Tenor Juan Tello has performed with the Tri-Cities, Cedar Rapids, and First Coast Opera Companies. Roles have included the Soldier in All Is Calm, Borsa in Rigoletto, Prince in The Littlest Mermaid, an adaptation of Dvořák’s Rusalka, and Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus. His most recent role was Oronte in Handel’s Alcina at the Schwob School of Music. He will perform with First Coast Opera as Pepe in Donizetti’s Rita, and the Narrator in Bach’s Coffee Cantata.

A native of Mexico City, Tello studied at the National Conservatory of Mexico while earning a business degree at Tecnológico de Monterrey. He moved to the United States for graduate studies, earning a Master of Music from Binghamton University completing an Artist Diploma program at the Schwob School of Music in Columbus, Georgia. His festival experience includes Festival du Périgord Noir in France, Music On Site in Kansas, Miami Music Festival in Florida, Savannah Voice Festival in Georgia, and the Brevard Music Center.

Mexican tenor Juan Tello has performed with Tri-Cities, Cedar Rapids, and First Coast Opera Companies. With Tri-Cities Opera, he covered Tamino in The Magic Flute, performed the Soldier in All Is Calm, and Borsa in Rigoletto. With Cedar Rapids Opera, he sang the Prince in The Littlest Mermaid, an adaptation of Dvořák’s Rusalka, and Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus. His most recent role was Oronte in Handel’s Alcina at the Schwob School of Music. He will perform with First Coast Opera as Pepe in Donizetti’s Rita, and the Narrator in Bach’s Coffee Cantata.

A native of Mexico City, Tello studied at the Conservatory there while earning a business degree at Tecnológico de Monterrey. He then moved to the United States for graduate studies, earning a Master of Music from Binghamton University and completing the Artist Diploma program at the Schwob School of Music in Columbus, Georgia. His festival experience includes Festival du Périgord Noir in France, Music On Site in Kansas, Miami Music Festival in Florida, Savannah Voice Festival in Georgia, and the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina, where he was a student during their 2026 Summer Festival.