Bass-Baritone Javier Ortiz has played over 35 operatic roles and has appeared as a soloist in major orchestral works with opera companies and orchestras across the U.S.

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Internationally, Javier performed "Mozart Arias and Duets" for Amsterdam's Uitmarkt concerts at the Concertgebouw, appeared as a soloist for the 25th Anniversary of the Netherlands Opera's residence in the Muziektheater, sang Sarastro's arias from Die Zauberflöte with the Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, and joined the Rotterdam Opera Days in concert and as Colline in La Boheme. He portrayed the Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Pluton in La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers, and Colline in La Boheme with Opera Studio Nederland. Javier also performed in Mexico with the Chicago Arts Orchestra as the bass soloist in Al Combate by Ignacio Jerusalem in celebration of UNAM’s designation as a UNESCO world heritage site.  

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Recently, Javier appeared in the filmed versions of The American Baroque Opera Company's Dido and Aeneas as Aeneas, and Opera on Tap/Playground Opera's La Cenerentola as Alidoro. He premiered the role of Gomez in Hector Armienta's Zorro at Opera Southwest. Upcoming performances include Herod in Berlioz' L'Enfance du Christ with the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus and Orchestra and Some Enchanted Evening, a Musicals Gala with the Mason Symphony Orchestra.