BASSI
Askar Abrazakov
- Honored Artist of Russia (2021)
- Popular artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan (1994)
- Recipient of the Onegin National Opera Award (2019)
- Recipient of the gold medal of the Irina Arkhipova Foundation and of the award "For outstanding achievements in the performing arts in the last decade of the 20th century" (2001)
- Winner of the prize at the Sergei Rachmaninov International Competition (Moscow, 1998; 1st prize)
- Winner of the Fyodor Chaliapin Vocalists' Competition International Prize (Kazan, 1994; 1st prize)
- Award winner at the All-Union Glinka Vocalists' Competition (Alma-Ata, 1991; 4th prize and Hope prize)
In 1994 he was invited to perform Puccini’s Glory Mass at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory under the direction of Vladimir Fedoseyev, and also performed in the opera The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezhand the Maiden Fevroniya at the Festival of Bregenz (Austria). In 1995 he made his debut at the Bolshoi Theater in Russia, playing Don Basilio (Rossini’s The Barber of Seville) and Konchak (Prince Igor). In 1996he appeared in the role of Prince Gremin (Eugene Onegin) at the Giuseppe Verdi Opera House in Trieste (Italy). In 1997 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris he sang the role of Bonzo in Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol (with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez); this production was then staged in Brussels, London, Rome, Seville and Berlin. In 1999 he played the lead role in the world premiere of Sergei Slonimsky’s Visions of Ivan the Terrible, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich in Samara.
- Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theater:
- Don Quichotte (Don Quichotte)
- Méphistophélès (Fausto di Gounod)
- Don Giovanni, Leporello (Don Giovanni)
- Zar Saltan (Il racconto dello Zar Saltan)
- Filippo II (Don Carlo)
- Il principe Gremin (Eugene Onegin)
- Il re, l'araldo (L'amore per le tre arance)
- Narbal (Les Troyens)
- Konchak (il principe Igor)
- Don Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia di Rossini)
- Ruslan (Ruslan e Lyudmila)
- Lorenzo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi, concerto)
- Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte)
- Sparafucile (Rigoletto)
- Guido (Gemma di Vergy, concerto)
Askar
Abrazakov
BURAK BILGILI
“ Burak Bilgili, a bass sang with bags of power and had true Verdian authority. ” South Wales Echo UK South Wales Echo UK
Dal suo debutto al Teatro alla Scala nel 2002 come Don Alfonso in Lucrezia Borgia, il baritono Burak Bilgili ha cantato sui palcoscenici dei maggiori teatri del mondo, fra I qualiMetropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall of New York, Washington National Opera, San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Canadian Opera in Toronto, Liceu de Barcelona, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Caramoor Festival, Savonlinna Festival, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.
Fra gli impegni della stagione 2018/19 il suo debutto a Cologne come Padre Guardiano ne La Forza del Destino e all’Opera de Tours come Mustafa ne L’italiana in Algieri e l’interpretzione del ruolo di Nilakantha in Lakme alla Royal Opera of Oman.
BURAK
BILGILI
LUKA DEBEVEC MAYER
He made his debut at the age of twenty-one at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and to this day is a continuous presence in the seasons of the prestigious theater, where he has interpreted roles such as Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Dulcamara (L’Elisir d’Amore), Huascar (Les Indes Galantes), Mefisto (La Damnation de Faust), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Don Quichotte (Don Quichotte), König (Der König Kandaules), Pimen e Rangoni (Boris Godunov), Don Giovanni, Leporello e Il Commendatore (Don Giovanni), Don Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Filippo II (Don Carlo), Principe di Boullion (Adriana Lecrouvreur), Ramfis ed Il Re (Aida), Arkel (Pelléas et Mélisande), Don Pasquale (Don Pasquale) e Timur (Turandot). Sparafucile in “Rigoletto” at the Frankfurt Opera, Dresden Opera, Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro Real in Madrid. In addition, in other prestigious theaters such as Municipal Theater of São Paulo, Municipal Theater of the Rio de Al Theater of Dresden in Liceu of Barcelona and Teatro Real of MadridJaneiro, Municipal Theater of Santiago de Chile, Opera of Maribor, Opera of Ljubliana, Teatro Amazonas of Manaus, debuted roles as Mephistopheles (Mefistofele), Mefisto (Faust), Figaro ed Il Conte (Le Nozze di Figaro), Gremin (Evgeny Oneguin), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Zaccaria (Nabucco), Gran Sacerdote (Samson et Delilah), Un prigioniero (Lady Macbeth del Distretto di Mtsensk) and Truffaldino (Ariadne auf Naxos).
Following registration for the record company Deutsche Gramophon, l’opera “Iolantha” of P. I. Tchaikovsky, created together with Anna Netrebko and directed by Emmanuel Villaume, is presented in semi-stage form in a European tour in theaters such as the Salle Pleyel(Paris), Philarmonie (Berlin), Gasteig (Munich), Konzerthaus(Vienna), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam),Smetana Hall(Prague), Alte Oper(Frankfurt), Gallus Hall (Ljubliana),Royal Albert Hall( London), Grand Théàtre(Monte Carlo), among others.
Winner of the First Prize at the “Riccardo Zandonai Competition” in Riva del Garda, “Shell Argentine Grand Prize” and Second Prize at the “Cesare Seghizzi Chamber Competition“”In Gorizia, he won a scholarship at the prestigious Mozarteum Salzburg where he perfected himself in chamber music and from there he embarked on a profitable chamber music career in Slovenia, Italy, France and Austria in parallel to his opera, and as a soloist in oratories that led him to collaborate with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Slovakia, The Ensemble L’Arte nel Mondo, Rundfunk Chor und Orchester Berlin, Slovenian Chamber Choir and Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Rome Festival, Chorus and National Orchestra of Chile, Chorus and Orchestra of the Sodre di Montevideo, among others, in works such as MattheusPassion, JohannesPassion and Mass in B minor by J. S. Bach; Mass Solemnis and Ninth Symphony by L. van Beethoven; Requiem by W. A. Mozart; Deutsches Requiem by J. Brahms; Requiem by G. Verdi; Requiem by G. Fauré; Die Schöpfung by F. J. Haydn; Elijah by F. Mendelssohn etc.
A Slovenian and Argentine citizen, born in Buenos Aires, he graduated in Singing and Scenic Art at the Higher Institute of Art of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.
LUKA
DEBEVEC MAYER
LUIZ OTTAVIO
FARIA
Fra le interpretazioni più importanti della ultime stagioni si segnalano Don Carlo (Grande Inquisitore) all’Auditorio Escorial de Madrid e all’Opera de Oviedo, Attila (ruolo del titolo) all’Opera de La Coruna, La Gioconda (Alvise) a Lisboa, Aida (Ramphis) all’Opera de Marseille e a Sao Paulo, Nabucco (Zaccaria) e I due Foscari (Jacopo Loredano) al Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Rigoletto (Sparafuocile) all’Auditorio Balauste di Pamplona e al Teatro Real di Madrid, Nabucco (Zaccaria) al Teatre Principal del Palma, I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capellio) al Teatro Filarmonico di Verona e a Pamplona.
Fra gli impegni della stagione 20118/19 si segnalano Turandot (Timur) e Rigoletto (Sparafuocile) al Theatro Municipal de São Paulo e Don Carlo (Il Grande Inquisitore) al Teatro di La Coruña.
Fra i suoi prossimi impegni: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Trinity Moses) al Teatro Valli di Reggio Emilia and at Teatro Comunale di Modena.
LUIZ OTTAVIO
FARIA
Giorgio giuseppini
He is present in the season of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan where he sangRIGOLETTO, IL TROVATORE, DON CARLO, I DUE FOSCARI, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, GIOCONDA and NABUCCO.
An artist with a vast repertoire, he is particularly appreciated for his interpretations of the great Verdi bass roles. His commitment to the roles of the Italian bel canto is also noteworthy, without forgetting the highly acclaimed interpretations of Timur in TURANDOTand Colline in LA BOHÈME.
She sang at the ROHin Muscat with TURANDOT, at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with RIGOLETTOunder the direction of Maestro Zubin Mehta, at the NCPAin Beijing with LA GIOCONDA conducted by Maestro Daniel oren and, in the same theater, AIDAconducted by Maestro Zubin Mehta, in RIGOLETTOat the Verdi Theater in Trieste. He also sang L.W. Beethovenin Trieste.
He inaugurated the New Dubai Opera House with IL BARBIERE DI SEIVIGLIA, sung in LA FORZA DEL DESTINO at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, AIDAat the Arena in Verona, SIMON BOCCANEGRA and MOSÈ IN EGYPT at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, TURANDOTat the Arena di Verona, Sparafucile in RIGOLETTOat the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Ramfis in AIDAatthe NCPA in Beijing, where he will return as Ferrando in IL TROVATORE
He inaugurated the 2018/19 season playing Rigoletto (Sparafucile) at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, later sang Aida (Ramfis) at the NCPA in Beijing and at the Arena di Verona, La bohème (Colline) at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and Simon Boccanegra (Jacopo Fiesco) at the Carlo Felice Theater in Genoa.
Giorgio
giuseppini
