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Carlo Colombara.

Carlo Colombara (born in Bologna, Italy) is an Italian operatic bass. He has sung leading roles in many major opera houses including Teatro alla Scala (Milan, Italy); the Vienna State Opera (Vienna, Austria); the Real Teatro di San Carlo (Naples, Italy); the Arena di Verona (Verona, Italy); the Royal Opera House (London, United Kingdom), and The Metropolitan Opera (New York City, New York, United States).

Biography

Colombara began his training at age twelve with piano lessons and began singing from age fifteen, studying with Paride Venturi in Bologna. In 1986 he won the prize for the best Italian singer in the G.B. Viotti competition and the following year he won the As. Li.Co[1] competition in Milan. He then made his professional début as Silva in Giuseppe Verdi's Ernani at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (Rome, Italy). He made his début at the Teatro alla Scala in 1989 as Procida in Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani, conducted by Riccardo Muti.

With Zubin Mehta conducting, he performed in an open-air production of Giacomo Puccini's Turandot in the Forbidden City, (Beijing, China), which was recorded and broadcast worldwide.

During the 2008/09 season Colombara sang in:

During the 2009/10 season Colombara sang in:

  • Verdi's Ernani at the Zurich Opernhaus
  • Verdis Requiem in Vitoria, San Sebastián, Pamplona, Bilbao [7]
  • Donizetti's La Favorita at Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville
  • Verdi's Nabucco at the Zurich Opernhaus
  • Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor at Teatro Verdi of Catanzaro
  • Bellini's La Sonnambula in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria [8]
  • Verdi's Aida at Metropolitan Opera of New York
  • Bellini's Norma at Teatro Real of Madrid
  • Verdi's Macbeth at La Monnaie of Bruxelles [9]
  • Donizetti's Don Pasquale at Festival Peralada (Spain) DEBUT

During the 2010/11 season Colombara sang in:

  • Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann at the Aichi Triennale in Nagoya
  • Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Teatro del Giglio, Lucca, Teatro Donizetti Bergamo, Teatro Coccia Novara[10]
  • Verdi's I Masnadieri at the Zurich Opernhaus [11]
  • Donizetti's Anna Bolena at the Gran Teatre del Liceu of Barcelona [12]
  • Bellini's Norma at Teatro Pérez Galdós Las Palmas de Gran Canaria [13]
  • Verdi's Simon Boccanegra at the Zurich Opernhaus
  • Verdi's Nabucco at La Monnaie, Bruxelles [14]
  • Donizetti's Anna Bolena and Puccini's La Bohème at the Zurich Opernhaus
  • Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Savonlinna Opera Festival [15]
  • Puccini's Turandot at Festival Puccini of Torre del Lago, Lucca (Italy)
  • The show Carlo Colombara: uno uno prima at Festival Puccini of Torre del Lago, Lucca (Italy) [16]
  • Concert with Natalia Morozova, pianist, at Umbria Music Fest (Italy)

He currently lives in Barcelona, Spain.

Prizes

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  • 1986: G.B.Viotti competition
  • 1987: As. Li.Co competition

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  • 1994: Lauri Volpi competition
  • 1995: Orazio Tosi competition

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  • 1999: Cappelli competition
  • 2002: Matassa d’Oro

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  • 2009: Premio Monteverdi
  • 2011: Premio Bonci d'Oro

Discography

Colombara's discography includes recordings on compact disc (CD) and DVD for various labels.

It also includes broadcasts for radio (Radio France and Bayerischer Rundfunk (German radio), among others) and television from Teatro alla Scala, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the Real Teatro di San Carlo.

CD

(record label/release year in parentheses at end of each listing)

Recitals

Operas (in composer order, then composition, then date)

DVD

(in composer order, then composition, then date)

  • Gaetano Donizetti; Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro alla Scala; Director S. Ranzani; with M. Devia, R. Bruson (Fonit Cetra 1994)
  • Gaetano Donizetti; Lucia di Lammermoorat the Bunkamura (Tokyo); Director S. Ranzani; with M. Devia, M. Alvarez, R. Bruson (La Voce 2005)
  • Amilcare Ponchielli; La Gioconda at the Arena de Verona; Director D. Renzetti; with A. Gruber, M. Berti (Dynamic S.r.l. 2006)
  • Amilcare Ponchielli; La Gioconda at the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) (TDK 2006)
  • Giacomo Puccini; Turandot; Director Z. Mehta; with Pechino, G. Casolla, B. Frittoli, S. Larin (BMG 1997)
  • Giuseppe Verdi; Requiem; Director D. Oren; with L. Pavarotti (RAI Video 1996)
  • Giuseppe Verdi; Aida; Director D. Licata; with G. Giacomini, A. Millo (RAI Video 1993)
  • Giuseppe Verdi; Jérusalem; Director Michel Plasson (RAI Video 2000)
  • Giuseppe Verdi; Macbeth at the Teatro alla Scala; Director Riccardo Muti (RAI Video 1998)
  • Giuseppe Verdi; Nabucco at the Real Teatro di San Carlo; Director Paolo Carignani; with Renato Bruson (RAI Video 1996)
  • Giuseppe Verdi; Nabucco at the Arena di Verona; Director D. Oren; with Maria Guleghina, Leo Nucci, F. Sartori (Decca Records 2007)

References

  1. ^ Aslico Competition Page
  2. ^ Pietro Misuraca. "'Puritani' eleganti ma statici e il pubblico boccia il tenore". la Repubblica. September 22, 2008. Accessed August 3, 2009. (in Italian language)
  3. ^ "Aida, luci e ombre". Teatro.org. (in Italian language)
  4. ^ Julián Carrillo. "'Macbeth' abre el Festival de Ópera de A Coruña". El País. September 1, 2008. Accessed August 3, 2009. (in Spanish language)
  5. ^ Paolo Borgognone. "Un 'Nabucco' senza ombre - Trionfo personale per il direttore Mariotti e per il soprano Theodossiu". l'Informazione di Reggio Emilia. October 6, 2008. Accessed August 3, 2009. (in PDF format and in Italian language)
  6. ^ ConcertoNet.com 'Outrageously entertaining'
  7. ^ Gara 'Me enamoré de la ópera a los nueve años'
  8. ^ EFE 'La ópera vive actualmente en España'
  9. ^ Le Figaro [1]
  10. ^ Colombara passione e rigore
  11. ^ [calendarMonth=12&tx_ttnews[calendarYear]=2010&cHash=9426e0688babd9eee0d3e18e10e69ecf Zürich: I MASNADIERI]
  12. ^ Giovanna Seymour Steals the Show
  13. ^ Una Norma en toda regla
  14. ^ Nabucco de très haute volée
  15. ^ Interview Areena TV
  16. ^ Non un concerto ma uno spettacolo, Artistallopera

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