José Fardilha - Don Pasquale
Since embracing in recent years the buffo repertoire, José Fardilha is quickly
becoming one of its most sought after interpreters.
Born in Portugal, he won the "Toti dal Monte" Prize, that led him to make his
debut in Don Giovanni (Leporello) in Treviso, Rovigo, Strasbourg and
Trieste.
After that he
began a carrer that brought him in the world's greatest opera houses and
festivals, including: Wiener Staatsoper (L'Elisir d'Amore); Salzburger
Festspiele (Don Giovanni); Barbican Center in London (Il Matrimonio
Segreto); Opéra de Paris (Il Barbiere di Siviglia and La Bohème);
Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin (La Bohème and Otello);
Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich (La Cenerentola, Roméo et Juliette and Don
Giovanni); Zurich Opernhaus (L'Elisir d'Amore, Le Nozze di Figaro, Turandot, La
Cenerentola and Il Barbiere di Siviglia); Teatro alla Scala in Milan
(Falstaff, La Bohème, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, La
Cenerentola and Il Turco in Italia); Teatro Regio in Turin (Otello, La
Rondine, Jerusalem and Don Giovanni); Teatro La Fenice in
Venice (Handel's Semele); Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence (Turandot, La
Traviata and La Bohème); Arena Sferisterio in Macerata (Il
Barbiere di Siviglia); Martina Franca Festival (La Pietra del Paragone);
and New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv (Don Pasquale,La Cenerentola, L'Italiana
in Algeri and Don Giovanni). Mr.
Fardilha is regular guest at the Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon, where in the past
seasons he sang operas such as Carmen, Gianni Schicchi, Lucia
di Lammermoor, La Fille du Régiment, Manon Lescaut and Candide.
Mr. Fardilha collaborated with prestigious conductors, such as: Claudio Abbado,
Riccardo Chailly, Michel Corboz, Zubin Mehta and Riccardo Muti.
Future plans
include:
Manon Lescaut in Leipzig; Il
Barbiere di Siviglia in
Barcellona and London; Don
Pasquale at the Glyndebourne
Festival Opera; Le Nozze di Figaro
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