Brace Negron has been a prolific performer since his arrival to New York in 1998. Upcoming performances include Pantaleone in Bronx Opera’s “Der Drei Pintos”, Colline in “La Boheme” with Opera Manhattan and performing a concert as part of the Elberon Church Concert Series in New Jersey. Recent performances include a European debut performing the title role of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale and the Bonze in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly with Lyrique en Mer Opera Company in Belle Île, France in July of 2009 with a national radio broadcast of Don Pasquale’s first act on the radio station, France Musique. In March 2009, Mr. Negron was invited back to Toledo Opera to perform the 1st Nazarene and the Cappadocian in Strauss’s Salome. In the Fall of 2008, Mr. Negron had his debut with Toledo Opera as Count Ceprano in Verdi’s “Rigoletto” with a favorable mention in the Toledo Blade Newspaper. In the summer of 2008, Mr. Negron performed Christiano in Verdi's “Un ballo in maschera” with Des Moines Metro Opera nabbing him a review in Opera News that appeared in the October 2008 issue. He then flew to Beaulieu sur Mer, France to participate in a concert series/competition as a finalist in the Azuriales Opera Festival/Competition this past August. Other recent performances include Jupiter in Offenbach's “Orpheus and the Underworld” with Bronx Opera which nabbed Mr. Negron a solid review in the NY Times, the Herald in “Rigoletto” with New Jersey Opera, and Figaro in “Le nozze di Figaro” with Queens College Opera Studio.
Past accomplishments include a Lincoln Center debut as Ali in December 2007, in an excerpts program of Rossini's “L'Italiana” as part of the Melody for Peace UNESCO Concert at Avery Fisher Hall. Mr. Negron had his Asian debut in Singapore with Singapore Theatreworks in 2001 as the baritone lead The Cowherd in “The Silver River” by Bright Sheng, the Lucerne Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, performing under Maestro Pierre Boulez and Daniel Reusse in 2006, and Gregorio in “Romeo et Juliette” and 2nd Armored Man in “Zauberflöte” both with New Jersey Opera Theater in the summer of 2007, and being a 2002 finalist in the Heinz Rehfuss Competition. He has also performed with such companies as Utah Festival Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, DiCapo Opera and Opera North.
Mr. Negron received his master's degree from Manhattan School of Music and his undergraduate degree from Stetson University in Deland, Florida.