Photo by Douglas Marquez © 2019
Bass Daniel Noyola
Originally from San Luis Potosí, Mexico. He recently completed three seasons as an ensemble member with the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Germany. During his tenure there, he appeared as Pistola in Falstaff, Zuñiga in Carmen, Truffaldino in Ariadne auf Naxos, Petrus in Der Mond, 2nd Geharnichter in Die Zauberflöte, and in productions of Don Carlo and Strauss’s Die Liebe der Danae. (For upcoming performances info, visit the SCHEDULE page)
In the 25/26 season, Noyola made his role debut as Leporello in Don Giovanni at Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, where he had previously performed Truffaldino in Ariadne auf Naxos and will return next season to portray Quince in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
In 2024, he toured with Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, performing Ariadne auf Naxos at the Spoleto Festival, MÜPA Budapest, and the Vicenza Opera Festival. This 25/26 season, he will reunite with the same orchestra to sing Masetto in Don Giovanni at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. That same year, he was also a finalist in the Belvedere Competition in Jūrmala, Latvia.
During his residency at the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Noyola made his house debut as Colline in La bohème, sang Masetto in Kasper Holten’s acclaimed production of Don Giovanni, and starred in the world premiere of Javier Martínez’s El Milagro del Recuerdo.
Previous engagements include Mustafá in Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri (Tri-Cities Opera), Dulcamara in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore (Sociedad Artística Sinaloense), Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro (Oberlin in Italy), Uberto in La Serva Padrona and Luka in The Bear (Merola Opera Program, San Francisco Opera), and Scapin and Der Lautsprecher in a double bill of Gluck’s L’île de Merlin and Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Wolf Trap Opera).
He represented Mexico in Plácido Domingo’s Operalia 2019 and has received numerous awards, including first prize in the Career Bridges and Artist Series Concert of Sarasota competitions, second prize in the New England Region of the Laffont Competition (formerly the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions) and the Mario Lanza Competition, and third prize in the AIMS Meistersinger Competition in Graz, Austria.
A graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, his roles there included the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Ferrando in Verdi’s Il Trovatore, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, and Raimondo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Mexico City.
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Aria “La calunnia è un venticello” from Il barriere di Siviglia by Rossini
During the 2024 Belvedere Competition semifinals
PRESS
“Mexican talent shines in Don Giovanni”
“Daniel Noyola came out on top, tackling his role with a powerful voice and a great sense of comedy, earning a huge ovation at the end of the famous catalogue aria.”
to review > Ópera Actual
“Daniel Noyola’s Leporello was providential — not only for his decisive performance, but because his voice has body, power, and great clarity, remarkably versatile for the countless trials Don Giovanni puts him through. There was no need to warm up to hear him in full command right from ‘Notte e giorno faticar.’”
to review > ABC de Sevilla
“A Leporello (Daniel Noyola) extremely attentive to phrasing and vocal expressiveness. His catalogue aria this time truly resonated with the richness of nuance and the cruel irony of the score.”
to review > Diario de Sevilla
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