Carlos Álvarez sings arias by Bellini, Bizet, Mozart and Rossini at the Palau de les Arts
24.03.2015
The program is completed with duets with soprano Federica Alfano, choral performances by the Cor de la Generalitat, and orchestral excerpts from the most celebrated operas.
Valencia. The baritone from Malaga, Carlos Álvarez, sings arias by Bellini, Bizet, Mozart and Rossini on March 26 at the Auditori of the Palau de les Arts, under the direction of Jordi Bernàcer.
The maestro from Alcoy takes the helm of the Cor de la Generalitat and the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana with a program that also includes duets with soprano Federica Alfano, from the Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo, as well as choruses and orchestral passages from the most popular operas of these composers.
Fragments of Don Giovanni , Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Le nozze di Figaro , by Mozart, I puritani , by Bellini, Guillaume Tell , by Rossini, and Carmen , by Bizet make up the musical proposal of this evening.
Carlos Álvarez has been linked to the Palau de les Arts since its inauguration, where he has sung in Ariadne auf Naxos , under the direction of Andrew Davis; Carmen , Don Carlo and Simon Boccanegra with Lorin Maazel in the pit, and Otello with Zubin Mehta as musical director.
The baritone from Malaga is considered one of the most internationally renowned Spanish performers: he has triumphed at Covent Garden ( Otello and Rigoletto ), the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera (conducted by Riccardo Muti and Seiji Ozawa, among others), La Scala ( Don Giovanni with Riccardo Muti) and the Salzburg Festival ( Don Carlo with Lorin Maazel). He has won the Grammy Award twice.
Jordi Bernàcer has signed on for his third engagement with the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana this season, following his musical direction of the final performance of Manon Lescaut and his principal conductorship of Luisa Fernanda . An assistant to Lorin Maazel and a collaborator with guest conductors such as Andrew Davis, Riccardo Chailly, Valery Gergiev, Zubin Mehta, and Georges Prêtre, he was the first Valencian to conduct opera in the Main Hall of the Palau de les Arts with Manon. He was also the first conductor from the Valencian Community to work with the OCV outside of Valencia, with El rey que rabió at the Peralada Festival.
