MEXICAN TENOR ERNESTO RAMÍREZ HAS BEEN EARNING RAVE REVIEWS FOR HIS UNIQUE ITALIANATE VOCAL STYLE, PRAISED FOR ITS "WONDERFULLY FLUID LINE AND BRILLIANT HIGH NOTES," AS WELL AS ITS "SUAVE, NUANCED LYRICISM." RECENT DEBUT WITH MISSISSAUGA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AS CAVARADOSSI IN THEIR PRODUCTION OF TOSCA, ERNESTO'S DEBUT AS PINKERTON IN "MADAMA BUTTERFLY" AT TEATRO BICENTENARIO,  LEON MEXICO AND SOUTHERN ONTARIO LYRIC OPERA, ALFREDO IN LA TRAVIATA WITH SOUTHERN ONTARIO LYRIC OPERA, HIS PORTRAYAL OF RODOLFO IN "LA BOHÈME" WITH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST OPERA, AND HIS INTERPRETATION OF DON JOSE WITH OPERA KELOWNA’S "CARMEN," ALONG WITH A NOTABLE PERFORMANCE ALONGSIDE THE KITCHENER-WATERLOO SYMPHONY.

IN 2022, ERNESTO TAKES CENTER STAGE AS DON JOSÉ IN CONCERT RENDITIONS OF "CARMEN" WITH THE ORCHESTRE CLASSIQUE DE MONTRÉAL, AND MAKES HIS DEBUT AS RALPH RACKSTRAW WITH VANCOUVER OPERA IN THEIR MODERNIZED PRODUCTION OF "HMS PINAFORE," UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ROSEMARY THOMSON.

ERNESTO'S TALENT HAS GARNERED ACCLAIM ACROSS INTERNATIONAL STAGES, CAPTIVATING AUDIENCES IN FRANCE, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES. NOTEWORTHY PERFORMANCES INCLUDE HIS ROLE AS A COVER FOR THE TITLE ROLE OF ROBERTO DEVEREUX WITH THE CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY, WHERE HE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING THE STAGE WITH SOPRANO SONDRA RADVANOVSKY. HIS REPERTOIRE SPANS DIVERSE CHARACTERS SUCH AS RAOUL IN THE CANADIAN PREMIERE OF MEYERBEER'S "LES HUGUENOTS," ARTURO IN "I PURITANI," AND ALFREDO IN "LA TRAVIATA" WITH THE SARASOTA OPERA.

BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, ERNESTO SHOWCASED HIS VERSATILITY BY COVERING THE DUKE IN EDMONTON OPERA’S "RIGOLETTO" AND DELIVERING A CAPTIVATING PERFORMANCE AS THE TENOR SOLOIST IN HANDEL’S "MESSIAH" WITH HAMILTON’S BACH ELGAR CHOIR. HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN AGAINST THE GRAIN THEATRE’S DIGITAL PROJECT "BOUND," A POIGNANT RESPONSE TO THE PLIGHT OF THOSE AFFECTED BY GEOPOLITICAL CONFLICTS, FEATURING ORIGINAL TEXT BY DIRECTOR JOEL IVANY. ERNESTO'S PORTRAYAL OF STEFANO IN JOHN ESTACIO’S ACCLAIMED OPERA "FILUMENA" WITH CALGARY OPERA GARNERED WIDESPREAD ACCLAIM, LEADING TO A REPRISAL OF THE ROLE WITH BROTT TO YOU IN THEIR DIGITAL PRODUCTION.

PERFORMANCES OF VERDI’S REQUIEM WITH THE BROTT MUSIC FESTIVAL AND BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY WITH THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, NIAGARA SYMPHONY, AND KINGSTON SYMPHONY. ERNESTO HAS BEEN WARMLY WELCOMED AS A GUEST ARTIST BY OPERA COMPANIES IN ZURICH, QUEBEC, MONTREAL, TEL-AVIV, AND MEXICO CITY, AND HAS HAD THE HONOR OF PERFORMING AT PRESTIGIOUS EVENTS SUCH AS THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF PUCCINI GALA HOSTED BY SIMONETTA PUCCINI.

ERNESTO IS PROMINENTLY FEATURED IN SEVERAL OPERA BREAKS, CINEMATIC VIDEOS DIRECTED BY FRANÇOIS RACINE, FILMED BY COFFEESHOP CREATIVE, AND PRODUCED BY DOMONEY ARTISTS DURING THE PANDEMIC.