Jose
Simerilla Romero Tenor

The Argentinian-Spanish-American tenor José Simerilla Romero studied at Valencia College and Stetson University in Florida and has won prizes at several international competitions. Engagements have already taken him as Rodolfo ('La bohème') and Alfredo ('La traviata') to the Nederlandse Reisopera, as Alfredo to First Coast Opera, as Nemorino ('L'elisir d'amore') to Opera Zuid, as Duca di Mantova ('Rigoletto') to Florida Grand Opera and Opera Naples and as Rodolfo to the Vienna Summer Music Festival. His other repertoire includes the roles of Tamino ('Die Zauberflöte'), Pinkerton ('Madama Butterfly'), Albert ('Albert Herring'), Ottone ('L'incoronazione di Poppea'), Edgardo ('Lucia di Lammermoor'), Kaspar ('Amahl und die nächtlichen Besucher') and Danilo ('Die lustige Witwe').
José Simerilla has been a member of the ensemble at the Hanover State Opera since the 2022/23 season and has appeared there as Rodolfo, Chevalier de la Force ('Dialogues des Carmélites'), Tsarevich Gwidon ('The Tale of Tsar Saltan') and Vladimir Lensky ('Yevgeny Onegin'), among others. He recently sang Laërte in Ambroise Thomas' 'Hamlet' at the Komische Oper Berlin and Alfredo at the English National Opera.