Carlo Colombara
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Carlo Colombara | |
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Born | Bologna, Italy | 7 August 1964
Occupation(s) | Operatic bass |
Carlo Colombara (born 7 August 1964) 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).
Biography
Colombara was born in Bologna, Italy in 1964. He 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
, (Beijing, China), which was recorded and broadcast worldwide.He has sung in the most important theaters in the world:
He collaborated with many important conductors:
In recent years, he débuted in the roles of
In 2013
In 2014, he débuted in the new work of Kolonovits "El Juez" with
In 2015, he sang
In the 2016, season he sang in Rigoletto at La Scala in Milano, Oroveso in Norma at the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli and Aida in Moscow in a concert with Zubin Mehta, Nabucco, Macbeth in Brussels, Faust in Zagreb and the debut in Boris Godunov in Bulgaria.
In 2017, after the successes in Modena (
In the year 2018 he is still protagonist at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (Aida) then Don Giovanni at the Opera of Belgrade and at the Roman Opera of Craiova, the Count of Walter at the Staatsoper in Hamburg in Luisa Miller and the role of Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Seoul Opera Art in Korea.
In addition to the operatic side, Colombara undertook an intense activity as concert performer, performing many different times Verdi's
Prizes
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
Recitals
- Daemons & Angels; Director Vladimir Ghiaurov, Bulgarian National Symphony Orchestra (Kicco Classic 2010)
- Opera Arias; Director G. Rath, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano, Switzerland) (Bongiovanni 2003)
- Musica proibita; Richard Barker, piano (Bongiovanni 2005)
- Rencontres - mélodies francaises; Rani Calderon, piano, Dynamic 2008)
- Colombara, Great Opera Scenes - Boemi/PO Graz, 2015, Decca
Operas
- Vincenzo Bellini; La sonnambula at the Opéra National de Lyon (Lyon, France); Director Evelino Pidò; with N. Dessay, F. Meli (Virgin Records 2007)
- Gaetano Donizetti; La favorite on Bayerischer Rundfunk (German radio); Director M. Viotti; with V. Kasarova, R. Vargas, A. Michaels-Moore (BMG 1999)
- Gaetano Donizetti; Lucia di Lammermoor at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Director Z. Mehta; with M. Devia, J. Bros, R. Frontali (Foné 1998)
- Gaetano Donizetti; Lucia di Lammermoor; Director S. Ranzani; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (Tokyo, Japan); with M. Devia, M. Alvarez, R. Bruson (La Voce 2005)
- Georg Friedrich Händel; Rinaldo at the Teatro La Fenice (Venice, Italy); Director J. Fischer; with M. Horne, C. Gasdia, E. Palacio (Nuova Era 1988)
- Amilcare Ponchielli; La Gioconda; Director D. Renzetti; with A. Gruber, M. Berti (Dynamic S.r.l. 2006)
- Giacomo Puccini; La bohème at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (Bologna); Director G. Gelmetti; with D. Dessì, G. Sabbatini, P. Gavanelli (EMI 1991)
- Giacomo Puccini; Turandot; Director Z. Mehta; with G. Casolla, B. Frittoli, S. Larin (BMG 1997)
- Gioachino Rossini; Stabat Mater; Director P. Morandi; Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra (Budapest, Hungary) (Naxos Records 1998)
- Giuseppe Verdi; I masnadieri at the Festival Ludwigsburg; Director W. Gönnenwein; with M. Rowland, M. Malagnini, R. Bruson (Bayern Records)
- Giuseppe Verdi; Il trovatore at the Teatro Massimo Bellini (Catania, Sicily); Director S. Mercurio; with V. Villaroel, E. Zaremba, A. Bocelli, C. Guelfi (Decca Records 2004)
- Giuseppe Verdi; Requiem on Bayerischer Rundfunk; Director C. Davis; with C. Vaness, (RCA Records 1990)
- Giuseppe Verdi; Requiem; Conductor P. Morandi; Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra (Naxos Records 1996)
- Giuseppe Verdi; Requiem; Conductor Yuri Temirkanov; St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (Signum Classic 2009)
- Giuseppe Verdi; Requiem; Conductor Helmuth Rilling; Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR (Hänssler 2010)
- Giuseppe Verdi; Simon Boccanegra; Director G. Solti; with L. Nucci, K. Te Kanawa, J. Aragall (Decca Records 1989)
- Giuseppe Verdi; Simon Boccanegra; Director M. Zanetti; with Hampson, J. Calleja (Decca Records 2013)
- Giuseppe Verdi; Aida; Conductor Z. Mehta; with K.Lewis, A. Bocelli, (Decca Records 2016)
- Charles Gounod; Faust; Conductor Ville Matvejeff, Aljaz Farasin, Marijucca Tepponen, Lucio Gallo (Naxos 2019)
- Giuseppe Verdi; Attila; Conductor Aldo Sisillo ; with Vladimir Stoyanov, Svetlana Kasyan, Sergio Escobar (Realsound 2021)
DVD
Recitals
- The art of the bass; Director V. Ghiaurov, G. Gyorivanyi-Rath, F. Milani (Naxos 2012)
(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
- ^ "Aslico Competition Page". Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- ^ Interview in Opus Musica
- ^ La Repubblica, Parma Lirica, Vincitori Premio Orazio Tosi
- ^ Biography in the Salzburger Festspiele Website
- ^ "Premio Monteverdi a Colombara, Eco della Lombardia". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-11-09.