Daniel Luis Espinal

A third-year Ryan Opera Center member, the Cuban-Dominican tenor from Sarasota, Florida, debuts this summer at Opera Theater of Saint Louis (Frederic/The Pirates of Penzance) and the Grand Teton Music Festival. He also participates in the 2026 Internationale Meistersinger Akademie in Neumarkt, Germany. Espinal was a national winner of the 2024 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, received a 2025 Sara Tucker Study Grant, and was in residence at the 2025 Aix-en-Provence Festival Académie and Ravinia Festival’s Steans Institute. At Lyric the tenor has appeared in El último sueño de Frida y Diego, Salome, Pagliacci, The Marriage of Figaro, and Fidelio (debut as Jacquino). A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Espinal continued his studies at Yale University, where he received a Master of Musical Arts degree. His roles there included Tom Rakewell/The Rake’s Progress, Rinuccio/Gianni Schicchi, and Male Chorus/The Rape of Lucretia. The tenor previously participated in San Francisco’s Merola Opera Program for two summers.

In Lyric’s 2026/27 Season, Espinal will sing Auctioneer & Taylor/Omar, Officer/Ariadne auf Naxos, and Giuseppe/La traviata.

Daniel Luis Espinal is sponsored by Margo & Michael Oberman & Family.

^{Last updated: June 22, 2026}