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Nino Surguladze - Federica (May 5th, 7th, 9th)
Georgian born Nino Surguladze is one of the most interesting artists of her generation.
After attending the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, she sang in world’s premier
opera stages such as Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London,
Metropolitan Opera in New York, Arena in Verona, Gran Teatre de Liceu in Barcelona,
Glyndebourne Festival, Salzburg Festival, Teatro Real in Madrid, Palau de les Arts
in Valencia, Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Regio
in Turin and in Parma, collaborating with such conductors as Muti, Plasson, Harding,
Gergiev. Ms. Surguladze lately sang Sinaïde in Moïse et Pharaon (cond.
Muti) at the Salzburg Festival and in Rome; Dorabella in Così fan Tutte and Carmen (title
role) in Tokyo role she also sang in San Diego, St. Petersburg and at the Sugi Opera
in Seoul; Olga in Evgenij Onegin in Chicago and at the Teatro Regio
in Turin. Ms. Surguladze starred as Maddalena in Rigoletto in Cologne,
in Genoa under Fabio Luisi and in the opera movie besides Placido Domingo in the
title role; Fenena in Nabucco at La Scala in Milan; Stéphano in Roméo
et Juliette at the Arena in Verona; Norma in Beirut.
After her successful debut as Amneris in Aida at the Opéra Royal
de Wallonie in Liège, Nino Surguladze recently made her debut in the verismo repertoire
singing Santuzza in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana in Avignon.
Plans include: Rigoletto at the Festival Internacional
de musica de Bogotà; Nabucco and Roméo et Juliette at the Arena in
Verona; Rigoletto at the Sferisterio Opera Festival in Macerata; La Damnation
de Faust at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège; Don Carlo
in São Paulo
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Felipe Bou – Wurm
(May 6th, 8th)
After studying with Antonio Blancas and Alfredo Kraus, the Spanish bass Felipe Bou
made his operatic debut at the Teatro Arriaga de Bilbao, with Marina
in 1994, beginning a bright career. Amongst the successes of the past seasons it
is worth mentioning: Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor and Ramfis
in Aida at the Düsseldorf Opera; Colline in La Bohème at the Bregenz
Festival and at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Frère Laurent in Roméo
et Juliette in Tokyo; Conte Rodolfo in La Sonnambula in a new
production at the Leipzig Opera; Don Pasquale at the Teatro Real de
Madrid; Sparafucile in Rigoletto, besides Leo Nucci on a tour in Mexico,
Beijing and Muscat with the Teatro Regio in Parma, where he performed Ferrando in Il
Trovatore for the Verdi Festival; Four villains in Les Contes D'Hoffmann,
directed by Lindsay Kemp, in a co-production of Peralada, San Sebastián and Santander
festivals and theatres; Creonte in Medea at Teatro Massimo in Palermo; Oroveso
in Norma at Palma de Mallorca; Massimiliano in I Masnadieri at
the Zvolen Castle Festival (Slovakia); Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia
at the Wiener Staatsoper; Balthazar in La Favorite directed
by Hugo de Ana at Santiago de Chile; Otello in Sao Paulo; Marke in Tristan
und Isolde, Filippo II in Don Carlo and Fasolt in Das Rheingold in
Oviedo.
Plans include: Le Nozze di Figaro and Le duc d’Albe
in Oviedo; Don Carlo in Sao Paulo; Verdi’s Requiem in Belo Horizonte.
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