Enrico Lagasca

Filipino-American bass-baritone Enrico spends much of his time in concert repertoire. Recent and upcoming highlights include Mendelssohn’s Walpurgisnacht with the St. Louis Symphony, Grieg’s The Mountain Thrall with American Classical Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall, Haydn’s Paukenmesse in Seattle, Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Allentown Symphony, Mendelssohn’s arrangement of the Bach St. Matthew Passion for Bach Choir of Bethlehem, a residency at Colgate University, return engagements with Washington Bach Consort, and debuts with Ars Lyrica Houston, Tafelmusik, Portland Baroque Orchestra, and the Boise Philharmonic. As a member of the solo quartet at the 2023 Carmel Bach Festival, he sang works of Bach and Haydn.

Enrico is increasingly inclined to seek out music by living composers such as Julia Wolfe, Jonathon Dove, Caroline Shaw, and Reena Esmail. He has sung Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered, Jake Heggie’s The Moon is a Mirror and Nico Muhly’s The Last Letter. Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles figured repeatedly in his 2022-2023 season, along with Craig Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard - the latter reflecting Enrico’s particular interest in works that address the LGBTQ+ community. He is a member of the Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble, which is dedicated to diversity and social justice.

Opera roles include Collatinus in Britten’s Rape of Lucretia and Lorenzo in Bellini’s I Capuleti e I Montecchi. His need to take risks onstage has led him to forward-looking directors such as Thaddeus Strassberger, RB Schlather, and Kevin Newbury.

Enrico resides in New York City.