Eric Botto

Mexican-American tenor Eric Botto is best known for his vocal and dramatic versatility onstage. He has triumphed in roles such as Rodolfo (La bohème), Gennaro (Lucrezia Borgia), Alfredo (La traviata), Roméo (Roméo et Juliette), and Nadir (Les pêcheurs de perles). 2023 provided Eric with multiple house and role debuts as Gennaro (Lucrezia Borgia) with New Amsterdam Opera, Satyavān (Sāvitri) with First Coast Opera, Benvolio (Roméo et Juliette) with Opera San Antonio, and in October he will cover the role of Prunier and perform Gobin (La rondine) with Opera on the James. Eric experienced two summers as a young artist with Chautauqua Opera, and he is slated to make his Grant Park Music Festival Debut as the tenor fellow in their Inclusion Fellowship this summer. Eric holds an Artist Diploma at the University of Colorado and music degrees from Colorado State University and the University of Mobile.