival

• Tarquinius in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia with Opera Brittenica

As a passionate performer of contemporary-classical music other highlights include:

• Making his Portland Opera debut in Frida by Robert Xavier Rodriguez as Nelson Rockefeller, Guillermo Kahlo, and E.G. Robinson

• Playing one of the two Tritones in the US Premiere of Gavin Bryars’ operatic meditation on the life and times of Marylin Monroe in Marylin Forever with Long Beach Opera

Adrian Rosales is a two time prize winner of the Henry and Maria Holt Scholarship Audition, hosted by West Bay Opera, and a two time finalist in the Annual International Opera Competition, hosted by the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre. In 2019, Rosales was a national finalist at the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Convention Competition in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

When not performing, Adrian enjoys a variety of hobbies including cooking, running, video-gaming, and web-development.