Maurizio
Trejo

Maurizio Trejo is a Mexican-Italian dramatic tenor whose vocal instrument gives him natural access to the Wagnerian roles of the Heldentenor repertoire. The Mexican newspaper Reforma recognized his international success with the headline “Mexican Tenor Triumphs in New York.”

On July 19, 2025, Trejo appeared in Pravets, Bulgaria, in concert with soprano Monica Conesa and the Sofia Philharmonic.

Recognized by the Wagner Society of New York as “a promising Wagnerian tenor,” Trejo received particular acclaim for his portrayal of Siegmund in Wagner’s Die Walküre: “Maurizio Trejo was a superb Siegmund, with a resistant, powerful, heroic voice.”

Trejo’s principal Italian dramatic and verismo repertoire is led by the title role in Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello, Canio in Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Luigi in Giacomo Puccini’s Il tabarro, the title role in Umberto Giordano’s Andrea Chénier and Turiddu in Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana.

Other Italian roles he has sung throughout his career include Cavaradossi in Puccini’s Tosca, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Rodolfo in La bohème, Alfredo Germont in Verdi’s La traviata and the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto. His Pinkerton at Sarasota Opera was praised for its clear, strong sound and warmth, while European criticism described him as “a revelation.”

His German dramatic and Heldentenor repertoire includes Siegmund in Wagner’s Die Walküre, Siegfried in Siegfried, Parsifal in Parsifal and Florestan in Beethoven’s Fidelio.

His French, Romantic, lyric and bel canto repertoire includes Don José in Bizet’s Carmen, Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore and Giocondo in Rossini’s La pietra del paragone. His repertoire also extends to the early Baroque through Nerone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea.

Trejo has also distinguished himself in the Spanish lyric repertoire, singing Rafael in José Serrano’s La dolorosa, Vidal Hernando in Federico Moreno Torroba’s Luisa Fernanda, Leandro in Pablo Sorozábal’s La tabernera del puerto and Riccardo in Manuel Nieto and Gerónimo Giménez’s El barbero de Sevilla. He has also appeared in zarzuela at Lincoln Center under conductor Pablo Zinger.

Trejo appeared at Lincoln Center with the Metropolitan Opera Guild, in conjunction with the Wagner Society of New York, performing selections from Parsifal, Siegfried and Die Walküre. He also made his New York role debut in the title role of Verdi’s Otello.

A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Trejo was a Panasonic Scholar and a recipient of the Plácido Domingo Scholarship from SIVAM. He was also selected as a Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Artist and continued his development at the International Opera Studio of Opernhaus Zürich. There, he appeared in mainstage productions under conductors including Alan Gilbert in Der Kreidekreis, Carlo Rizzi in I vespri siciliani and Franz Welser-Möst in Der Rosenkavalier and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

His international career has included appearances at Carnegie Hall with Opera Orchestra of New York under Eve Queler, the Bregenzer Festspiele, Sarasota Opera under Victor DeRenzi, New York Grand Opera under Vincent La Selva, and opera companies throughout Europe and the Americas.

Trejo recorded for Sony Classical as a member of The American Tenors. He appeared in the PBS concert special The American Tenors, filmed at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, subsequently released on DVD and broadcast nationwide throughout the United States. He later recorded La voz del amor, a tribute to Mexican music that premiered on TV Azteca and was broadcast nationally in his native Mexico.