„At the premiere, the Venezuelan tenor Jorge Puerta mastered the title role with bravura. It almost seemed as if he was deliberately trying to take on the legacy of a Pavarotti with his powerful voice and impressive stature.“
The Venezuelan tenor Jorge Puerta last received enthusiastic reviews like this in the summer of 2023 as „Andrea Chenier“ at the St. Gallen Festival. His repertoire also includes roles such as Rodolfo („La Bohème“), Radames („Aida“), Cavaradossi („Tosca“), Alfredo („La Traviata“), Calaf („Turandot“), Pinkerton („Madama Butterfly“), Edgardo („Lucia di Lammermoor“) and Don Carlo („Don Carlo“).
Since 2022/23, the artist has been an ensemble member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where his roles have included the outstanding ‚Gabriele Adorno’/“Simone Boccanegra“. Guest engagements in the previous season included Leandro/’Arlecchino‘ in Rijeka, Rodolfo/“La Bohème“ at the Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile and Radames/Aida at the Semperoper Dresden.
The season 2023/24 contains ‚Calaf’/“Turandot“ and ‚Radames’/“Aida“ at his home company in Berlin, guest appearances will take him as ‚Radames‘ to La Coruna, Vilnius and to the Opera Festival in St. Margarethen as well as ‚Alfredo‘/“La Traviata“ to the Carreño Theatre in Venezuela.
Future projects will take the artist back to the St. Gallen Festival, this time in the new production of „Tosca“/’Cavaradossi‘, other role debuts include ‚Alvaro’/“La Forza del destino“.
Thanks to his outstanding voice, he was accepted into the Simón Bolívar National Youth Choir of Venezuela, where he was part of the artistic team that enjoyed great success on tours of Portugal, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, and the United Kingdom. His numerous concerts abroad have included choral and solo recitals in prestigious concert halls such as the Royal Festival Hall in London, the Maison de la Radio France in Paris, the Palace of Versailles, Notre Dame Cathedral, Milan Cathedral as well as St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna and the Gulbenkian Theater in Lisbon.
During his time in Ecuador, he was a member of the choir of the National Theater of Sucre in Quito, where he performed as solo tenor in important concerts such as „IX. Symphony“ with the Symphony Orchestra of Loja conducted by Maestra Ángeles Terreros and „Requiem“ by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the National Theater of Sucre with the Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador. He also participated in opera productions of „Pagliacci“ (2017) and „Madama Butterfly“ (2018). In 2020 he won the ‚International Rotary Special Prize‘ at the XI edition of the International Lyric Singing Competition in Ravello (ITA), while in 2021 he placed third at the III European Opera Competition – Torino in the World.
His career first established in his native Venezuela, where he was heard in numerous performances. At the same time, he continued his training in Madrid at the ‚Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía‘, where he received further training and master classes from prominent teachers such as Ryland Davies, Javier Camarena, David Gowland and Susan Bullock.
Under the direction of Francisco Araiza, he completed his training in the ‚Alfredo Kraus‘ program for lyric singing at the ‚Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía‘ in Madrid.