Filipino-American baritone Roberto Perlas Gómez has performed over one hundred roles with many of the international and regional opera companies in the US (with a special emphasis on California) in many of the standard leading baritones roles in French and Italian opera. Figaro and Germont are his signature pieces.
Mr. Gómez made his international debut as Marcello in La Boheme in Shanghai, created Rizal in Manila in a premiere celebrating the centennial of the national hero, sang the role of Elias in the Filipino opera, Noli me tangere at Kennedy Center, and made his European debut for the Arena di Verona as Chou en-lai in the Italian premiere of John Adams' Nixon in China which he reprised with Long Beach. He performed title roles with Long Beach in Vivaldi's, Motezuma in its American premiere and Emperor of Atlantis. He returns to Verdi Chorus after the recent world premiere, The Camp.