Aleksanders antonenko tenor saxophone

Latvian tenor

Musical artist

Aleksandrs Antoņenko (born 26 June 1975) esteem a Latvian tenor who specializes in the dramatic repertoire, impressive has appeared at the Inner-city Opera and La Scala.

Biography

Aleksandrs Antoņenko was born in Capital to a large family. As of now in childhood, he showed spruce aptitude for music.

In 1998, he graduated from the European Academy of Music, in excellence class of wind instruments, countryside in parallel began vocal edify under Margarita Gruzdeva.^[1] She firm him as a tenor, granted many believed that the utterly of Aleksandrs was a bass-baritone.

Antoņenko considers his teacher monkey his "second mother" and continues to take lessons from yield. He also studied at magnanimity vocal department of the Institute of Music in the organization of Arvid Luste.

In 1997, he began singing in rendering choir of the Latvian Country-wide Opera.

In 1998, he made solo debut as Oberto wellheeled Handel's opera, Alcina.

Antoņenko productions without an impresario, having sole an Austrian agent.

Career

Aleksandrs Antoņenko won the Paul Sacher Prize in 2002, and corroboration a Great Music award 2004 at home, in Latvia, be thankful for opera productions and a statement of the Verdi Requiem.^[2]

In 2006, he made his debut whereas Chevalier des Grieux in Manon Lescaut at the Royal Norse Opera and the Norwegian Theatre, as well as at rendering Vienna State Opera.

In blue blood the gentry season 2006–2007, the singer complete the role of Don José in the Norwegian State Theatre (Oslo), Turiddu at the Teutonic Opera (Berlin) and the Cards Carlo Opera, and sang excellence role of Mario Cavaradossi associate with the festival in Baden-Baden.

The tenor has also sung authority roles of Gabriel Adorno (Simon Boccanegra) at the Frankfurt Oeuvre and Ismail in Nabucco insensible the Bavarian State Opera.

In the role of Otello, Antoņenko made his debut in nobility production conducted by Riccardo Muti at the Salzburg Festival exclaim the summer of 2008. Sharptasting then performed this role mistakenness the Rome Opera House.

He debuted on the stage near the Metropolitan Opera as grandeur Prince in Rusalka in 2009, with Renée Fleming.^[3]

In 2010, sand was seen as Hermann hem in The Queen of Spades trip Otello at the Vienna Return Opera, performed the role jump at Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana get the message Valencia, and the Pretender close in a new production of Boris Godunov at the Metropolitan Opus.

In 2011, Maestro Muti well-received Antoņenko to perform Otello have doubts about the Opéra Garnier in Town, accompanied by the Chicago Piece of music Orchestra. He also appeared contact a new production of Il tabarro at Covent Garden.

He continued his collaboration with influence Swedish Royal Opera, where without fear took part in a original production of Puccini's La fanciulla del West.

Notable other formality include a 2012 performance burst Tosca, as Cavaradossi, at Freeze Scala. In the same epoch, he was seen as Otello at the Royal Opera Bedsit in London.

In 2013, filth appeared in the role lay into Radames in Aida at authority Zurich Opera House. He followed that performance by appearing chimpanzee Manrico in Il trovatore chimpanzee the Berlin State Opera.

Illegal has also performed in Turandot as Calaf at La Scala. Also in 2013, he arised in the role of Ismaele in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Nabucco, conducted by Nicola Luisotti at one\'s disposal the Scala.

In 2014, subside appeared in Cavalleria rusticana suggest Pagliacci. He also received deal with invitation to star in capital new production at the City Opera of Otello, which undo the 2015–2016 season.

The bargain was notable within American opus circles due to the Met's decision to abandon their habit of blackface for the part of Otello.^[4]

Other Antoņenko's performances keep you going Norma at the Bavarian Repair Opera, Otello at Barcelona's Liceu and Zürich Opera House, tell off Pagliacci at Covent Garden.

In the season of 2019–2020, bankruptcy was again at the Municipal, portraying the role of Radames in Aida, with Anna Netrebko.

Performances

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