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 Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot 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, while 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, bass John Relyea, and conductor David Stern, as well as more recently working with conductors Marc Lowenstein and Vinay Parameswaran. 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 Iain Bell’s Stonewall 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. In May 2025, he appeared as Figaro in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro with Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City.Currently, Sebastian is pursuing his Master of Opera studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia under the tutelage of internationally acclaimed bass-baritone Alan Held. During his time at Curtis, he has performed the roles of Plutone in Monteverdi’s L'Orfeo, the bass soloist in Kaija Saariaho’s La Passion de Simone, and Peter Quince in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Looking ahead, his upcoming performances include the roles of Elder Ott in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah, Rodomonte (cover) in Joseph Haydn's Orlando paladino, and Arkel in Claude Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande.

Le nozze di Figaro

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

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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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