The opera world is small, and the number of singers who actually make it in the business probably numbers less than a few thousand, yet a significant number of that small number of singers can say that it was César Ulloa that gave them the skills a singer needs to have a career. That makes him an invaluable and important part of the opera world. This comes from the singers themselves, once their careers are established and they have had a chance to reflect on who made the difference for them." — Dolora Zajick

With an opera and concert career that spanned over fifteen years with more than 50 roles in his repertoire, César Ulloa is an internationally recognized teacher, devoting his time to developing young voices. For years, he has held the position of Master Teacher at the San Francisco Opera Center’s Merola and Adler programs, and in 2014 he received the Sarlo Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching from SFCM.

Ulloa has been on the voice faculty at the University of Montreal, Palm Beach Atlantic University, the New World School of the Arts, and has been a Master Teacher at several prominent young artist programs, including LA Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein, L'Atelier Lyrique de L'Opéra de Montréal, Palm Beach Opera, Dolora Zajick’s Institute for Dramatic Voices, New Zealand Opera School, IVAI (China, Italy, Canada, Israel), and most recently at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, as well as a principal voice instructor and consultant for SIVAM, Mexico’s most prominent young artist program.

His students perform regularly at top international opera houses and concert halls around the world, have been accepted virtually into every major young artist program in the US and Europe, and have won first prize in numerous competitions including the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Operalia, the Montserrat Caballé International Competition, the Loren L. Zachary Society’s Vocal Competition, the George London Foundation Awards Competition, the José Iturbi International Music Competition, the Richard Tucker Foundation Awards, and have been finalists in Cardiff Singer of the World.

Ulloa’s singing career took him to some of the most prestigious opera houses and concert halls including New York City Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Carnegie Hall, L’Opera de Monte-Carlo, Israel Philharmonic, Washington National Opera, among numerous others.” A native of Cuba, he earned his music degree from the University of Tampa and pursued professional students at Southern Methodist University. His own teachers include world-renowned tenors Thomas Hayward and Franco Corelli.