Described as “the lead with powerhouse singing” by Chicago Now, Javier Bernardo is a lyric tenor with a growing demand. The Peruvian tenor has been a soloist at Symphony Center, has done roles at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and has been part of the Young Artist Program at the Chicago Opera Theatre and Songfest in California. Javier was a former fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, Brevard Music Center, and has been professionally affiliated with the Chicago Opera Theatre, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Folks Operetta, and the Palm Beach Opera.
Recent operatic roles include: Achmed/The Rose of Stambul with Chicago Folks Operetta; Il postiglione/La Fanciulla del West, First Noble/Wagner’s Lohengrin with Lyric Opera of Chicago; Der Offizier/Ariadne auf Naxos with Tanglewood Music Festival; L’Aumônier/Dialogues des Carmélites, Don Basilio/Le Nozze di Figaro with Juilliard Opera Theatre; Ferrando/Cosi Fan Tutte with the Janiec Opera Company.
Javier has also excelled in oratorio and other concert repertoire. He has been a Tenor Soloist for the St. John Passion at the Bach Festival (Charleston, SC), Handel's Messiah with the Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches, Haydn's Creation with The Tower Chorale, and will be performing the Tenor Soloist of Gounod's Santa Cecilia Mass next June with The Te Deum Ensemble. Javier Bernardo has a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School in New York.
