Abramo Rosalen is graduated as an organist. After the garduation he
started as a singer (a bass). His stage debut was at the Venice Biennale
in 2002 in the modern opera BIG BANG CIRCUS by Claudio Ambrosini (later
performed also at the Verdi theatre in Trieste and at the San Carlo
Theatre in Naples). He has been performing in the main opera houses of
Italy ( Scala, Fenice, Arena di Verona, Petruzzelli, San Carlo, Comunale
di Bologna, Regio di Torino, Bellini di Catania, Verdi di Trieste, Maggio
musicale fiorentino, festival pucciniano di Torre del Lago, etc.) and in
many theatres abroad (Barcellona, Buenos Aires, Valencia, Shanghai, Wuhan,
Suzhou, Tokyo, Nagoya, Otsu, Tel Aviv, Dubai, Muscat, etc.).
The main roles performed have been as follows. Verdi: Zaccaria in
NABUCCO, Jacopo Fiesco in SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Conte di Walter in LUISA
MILLER, Ramfis in AIDA, Attila in the title role, Padre Guardiano in LA
FORZA DEL DESTINO, Silva in ERNANI, Sparafucile in RIGOLETTO, Ferrando in
TROVATORE; Mozart: Leporello and Commendatore in DON GIOVANNI, Figaro and
Bartolo in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Don Alfonso in COSÌ FAN TUTTE, Sarastro in
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE; Rossini: Mustafà in ITALIANA IN ALGERI, Don Basilio in IL
BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Oroe in SEMIRAMIDE; Bellini: Oroveso in NORMA, Sir
Giorgio in I PURITANI; Donizetti; duke Alfonso in Lucrezia Borgia and Don
Pasquale in the title role; Puccini: Timur in TURANDOT, Colline in BOHEME,
Zio Bonzo in MADAMA BUTTERFLY (this one at La Scala for the opening
night); More roles: Frère Laurent in Romeo et Juliette by Gounod, the four
devils in Offenbach’s “Les contes de Hoffmann”, Polifemo in ACIS E GALATEA
by G.F. Händel, Caronte and Plutone in ORFEO by C. Monteverdi.
He has been working with famous conductors: Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta,
Riccardo Chally, Nello Santi, Renato Palumbo, Daniel Oren, Julian
Kovatchev, Fabrizio Maria Carminati, etc.; and with stage directirs like
Beppe de Tomasi, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Daniele Abbado, Katia Ricciarelli,
Henning Brockhaus, Damiano Michieletto, among others.
In his repertoire are also included sacred and seculars works:
Monteverdi’ s Ballo delle Ingrate, Vespro della Beata Vergine; cantatas by
Bach, Haendel, Stradella, Caldara in collaboration with Barocco Europeo;
Bach’s Massa in B minor, Johannespassion, Magnificat; Messa da Requiem by
G. Verdi, G. F. Händel’s Messiah; Die Schoepfung, Cecilienmesse and
Paukenmesse by F.J. Haydn; W. A. Mozart’s Requiem; 9th Symphony by L. van
Beethoven; Stabat Mater and Messa di Gloria by G. Rossini. Both in opera
or in concert he has been singing in many Festivals including: Baroque
Festival in Beaune (France), performing Haendel’s Agrippina; Musikfest
Bremen in Haendel’s Giulio Cesare; Mozartiana Festival in Gdansk singing
in Don Giovanni; Festival Internazionale di Musica Antica di Arrone
(Rieti), among others.
September 2022