Rubin Casa

Rubin Casas, Bass-Baritone, (Angelotti/Jailer) the Pasadena, Texas native “serves up a reckoning” as the Commendatore in Don Giovanni with Charleston Opera Theater.  He created the role of Alfonse in Frankenstein with Arizona Opera.  He sang Grech in Fedora with Teatro Grattacielo and Haydn’s Mariazeller Masse for Mid America Productions at Carnegie Hall.  He sang Scarpia in Tosca with the Opera Company of Middlebury, where he previously sang Banco in Macbeth.  He also returned to the Metropolitan Opera to cover The Bonze in Madame Butterfly.  Casas “provided rumbling bravura” as the Commendatore in Don Giovanni at Cedar Rapids Opera Theater.  He also received acclaim for his performance as Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor at Opera in the Heights and Opera New Jersey, where he was described as "darkly compelling" and for delivering "proclamations deeply and fully.”  He made a strong impression as Bishop Ruiz in Florentine Opera’s Grammy Award-winning world premiere of Rio de Sangre, a role that was also featured on the Albany Records commercial release.  In his Carnegie Hall debut with the Opera Orchestra of New York, Casas was noted by Opera News as "promising vocal material" in the role of Ashby in La Fanciulla del West. Throughout his career, Casas performed with several esteemed opera companies, including Tacoma Opera, Shreveport Opera, Virginia Opera, Spokane Opera, Connecticut Grand Opera, Opera Las Vegas, New York City Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera. He was also an alumnus of Yale University.