Born in Granada, the Spanish tenor José Manuel Zapata studied with Toni Rosado Casas in his début in Madrid. Debut 2001 as Albazar in Il turco in Italia under Albero Zedda at the Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo. He has appeared as guest artist in a number of opera houses, including the Warsaw Opera, Pesaro, where he sang Belfiore, and Libenskof in Il viaggio a Reims.
José Manuel Zapata Spanish tenor
José Manuel Zapata impressed the public at the Barcelona Liceu, where he appeared as Missail in Boris Godunov, and subsequently in Rossini’s La gazzetta, in which he also sang at the Rossini Opera Festival. At the same time he enjoys a busy concert career, apearing as a soloist in works by Bach, Mozart and Haydn.
José Manuel Zapata se ha convertido, desde su debut hace 12 años, en uno de los tenores más importantes de su generación. Tras su primera actuación en la Ópera de Oviedo en 2002, ha conseguido debutar en un corto espacio de tiempo, como protagonista, en algunos de los teatros de Ópera más importantes del Mundo (Metropolitan Opera House de Nueva York, Teatro Real de Madrid, Teatro Liceo de Barcelona, Rossini Opera Festival, Ópera de Berlín, Teatro Chatêlet de París, Semperoper de Dresden, Teatro Massimo de Palermo, Theater an der Wien de Viena, Deutche Oper Rhein, Palais de Beaux Arts de Bruselas, etc…..).
Metropolitan opera
[Met Performance] CID:352298  Il Barbiere di Siviglia {565} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/12/08 Debut: Elina Garanca, José Manuel Zapata, John Moore |
| [Met Performance] CID:352306 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {566} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/22/2008 Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:352311 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {567} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/26/2008 Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:352323 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {568} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/30/2008 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352329 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {569} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/02/2008 |
| [Met Performance] CID:352338 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {570} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/07/2008 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352353 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {571} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/14/2008 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352372 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {572} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/21/2008 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352383 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {573} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/25/2008 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352391 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {574} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/29/2008 |
[Met Performance] CID:353483  Metropolitan Opera Premiere Armida {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/12/2010 Debut: Graciela Daniele, Yeghishe Manucharyan, Teele Ude Broadcast/Streamed Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:353494 Armida {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/16/2010 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353497 Armida {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/19/2010 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353506 Armida {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/22/2010 |
[Met Performance] CID:353525  Armida {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/01/2010 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353532 Armida {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/04/2010 Debut: Jesse Marks |
| [Met Performance] CID:353538 Armida {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/07/2010 |
| [Met Performance] CID:353546 Armida {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/11/2010 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:353552 Armida {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/15/2010 |
