A native of Mazatlán, México, José Adán Pérez is currently in his second year of the Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program at Los Angeles Opera. A dramatically expressive singer possessing a rich, ample baritone of significant presence, Mr. Pérez turned to singing after establishing himself as an engineer in the competitive automobile industry .

In his young career, Mr. Pérez has made important debuts in the baritone repertoire. 2008 brought his European debut at the Theatre Basel, Switzerland, as the lead baritone of the zarzuela Pasión under the direction of Calixto Bieito. This past summer at the Aspen Music Festival, Mr. Pérez received high acclaim as Dandini in La Cenerentola. George Loomis of the Financial Times hailed his voice as "firm and agreeable, his Italian is fluent and, without overacting, he amusingly made Dandini into the ham he is meant to be." As part of LA Opera's 2007-2008 season, he performed Marcello in La Bohème in two student matinees. In this role, he enjoyed the pleasure of performing under the baton of Maestro Plácido Domingo. Other principal roles include Marcello in La Bohème, Malatesta in Don Pasquale and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte for IVAI, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia for The Academy of Vocal Arts of Philadelphia, the title role of Don Giovanni and Marullo in Rigoletto also for The Academy of Vocal Arts of Philadelphia. Principal roles on Mexico's mainstage for Mr. Pérez include Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Belcore in L'Elisir d'Amore and Silvio in I Pagliacci at the Teatro Ángela Peralta of Mazatlan.

Mr. Pérez has consistently distinguished himself in his musical pursuits. After receiving an engineering degree from Tecnológico de Monterrey, he was awarded a scholarship to Mexico's most prestigious Young Artist Training Program, the Sociedad Internacional de Valores Artísticos Mexicanos (SIVAM) where he began his formal vocal training. Mr. Pérez has been a winner of many important competitions and scholarships, including the 2008 Pasadena Opera Guild, the 2008 Gerda Lissner Foundation, the 2008 NOA Competition, 2008 Opera Buffs, the 2007 Opera Index, the 2006 Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition, and was a Philadelphia District Winner and Middle Atlantic Finalist at the 2006 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Other honors include a 2005 SIVAM - Plácido Domingo Scholarship and the INBA scholarship from the 2004 Carlo Morelli National Opera Competition.