Francisco Leal makes his LA Opera debut with El Gato Montés.

He has collaborated with directors including Jose Carlos Plaza, Josefina Molina, Robert Wilson, Miguel Narros, Manuel Guiterrez Aragon, William Layton and Jose Luis Gomez, in productions for the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Palacio de Festivales de Santander, the Palau de la Musica in Valencia, the Auditorio de La Coruna, the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, the Teatro Regio in Torino and the Teatro Lirico de Cagliari, as well as numerous productions from the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid. He has been technical director for the Centro Dramatico Nacional and the Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico de Almagro.