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About Germán

Mexican baritone Germán Olvera made his operatic debut at the Mexican National Opera (Palacio de Bellas Artes) in 2013 as Escamillo in Carmen. He subsequently studied at the Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo in Valencia, where he made his European debut as Lescaut in Manon Lescaut under the baton of Plácido Domingo.

Since 2019, Germán has been a member of the ensemble of Staatsoper Hannover, where his roles have included Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Escamillo in Carmen, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Belcore in L'elisir d'amore, Marcello in La bohème and Anthony in Sweeney Todd.

Career highlights include Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro and Il barbiere di Siviglia at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte at the Royal Opera House Muscat, Ping in Turandot at Teatro Real Madrid and Dutch National Opera, Lescaut in Manon Lescaut at Palau de les Arts Valencia, Fernando in Entre Sevilla y Triana at the Oviedo Zarzuela Festival, and El orgullo de quererte in Madrid.

He has also appeared in the world premieres of El Caballero de Olmedo at Teatro de la Zarzuela Madrid as Don Rodrigo, Alexander Raskatov's Animal Farm at Dutch National Opera as Boxer, and Philip Venables' We Are the Lucky Ones as Seven. Concert highlights include his BBC Proms debut as baritone soloist in Orff's Carmina Burana, together with Belfiore in Un giorno di Regno and Dżares in Paria with Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante at the Chopin Festival in Warsaw. Recent appearances have also included La bohème at Bayerische Staatsoper and Sharpless in Madama Butterfly at Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Upcoming engagements include Seven in Philip Venables' We Are the Lucky Ones at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Figaro at Teatro Real Madrid, and Dandini in La Cenerentola with Boston Youth Opera.

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Season Highlights

Jun 2026
Tiroler Festspiele Erl, Austria
Venables We are the Lukcy Ones (Seven) Bassem Akiki (Conductor)
Aug 2026
Grafenegg Festival, Austria
Orff Carmina Burana Cristian Macelaru (Conductor)
Sep 2026
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Italy
Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro (Count Almaviva) Emmanuel Tjeknavorian (Director)
Oct 2026
Teatro Real Madrid, Spain
Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro (Figaro) Stefano Montanari (Conductor)
Jan 2027
Boston Symphony Hall, USA
Rossini La Cenerentola (Dandini)
Mar 2027
Barbican Centre, London
Boulanger Faust et Hélène Kazuki Yamada (Conductor) with BBC Symphony Orchestra
Apr 2027
Lincoln Centre New York, USA
La Boheme (Schaunard) Daniele Rustioni (Conductor)
Jun 2027
Rossini The Barber of Seville (Figaro) Damiano Michieletto (Director)

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Selected Repertoire

Bellini

I Puritani (Riccardo)

Bizet

Carmen (Escamillo)   •   Les Pecheurs des Perles (Zurga)

Debussy

Pelleas et Melisande (Pelleas)

Donizetti

Don Pasquale (Malatesta)   •   L’elisir d’amore (Belcore)

Gounod

Faust (Valentin)   •   Romeo et Juliette (Mercutio)

J. Strauss

Die Fledermaus (Eisenstein)

Leoncavallo

I Pagliacci (Silvio)

Massenet

Cherubin (Count)   •   Werther (Albert)

Mozart

Così fan tutte (Guglielmo)   •   Le nozze di Figaro (Count Almaviva)

Puccini

Gianni Schicchi   •   La Bohème (Marcello)   •   Manon Lescaut   •   Turandot (Ping)

Raskatov

Animal Farm (Boxer)

Rossini

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)   •   Il turco in Italia (Don Geronio)   •   Le Comte Ory   •   La Cenerentola (Dandini)

Verdi

Falstaff (Ford)

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  • Madama Butterfly (Puccini

    Deutsche Oper Berlin
    Jan 2026

    • Germán Olvera sang den Sharpless mit Bravour, sein stimmstarker, dennoch sauber klingender Bariton lieferte eine durchwegs sehr überzeugende Leistung als Konsul. [Translated] Germán Olvera sang Sharpless with bravura, his strong-voiced, yet clean-sounding baritone delivered a consistently very convincing performance as the Consul.

  • The Barber of Seville

    Glyndebourne Festival
    May 2025

    • Germán Olvera, with his warm and secure baritone, is a highly accomplished Figaro who takes the stage by storm in ‘Largo al factotum della città’, and proves thoroughly commanding throughout the evening.

    • Mexican baritone Germán Olvera, fabulous last year as Danilo in Glyndebourne’s The Merry Widow, gives us a cool and self-confident Figaro, first popping up next to the orchestra pit before working his way up to the stage. He’s a sly operator taking every opportunity to ingratiate himself into the personal business of the wealthy for his own profit. Olvera‘s rich-toned baritone is perfect for the part, and he delivers the wily character’s patter in his signature aria ‘Largo al factotum’ with a knowing élan.

    • Germán Olvera’s Figaro bounding onto the stage to take charge of proceedings with an rip-roaring “Largo al factotum”. Olvera is a Mexican version of Tigger, with irrepressible energy and charisma by the bucketload; his voice had all the agility required for the high-speed buffo patter, but could call upon baritonal heft and smooth out a lyrical line when the occasion demanded. Olvera also proved to be an accomplished guitarist, providing thrilling flamenco rasgueados as he accompanied his master’s canzone outside Rosina’s window.

    • Mexican baritone Germán Olvera is a cheeky, charming and incredibly charismatic Figaro, with boundless energy and wit to spare. His rendition of “Largo al factotum” fills every inch of the auditorium, with richness balanced with incisive tone.

  • The Merry Widow (Lehár)

    Glyndebourne Opera Festival
    Jun 2024

    • Olvera is magnificent as Danilo, witty, utterly charismatic, constantly swivelling between awareness and self-delusion. It’s a performance of great insight and finesse,

    • the strongest vocal contribution comes from Germán Olvera, playing Count Danilo, her former lover whose lingering (and reciprocated) infatuation provides the emotional fulcrum of the work

    • Danielle de Niese is … sounding great and well matched with Germán Olvera as Danilo, the best singer on stage.

    • She is paired with Germán Olvera as a fine Danilo, who imposes with his proud, bronzed baritone, allied to an unusually brooding take on the role, which he turns to great advantage by the end.

    • Danielle de Niese [as Hanna] is a consummate realisation, ideally matched by the stylish matinee-idol persona of German Olvera’s Danilo, his baritone an exceptional instrument.

  • Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)

    Nederlandse Reisopera
    Sep 2019

    • De sterkste troef is wat mij betreft Germán Olvera als Figaro. De bariton overtuigt in zowel de serieuze, proactieve kant van Figaro als diens vermaarde komische kant. Hij smelt het uitstekend tot één personage en doet daarbij alles schijnbaar moeiteloos, ook zingen. [translated] The strongest asset in my opinion is Germán Olvera as Figaro. The baritone convinces in both the serious, proactive side of Figaro and his renowned comic side. He melts it perfectly into one character and does everything seemingly effortlessly, including singing. In doing so, he resonates with the best of the cast.

  • Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)

    Staatsoper Hannover
    Jan 2022

    • Germán Olvera lotete das ganze psychologische Spektrum dieser Figur stimmlich perfekt und klangschön aus. [translated] Germán Olvera sounded out the entire psychological spectrum of this character with perfect voice and a beautiful sound.

    • The Count is interpreted by Germàn Olvera, brilliantly sung, dramatically and vocally of great class.

  • Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)

    Glyndebourne Festival
    May 2022

    • Mexican baritone Germán Olvera gives a wonderfully sleazy portrayal, and his outfit of Paisley patterned flares with a red velvet waistcoat and jacket was one of the best on stage.