Salvadoran-American tenor Oswaldo Iraheta was recently named Artist In Residence with Encompass New Opera Theatre. He is the first artist to be given this title in the company’s fifty-year history. Oswaldo made his international operatic debut at the Royal Opera House Muscat with Maestro Lorin Maazel and he made his European solo recital debut at the Assisi Performing Arts Festival in Italy.

Oswaldo is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and North Park University-Chicago. He transitioned up from baritone to tenor with acclaimed tenor Vinson Cole. Currently, Oswaldo studies with Bill Schuman. He was a member of the Aspen Opera Center and performed with the Martina Arroyo Foundation. He has sung in premieres of operas including the role of Domingo in Luis Díaz Hérodier's El Mozote (El Salvador), the role of the Prince in Polina Nazaykinskaya's The Magic Mirror (NY Int’l Fringe Festival) & the Shepherd in Dina Pruzhansky's Shulamit (New York City). Other performed roles include Alfredo (La Traviata), Rodolfo (La bohème), Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), Remendado (Carmen), Alfred (Die Fledermaus), The Student Prince (title role), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Tebaldo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), the Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto) and Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor).

In concert, Oswaldo performed in the Sounds of the South Loop concert series (Chicago) with acclaimed Brazilian guitarist Paulinho Garcia, the Center for Contemporary Opera’s Sing for Hope outreach series in New York City with song cycle premieres by Juan Guerra Gonzalez and chamber works by Polina Nazaykinskaya. Oswaldo has performed in concert with Marvin Hamlisch at Severance Hall. Oswaldo has performed in gala concerts honoring playwright Terrence McNally, composer Maury Yeston and Broadway legend Chita Rivera in New York City. Oswaldo has performed the Tenor solo in Handel's Messiah (Germany) and the Tenor solo in the Mozart Requiem (US).

Opera companies & festivals performed with include ZêzereArts Festival (Portugal), New York City Opera, St. Petersburg Opera (USA), New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, Queens Symphony Orchestra, Flehite Sinfonietta (Netherlands), Roman Borgman Opera Company, New York Opera Alliance, Aspen Music Festival, Assisi Music Festival (Italy), Ópera de El Salvador, Opera Circle of Cleveland, Instant Opera (UK), Phoenicia Int’l Festival of the Voice, Connecticut Lyric Opera, Trentino Lirica Opera (Italy), Regina Opera, Knoxville Opera, Mettiamoci all’Opera Associazione Culturale (Italy), New Sussex Opera (UK) & the Royal Opera House Muscat (Oman).

Last season (2023-2024) season, Oswaldo performed the roles of Alfredo in Verdi’s “La traviata” in the United Kingdom, and in the U. S. the role of Duke of Mantua in Verdi’s “ La traviata” (role debut) & Edgardo in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” along with concerts in the US & Europe including the Assisi Performing Arts Festival in Italy, as well as the premiere of “Unheard Voices: An Immigrant’s Dream” with Encompass Opera in the Greene Space in New York City. The 2024/2025 season includes role debuts including Beppe in Gaetano Donizetti’s “Rita” & Turiddu in Pietro Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” (both in the United Kingdom), Alfredo in Verdi’s “La traviata” with recital & concert performances in El Salvador, the U. S. and Europe.