Sebastian Wittmoser Herrera
Bass Baritone
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Mexican bass-baritone Sebastian Wittmoser began his musical journey in 2013 as a member of the children’s chorus in Turandot by Giacomo Puccini with the Ópera de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Music and Innovation with a specialization in classical singing at Universidad Panamericana, under the guidance of Professor Gabriela Herrera, also benefiting from the mentorship of Maestro Carsten Wittmoser. Throughout his training, he has taken lessons, masterclasses, and participated in intensive programs with renowned artists, including mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča, Danielle Orlando, Grant Loehing, Stefano Baldasseroni, Leon Schelhase, Sir Bryn Terfel, conductor Iván López Reynoso, and more recently, bass John Relyea and conductor David Stern. Notably, in the summer of 2023, he was selected as an active participant in the prestigious Lied, Oratorio, and Opera course led by tenor Francisco Araiza at the European Music Institute in Vienna.These formative experiences and mentorships helped lay the foundation for his early professional engagements. In June 2022, he performed the role of Giordano in Stonewall by Iain Bell at Teatro de la Ciudad, accompanied by the Orquesta de la Diversidad CDMX. In December of the same year, he appeared as Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Teatro CENART in a production by Universidad Panamericana, under the baton of Maestro Iván López Reynoso and stage direction by Maestro Mauricio García Lozano. He reprised the role in the summer of 2023 at the Mozart Opera Studio of the European Music Institute in Vienna, conducted by Maestro Jörg Birhance.As a soloist, he has performed regularly with the Universidad Panamericana Symphony Orchestra, including the bass solo in Handel’s Messiah under Maestro Iván López Reynoso in 2023. In the summer of 2024, he sang the role of Masetto in Don Giovanni at the Morelia International Summer Festival, and in November of that year, he once again performed as Leporello at Teatro de la Paz in Baja California Sur. Most recently, in May 2025, he appeared as Figaro in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro with Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City.His interpretation of Figaro was well received by audiences and critics alike, including journalist Lázaro Azar (2025), who wrote:
Sebastian Wittmoser has ceased to be a promise. From the moment he sang Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso… in the first act, his Figaro was an example of grace, phrasing, and stylistic adherence. They say “by their fruits you shall know them,” and the fact that the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia has recently awarded Wittmoser one of its highly coveted scholarships confirms that, besides teaching the craft, something very good is being done at Universidad Panamericana’s School of Fine Arts.Currently, Sebastian is pursuing his Master of Opera studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studies under internationally acclaimed bass-baritone Alan Held. During the 2025–2026 season at Curtis, he is preparing the roles of Plutone in Monteverdi’s Orfeo, the bass role in Kaija Saariaho’s La Passion de Simone, and Quince in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Why do the Nations so furiously rage together
From the composer George Frideric HändelSebastian Wittmoser Herrera sings: “Why do the nations so furiously rage together”.Lead Vocal: Sebastian Wittmoser Herrera
Directed by: Maestro Iván Lopez Reynoso
Veiller Sans cesse
From the Italian composer Gioachino RossiniSebastian Wittmoser Herrera sings: “Veiller sans cesse”Lead Vocal: Sebastian Wittmoser Herrera
Piano: Alejandro Picó-Leonís
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