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                                         Gezim Myshketa - Gianni Schicchi 
                                            
                                                           
                                                           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) 
                                                           and Maria Stuarda besides Mariella Devia 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; Don Giovanni (title role) in a new production by Graham Vick 
                                        for the AsLiCo circuit and on tour also in Jesi, Fermo, Parma and Bolzano; La 
                                        Traviata in Hamburg; concerts and 
                                        recording of Il Viaggio a Reims (Don Alvaro) at the Rossini Festival in Bad Wildbad. 
                                                              
                                                               
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