FRAN DANIEL LAUCERICA (TENOR)

Along with his Pittsburgh Opera 2024-25 Season roles, Laucerica will also debut with Pittsburgh Festival Opera as Poisson/Adriana Lecouvreur, reprise the role of Conte d’Almaviva/Il barbiere di Siviglia with First Coast Opera and return as a Tenor Soloist in St. Matthew Passion with Madison Bach Musicians.

Mr. Laucerica joined Virginia Opera as an Emerging Artist for their 2022-2023 season singing Alfredo/La Traviata as well as Gastone, and covered Frederic/The Pirates of Penzance and Timothy Laughlin/Fellow Travelers. Later in the season, he joined the Grammy-award winning new music ensemble The Crossing debuting Hearne’s Farming, and making his New York Philharmonic debut singing the premiere of unEarth by Julie Wolf. Other role/house debuts included Opera Ithaca as Pluto/Orpheus in the Underworld and First Coast Opera as Silvio/Le docteur miracle. He also joined Lawrence University as a guest soloist in the Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52 and debuted with Madison Bach Musicians in a concert of Latin American Baroque Music.

Mr. Laucerica's residency is generously sponsored by Janice Talerico, John and Nancy Traina, and Abby L. Morrison in memory of Dr. Lesa B. Morrison.