Episode Notes

Bio: Isaac Hurtado is a professional operatic tenor, voice teacher, non-profit founder, and business owner. He has performed over 30 leading tenor roles for opera companies across the country, specializing in Italian and French repertoire. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in June 2023, and performed the tenor solos on the award-winning recording of Mosaic for the Earth, released on the Tonsehen label earlier this year. Later this season he will star as the Prince in Dvorak's Rusalka for Opera Orlando, and as Don José in Carmen for Opera Southwest. He is an Associate Professor of Voice and Director of Opera at Utah Valley University, serves as General Director of Utah Valley Operafest, and is the owner of Utah Vocal Arts Academy. His students have gone on to perform with opera companies all over the world, including The Metropolitan Opera, and have been admitted into nearly every major vocal program in the country including The Juilliard School and Curtis Institute. He founded the UVAA Summer Opera Festival (now Utah Valley Operafest) in 2011, which brings young performers from around the world to Utah each July to train and perform for the community.

Isaac and his wife, Kim, are the parents of eight children and three grandchildren- plus one more on the way!