Teaching Professor, Music, Director of Voice Studies and Applied Instructor, Voice
Enrique Toral is a passionate and much sought-after voice teacher sharing his expertise and commitment for easy, healthy and beautiful singing. Aside from his work with his private students, Mr. Toral is on the faculty of The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theater Program. He was previously on the voice faculty at San Diego State University's School of Music and Dance and the School of Theater, Television and Film’s MFA in Musical Theater program. He has also been on faculty with Opera NEO Summer Festival & Workshop, and OperaWorks.
His students attend prestigious music schools and conservatories and have gone on to successful solo and stage careers. His musical theater students have appeared on Broadway, in national and international tours, Off- Broadway, as well as recognized regional theater companies. Opera singers appear throughout the country and abroad, including the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Vancouver Opera, Opera de Bellas Artes, and with major symphony orchestras including Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the San Diego Symphony, and have won numerous awards in competitions including the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the George London Foundation and the Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition.
As a performer, Enrique Toral is an artist who has won acclaim across North America and Europe for the beauty and incisiveness of his singing and for his dynamic stage portrayals. His career spans Broadway as well as appearances with New York City Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Cincinnati Opera and San Diego Opera, to name a few.
Highlights include Central Park seen on PBS’ Great Performances, Falstaff under the baton of Seiji Ozawa – heard on NPR's World of Opera and an auspicious debut at the Ravinia Music Festival singing the title role in Manuel de Falla’s El Retablo de Maese Pedro and the world premiere of John Bowle’s Lorca Songs. The Chicago Tribune averred “Under [Jonathan] Sheffer's direction, the Eos Orchestra played to the hilt Falla's buoyancy and anachronism. Adding to the enchantment was the ardent and radiant singing of Enrique Toral.”