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Gezim Myshketa - Lord Guglielmo Cecil
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 AsLiCo competition in 2006 (making his role debut as both Don Giovanni and
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 sang: Cléopâtre 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 (Belcore) at the Teatro
Filarmonico in Verona; Lucia di
Lammermoor in Marseille. Mr.
Myshketa just enjoyed great success as Ford in Falstaff in Stuttgart,
thus starting a prolific collaboration with the Staatstheater Stuttgart where he
will sing, as a returning guest, in La Traviata, Falstaff, La Bohème, Carmen and I
Puritani.
Among other future plans: Turandot in Toulouse and
Cagliari; Carmen (Escamillo) in Seoul; Gianni Schicchi in Piacenza;
Don Giovanni (title role) in a new production by Graham Vick for the AsLiCo
circuit and on tour also in Jesi, Fermo and Bolzano; concert and recording of Il Viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Festival in Bad
Wildbad.
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