Cuban American tenor Fran Daniel Laucerica is a 2025-26 Emerging Artist with Opera Philadelphia. This season he performs Bach's B minor Mass with the Austin Philharmonie, Madison Bach Musicians, and the Conejo Valley Choral Society, sings Florville in Il Signor Bruschino and the Jazz Trio Tenor in Trouble in Tahiti with Amelia Island Opera, Elder Hayes in Susannah with Opera Omaha; Nanki-Poo in The Mikado with First Coast Opera, and covers the role of The Stranger in Sleepers Awake with Opera Philadelphia. He joins Lyric Fest in concert for Benjamin Franklin - Printer, and appears with Raylynmor Opera as Basilio/Don Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro. The artist’s 2026–27 season engagements include Washington Concert Opera as Rinaldo in Armida, Pacific Opera Project as Euduardo in I Fortunato Inganno, Variant 6/Tempesta da Mare in a holiday concert, Curlew River with 3000 Hz Opera lab, and The Crossing. He debuts with Opera Tampa as Bardolfo in Falstaff and joins Philharmonie Austin for Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.
In 2025, the artist made several role and company debuts including Don Lugino in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims and covering Conte di Libenskof and Chevalier Belfiore at Opera Philadelphia. He joined Pittsburgh Opera as Thomas for the premiere of Woman With Eyes Closed, and Washington Concert Opera as Pylade in Iphigénie en Tauride.
Featured roles include Il Conte d'Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Beppe in Pagliacci, Rinaldo in Armida, Goro in Madama Butterfly and Adolfo Pirelli in Sweeney Todd.
As a concert soloist, Laucerica has showcased his versatility in a range of works, including performances of Bach's Christmas Oratorio and St. Matthew Passion with Madison Bach Musicians, Orff's Carmina Burana with the Lexington Symphony, and Handel's Messiah with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra