Arturo Chacón-Cruz is set to return to the Metropolitan Opera in a future season.

Following a historic performance on Nov. 17 when he made an unexpected Met debut in “Il Trovatore,” replacing Michael Fabiano in Act four, General Manager Peter Gelb has offered the tenor performances of “La Traviata.”

Gelb announced the news on News 4 New York saying that he was “discussing performances of ‘Traviatas’ for a future season.”

The evening also saw Leah Hawkins step into the role of Leonora in Act three and Gelb noted, “She is destined to sing this role as a leading star many times in the future.”

The Nov. 17 performance saw both Michael Fabiano and Angela Meade cancel the second part of the performance due to illness. Chacón-Cruz and Hawkins both stepped into the performance.

The Met and Gelb are somewhat late to the party on the Mexican-American tenor as Chacón-Cruz has enjoyed a major international career for decades, performing at the San Francisco Opera, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Florida Grand Opera, Arena di Verona, and Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, among others.

Hawkins has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Arizona Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and  Pittsburgh Opera.

 

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