“On his way probably to Berlin, and then to many big cities with big opera houses. And that’s because the young tenor has a big voice and an even bigger talent. The Mexico City native has already made the rounds in Los Angeles, Oslo, Hamburg, and Munich, but what we heard tonight was a clear indication of things to come. Lomeli brought the house down twice at the Herbst Theater The Future is Now exit concert for the 2009 Adler Fellows: first, with a ultra-romantic, charming ‘O soave fanciulla,’ serenading Leah Crocetto, a Mimi equal to this memorable Rodolfo; and then as an intense, dramatic, big-voiced Edgardo, with ‘Tombe degli avi miei’ from Lucia di Lammermoor.”

Janos Gereben, San Francisco Classical Voice