Biography
Uruguayan tenor Andrés Presno joined the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme in the 2019/20 Season, and last Season sang First Man in Armour (Die Zauberflöte), Roderigo (Otello), Gastone de Letorières (La traviata) and First Elder (Susanna).
Presno studied as the Escuela Departamental de Canto Lirico with Rina Baffa, at Escuela Nacional de Arte Lirico del SODRE under Raquel Pierotti and with Yvonne Kenny at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama where he was a scholar, and was supported by the Centro Culturel de Música, Uruguay. He has also studied with Jorge Ansorena in Florence and participated in masterclasses with Brenda Hurley, Edith Wiens, David Gowland and André Heller-Lopes. His opera appearances include Messenger (Aida), Parpignol (La bohème), Remendado (Carmen), Cassio (Otello), Giuseppini (El dúo de la Africana), Gastone de Letorières (La traviata), Ricardo (La del Manojo de Rosas) and Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) at SODRE, Dr Caius (Falstaff) and Edmondo (Manon Lescaut) at Teatro Solis in Montevideo, and chorus and various solo roles in productions for the Punta Classics Festival.
Presno participated in the song recital Faust Visions in the SODRE chamber music season. He is a Samling Artist.
Photos
Andres Presno

Production photo of La traviata, The Royal Opera

Simon Keenlyside as Giorgio Germont, Liparit Avetisyan as Alfredo Germont, Andres Presno as Gastone De Letorieres and Germán E. Alcántara as Baron Douphol in La traviata, The Royal Opera

Production photo of La traviata, The Royal Opera

Andrés Presno as the First Elder in Susanna, The Royal Opera

Andrés Presno in rehearsal for Susanna, The Royal Opera

Michael Mofidian as Montano and Andres Presno as Roderrigo in Otello, The Royal Opera

Antonio Pappano and Andrés Presno in rehearsal for Live from Covent Garden, 27 June 2020

Andres Presno as Gastone De Letorieres in La traviata, The Royal Opera

Blaise Malaba as the Second Elder and Andrés Presno as the First Elder in Susanna, The Royal Opera

Andrés Presno as the First Elder in Susanna, The Royal Opera

Andres Presno as Roderrigo in Otello, The Royal Opera

Carlos Alvarez as Iago, Freddie De Tommaso as Cassio and Andres Presno as Roderrigo in Otello, The Royal Opera
