Gezim Myshketa - Ford*
Young
Albanian baritone, Gezim Myshketa is one of the most promising artists of his
generation. After his debut as Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, he won the
As.Li.Co. competition in 2006, making his role debut as Leporello in Don
Giovanni, and the "Francesco Paolo Tosti" Competition in Ortona in 2008.
Interesting collaborations have followed with prestigious theaters and
festivals, such as: Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Palm Beach Opera, Abao Olbe in
Bilbao, Opéra de Montpellier, Filarmonico in Verona, Verdi in Trieste, Regio in
Parma, Withsun Festival in Salzburg and Macerata Opera Festival.
Mr. Myshketa added important roles
to his repertoire: Rolando in La Battaglia di Legnano at the Festival
Verdi in Parma and Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Treviso and
Ferrara, he also lately starred in Cléopatre at the Salzburg Festival;
Le Convenienze e inconvenienze teatrali (Biscroma) and I Pazzi per
Progetto (Venanzio) in Zurich, Paolo Carignani conducting; Alì Pascha von
Janina in Tirana, L’Elisir d’Amore at the Teatro Filarmonico in
Verona.
Future plans: Turandot at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse;
Lucia di Lammermoor in Marseille; Maria Stuarda at the Teatro
Filarmonico in Verona; Gianni Schicchi in Piacenza.
Mr Myshketa
will return to Stuttgart singing Escamillo in Carmen and revivals of Falstaff.
*Role debut
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