Born in Argentina, with both Argentinian and Spanish nationality, tenor Marcelo Puente has performed in theaters around the world including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra national de Paris, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires, Sydney Opera Australia, Teatro Real in Madrid, Staatsoper Hamburg, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Semperoper Dresden, Canadian Opera Company, Washington National Opera, the State Opera in Prague, Vancouver Opera, Greek National Opera and several others. Puente sprang to international attention in 2017 when he debuted at the Royal Opera House as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly opposite Ermonela Jaho and conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano. This production was also released on DVD. Other debuts followed in rapid succession: at Staatsoper Hamburg and Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie as Pinkerton, as Cavaradossi in Tosca at the Canadian Opera Company, as Don José with Opera Australia.

Puente sang Paolo in Francesca da Rimini at Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg in 2018 and subsequently starred in the same role for his debut at Teatro alla Scala April/ May 2018. He also added the role of Don Álvaro in La Forza del Destino to his repertoire in a new production at Opernhaus Zürich, as well as at Semperoper Dresden. The artist also sang his first Calaf in Turandot for his debut at the Vancouver Opera. In 2019, Puente debuted at the Opéra national de Paris as Cavaradossi singing 10 performances replacing Jonas Kaufman. He returned to Dresden as Don José in Carmen and made his debut at Cologne Opera in La Forza del Destino. He also sang Cavaradossi at Staatsoper Hamburg. Puente began the 2019/20 season with his debut at Teatro Real in Madrid in the title role of Verdi’s Don Carlos, 5 act version in Italian after which he reprised the role for his debut at the Greek National Opera in Athens same version. He also made his role debut as Gounod’s Faust at Washington Nationsl Opera in a production by Francesca Zambello. In February March 2020 before pandemic He made his first Pollione in a new production of Norma at Staatsoper Hamburg. Other engagements included Don José at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Manrico in Il Trovatore with Opera Toulon and Don Jose with Charles Dutoit at NHK Symphony Orchestra. 

Puente made his debut at the Opéra de Marseille as Cavaradossi in Tosca. Puente began the 2021/22 season with his return to Dresden as Pollione in Norma, after which he appeared as Pinkerton for his debut at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo and at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia. He debuted the title role of Andrea Chenier this season at the Greek National Opera and returns to Marseille in the title role of Don Carlo in June 2022.