He specializes in roles from the
bel canto era of
Rossini,
Bellini and
Donizetti operas such as Edgardo in
Lucia di Lammermoor, Arturo in
I puritani and Conte Almaviva in
Il barbiere di Siviglia. He has also sung leading tenor roles in
Mozart and
Verdi operas. Camarena has performed at many of the world's leading opera houses and festivals including the
Zurich Opera, where he was a company member for a number of years,
the Royal Opera London, the
Salzburg Festival,
Deutsche Oper Berlin,
Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico City,
Paris Opéra, the
Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, the
Liceu Barcelona and the
Staatsoper Wien. where he also offered a concert with the
Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid and conductor
Ivan Lopez-Reynoso in January 2021.
Metropolitan Opera He made his debut at the
Metropolitan Opera in October 2011 in
Il barbiere di Siviglia, singing the role of Count Almaviva. On April 25, 2014, Camarena became only the third singer in seventy years at the Metropolitan Opera to perform an
encore onstage, and on March 12, 2016, became the second singer to perform multiple encores. Camarena is a recipient of the
Opera News awards for 2020. ==Select discography==