Artist in Residence
Meet our first Artist in Residence…
Oswaldo Iraheta!
We are thrilled to announce that Oswaldo Iraheta has been named the first Artist-in-Residence at Encompass!
Oswaldo has been an ambassador and spokesperson for the mission and goals of Encompass ever since we had the pleasure of MEETING/CASTING HIM in. With his lively and welcoming personality, Oswaldo is amazing at building connections and fostering partnerships which makes him a great addition to Encompass.
He has graced our Musical Salute Galas, performing for playwright Terrence McNally, jazz icon Marilyn Maye, composer Maury Yeston and Broadway legend Chita Rivera! With Encompass, he also performed the lead role in the opera Lord Byron by Virgil Thomson.
Chita Rivera and Oswaldo Iraheta at the Encompass Musical Salute Gala in 2022.
Oswaldo is a Salvadoran-American tenor who made his international operatic debut at the Royal Opera House Muscat with Maestro Lorin Maazel and performed in concert with Marvin Hamlisch at Severance Hall. He has sung in premieres of operas including the role of Domingo in Luis Díaz Hérodier's El Mozote (El Salvador), the role of the Prince in Polina Nazaykinskaya's The Magic Mirror (NY Int’l Fringe Festival) & the Shepherd in Dina Pruzhansky's Shulamit (New York City).
Oswaldo Iraheta during “Unheard Voices: An Immigrant’s Dream”
In June 2024, Encompass produced Unheard Voices: An Immigrant's Dream a musical odyssey with roots in El Salvador, Argentina, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine. With ancestral voices from his indigenous roots, tenor Oswaldo Iraheta guided us to the heart of Argentina (Angel E. Lasala) and El Salvador (Juan Guerra Gonzalez) through the arduous journey of crossing the Rio Grande with “By the River” (Maury Yeston) and “Polo” (Manuel de Falla). Learn more about Unheard Voices: An Immigrant's Dream by clicking here!
Courtesy of Instant Opera, Oswaldo Iraheta as Alfredo in “La Traviata”