Opera Fort Collins Staff Bios
Steven Aguiló-Arbues - Artistic Director
Argentinean-American Steven Aguiló-Arbues enjoys an active career as a conductor, vocal coach, chorus master, recitalist and producer. He has performed as a solo and collaborative pianist throughout Spain, Italy, Peru and the United States, and has worked on over sixty opera productions.
Mr. Aguiló-Arbues has frequently collaborated in masterclasses and studio coachings with renownedartists including Marilyn Horne, Thomas Hampson, Renata Scotto, Nico Castel, Martin Nixon, Martin Katz, Samuel Ramey, Ubaldo Fabbri, Márta Eggerth, Robert Cowart, David Syrus, Brian Zeger, Richard Danielpour, and members of the Takács String Quartet, among others.
His love for opera has led him to work with Opera Colorado, Atlanta Opera, San Diego Opera, Central City Opera, Sarasota Opera, Boulder Opera Company, Colorado Light Opera, the Crested Butte Music Festival, Festival Amadeus (Montana), Creede Musical Arts Collective, the Miami Music Festival, and Centro Studi Lirica (Italy). He has also worked at academic institutions including the Manhattan School of Music, Colorado State University in Fort Collins, University of Colorado in Boulder, and Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Mr. Aguiló-Arbues earned his Professional Studies Certificate and Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. He currently resides in Colorado with his wife and daughter.
Contact Steven Aguiló-Arbues: artisticdir@operafortcollins.org
Mark Lubas - Executive Director
MARK LUBAS is a stage director, voice teacher, and tenor originally from Wethersfield, CT, who is thankful for the opportunities he has earned to sing and direct both nationally and internationally. Mr. Lubas made his adult professional debut in 1996 with the Nashville Symphony as the soloist in Handel's Messiah, and has directed and performed roles with companies including Aspen Opera Theatre Company, Boston Lyric Opera, Mobile Opera, Opéra Bastide, Opera Carolina, and Opera Tampa.
Most recently, Mr. Lubas designed and directed an Art Deco 1930’s Don Pasquale set in Northern Colorado for Opera Fort Collins in March 2025, as well as Mozart’s The Impresario, re-imagined to take place in the present at Campus Commons Performance Hall at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC). In November 2024, Mr. Lubas directed Bizet’s Le docteur Miracle with UNC Opera Theatre. Just prior to that, he assistant directed Mozart’s La flûte enchantée (The Magic Flute) in July of 2024 in a multi-lingual production in Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France in coordination with Opéra Bastide, and made his Opera Fort Collins début as Assistant Director for da Falla’s La Vida Breve in June 2024. In April 2024 he performed the rôle of Nemorino in L’Elisir D’Amore with the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) Opera Theatre.
Other recent engagements include Chip in Leonard Bernstein’s On the Town with Artist Series of Sarasota and Dr. Blind in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus with Opera Tampa. World premiere roles include a reading of Sherlock Holmes in Cortese and Luedloff’s 221B (UNC), Juror in Machover’s Resurrection (Boston Lyric Opera), and Johnnie in Hulse’s The Game (Kennedy Center).
Mr. Lubas holds Master of Music degrees in Vocal Performance and Opera Studies from New England Conservatory. A Fort Collins, CO resident, Mr. Lubas enjoys being part of the Front Range community with his wife and son, and is currently pursuing his doctorate in Vocal Performance at UNC.
Contact Mark Lubas: execdir@operafortcollins.org