the press enthusiastically wrote about Jorge Lagunes’ GERARD in Andrea Chenier at the Washington National Opera. Previously the artist had already performed at this renowned opera house such roles as GIORGIO in I Puritani, FIGARO in Le Nozze di Figaro, POSA in Don Carlo, ENRICO in Lucia di Lammermoor and ESCAMILLO in Carmen.

Moreover, guest performances have been taking the artist to the major renowned opera houses in Europe and overseas. His international successes include performances at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Teatro Real Madrid, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the New York City Opera, and in Palma de Mallora , Bilbao , Tel Aviv, the Teatro de Bellas Artes in Mexico (Eugen Onegin /Marcello ), Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Montreal Opera as well as at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (2012) , MARCELLO in La Boheme at the Opera of Santiago de Chile, RENATO at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki ,AMONASRO at the Cologne Opera (2011) and RIGOLETTO at the State Opera Budapest (2011) a.m.m..

At the beginning of the season 10/11 he imprssed as AMONASRO in Aida in Helsinki:

'But in my opinion it is the Mexican baritone JORGE LAGUNES, a beautifully belcanto singing Amonasro, who deserves the crown under the singers. Unlike his Italian colleagues, he doesn't commit himself to vocal swank.'
Der neue Merker/Sune Manninen

Since then, the baritone is a regular gueat at the Finnish National Theatre in Helsinki.
In 2011 he portrayed his first DON GIOVANNI at the Eutin Festival.

‚Jorge Lagunes not only sings the fornicator with a mighty voice, he also plays him fascinating lecher, perfectly adjustin his part to the other roles.’
Der neue Merker

Jorge Lagunes personified GERMONT in Franco Zeffirelli’s new production La Traviata with performances in Busseto, Ravenna and Modena, a role in which he was equally successful at the Los Angeles Opera. As VIDAL he achieved particular success in the revival of Luisa Fernanda under the musical direction of Maestro Placido Domingo at the Teatro de la Cuidad in Mexico.

In autumn 2008 he was the first Mexican singer ever to perform in a Zarzuela at the Teatro Real in Madrid. In 2006 the Mexican-born singer was awarded the Placido Domingo Prize.

Jorge Lagunes’ large repertoire also includes roles like RENATO in Un Ballo in Maschera, RIGOLETTO, AMONASRO in Aida, RICCARDO in I Puritani, GERMONT in La Traviata, VALENTIN in Faust. The many distinguished singers and conductors with whom Sue Patchell performs include Anna Netrebko, Denyce Graves, Jonas Kaufmann, Ben Heppner, Francisco Araiza, Rolando Villazon, Ramón Vargas, Paata Burchuladze, Alain Lombard, Daniel Oren, Renato Palumbo and Placido Domingo.

Jorge Lagunes has chosen the Mannheim National Theatre as his parent house. Since 2012 the baritone sings here POSA, JAGO, SIMONE BOCCANEGRA, SCARPIA, TONIO, ALFIO and many other roles. Besides, he reguarly performs as a guest at the Helsinki National Opera in AMONASRO, TONIO and POSA. At the Basle Theatre he sang RENATO and in June 2013 he made his debut as the CONTE DI LUNA in’ Il Trovatore’ at the sides of Ramón Vargas at the Teatro de Bellas Artes in Mexico. In summer Jorge Lagunes was celebrated as NABUCCO at the Castle Festival of the Schwerin State Theatre.