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Luiz-Ottavio Faria, basso, made his operatic debut in the title role of Tommaso, in Un Ballo in Maschera with the legendary tenor Carlo Bergonzi, Fernando
Teixeira, and Stefka Evstatieva at Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro and the Theatro Municipal de Sao Paulo, directed by Maestro Isaac Karabtchevsky. In
1989, he was awarded The Juilliard School of Music scholarship, which enable him to further his studies in New York City. Since his auspicious debut, the
distinguished basso's career in concert and opera performances has take him around the globe, specially in Europe, USA, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil.
Following his studies at The Juilliard School of Music, he won several important national and international singing competition and musical Foundation
awards, such as the 23rd national Carmen Gomes Competition (1988), prize Bass Guilherme Damiano, The Juilliard School Scholarship (1989), William
Randolph Hearst Foundation, Die Meistersinger, (Aims), Austria (1994), Opera Index, YWCA Vocal Competition and The Great Buffalo Opera Competition
(1995), The New Jersey State Opera Vocal Singing Competition, Lola Hayes Vocal Competition (1996). He is also the recipient of the (1997) The William
Matthews Sullivan Foundation grant.
Mr. Faria recently made a triumphant debut and a critically acclaimed performance in the title role of Marcel in Meyerbeer's (Les Huguenots), at Carnegie
Hall with the Opera Orchestra of New York, where he first attracted the international attention and was admired equally for his real and majestic bass voice
and for his acting ability. Mr. Faria has garnered the respect of musicians, rave reviews and the acclaim of critics and audiences alike.
Highlights of recent and past seasons include Father Laurence in (Romeo and Juliet), with Opera Grand Rapids, Maestro Robert Lyall. Ramphis in (Aida) with
the Kansas City Opera. Giovanni da Procida, in (I Vespri Siciliani), at Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova, conduted by Renato Palumbo. He debuted in New Orleans
Opera in the role of (Talpa & Simone) in Il Trittico, with maestro Robert Lyall. He returned to Palm Beach Opera, for the role of Timur in (Turandot) at Kravis
Center for the Performing arts, Banquo in (Macbeth) at Teatro Alla Scala di Milano, conducted by maestro Kazushi Ono. The role of Il Capitan in (Florencia en
el Amazonas) with the Seattle Opera, Zaccaria in (Nabucco) with the Opera Carolina, the Grand Inquisitore in (Don Carlo), Theatro Municipal de Sao Paulo,
Alvise in (La Gioconda) with the X Festival de Opera do Theatro Amazonas. He reprised this role at theatro Municipal de Sao Paulo, Sarastro in (The Magic
Flute) with the Palm Beach Opera, Colline in (La Boheme) with the Knoxville Opera, Nourabad in (Les Percheurs de Perles) and Alvise in (La Gioconda) at
Carnegie Hall with the Opera Orchestra of New York, Sarastro (The Magic Flute) with the Coral Lirico and Timur in (Turandot) at the Theatro Municipal do Rio
de Janeiro, opposite to Giovanna Casolla, under the baton of Maestro Silvio Barbato. He returned to Opera Carolina to portray Nourabad in (Les Percheurs
de Perles), the Verdi's (Requiem) with Maestro Enrique Batiz with the Orquestra Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico and Oroveso in (Norma) with the Orquestra
Filarmonica de Gran Canaria Spain, Banquo in (Macbeth), at the New Jersey State Opera, under the baton of Maestro Alfredo Silipigni, Banquo in (Macbeth)
at Theatro Municipal de Sao Paulo with Maestro Ira Levin and again the Verdi (Requiem), directed by maetsro Yoav Talmi with the Orchestre Symphonique
de Quebec. Mr. Faria has also sung in (Porgy and Bess) under the direction of professor Goetz Friedrich at the Theater des Westens, in Berlin and the
Musikverein in Vienna.
Other performances include the Innkeeper in Humperdinck's (Konigskinder), Verdi's (Jerusalem) with Maestra Eve Queler at the Carnegie Hall. Lycomides
in (Deidamia) by Handel at the Caramoor Festival with Maestro Will Crutchfield, Boito's (Mefistofele) with the Connecticut Concert Opera, Don Basilio in (Il
Barbiere di Siviglia), in Rio de Janeiro, Goitaca in (Lo Schiavo) by Antonio Carlos Gomes in a national tour in Brazil, directed by Fernando Bicudo and
conducted by Maestro Eugene Kohn. The King in (Aida), at the New Jersey State Opera, Don Antonio in (Il Guarany) by Antonio Carlos Gomes, at the Theatro
Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, Oroveso in (Norma) at the Opera de Quebec, and Leonard Bernstein's Musical (On the Town), at the Delacorte Theater in NYC.
Mr. Faria's repertoire extends from Seneca in (L' Incoronazione di Poppea), to the High priest of the hebrews, Zaccaria in Verdi's (Nabucco). His already
vast operatic portrayals of more than 30 roles includes Ramfis and King, (Aida), Sparafucile, (Rigoletto), Alvise, (La Gioconda) Tommaso, (Un Balle in
Maschera), Banco, (Macbeth), Ferrando, (Il Trovatore), Sarastro (The Magic Flute), and Colline in (La Boheme), among others. Mr. Faria has been acclaimed
for his concert performances as well. He has sung the Verdi's Requiem, Albinoni's Magnificat, Rossini's Stabat Mater and Mass in Eb Major, Bach's
Magnicat Saint Matthews Passion, Edward Elgar's the Kingdom, also Mozart's Requiem, and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
He received his musical training at the Villa Lobos School of Music, (Rio de Janeiro), The University of Rio de Janeiro, American Institute of Music Studies,
Austria and The Juilliard School of Music, New York.
Notable and distinguished conductors with whom Luiz-Ottavio Faria has performed include maestros: Jose Maria Florencio, Robert Lyall, Isaac
Karabtchevsky, Alfredo Silipigni, Will Cruchtfield, Enrique Batiz, Silvio Barbato, Mark Gibson, Yoav Talmi, Neil Veron, Mark Flint, Eve Queler, Ligia Amadio,
Francis Graffeo, Ira Levin, Gregory Ortega, Roberto Duarte, Bernard Labadie, James Meena, Kyle Swann, Kevin Stites, Francois Clemmons, Kamal Khan, Luiz
Fernando Malheiro, Ward Holmquist, Bruno Aprea, Jerome Shannon, Jung-Ho Pak, Jamil Maluf, Eugene Kohn, Renato Palumbo, Kazushi Ono, among others.
Future highlights engagements for Luiz-Ottavio Faria for 2008-2009 seasons include:
Ramfis in (Aida), Seattle Opera Theater, maestro Riccardo Frizza. Colline in (La Boheme) Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro conducted by Roberto Minczuk
and Silvio Viegas, Ramphis in (Aida) with Teatro Massimo di Palermo, maestro Maurizio Benini and Franco Zeffirelli. Oroveso, in (Norma), Palm Beach Opera,
at Kravis Center for the Performing arts, conduted by maestro Bruno Aprea. He will debut at Teatro Comunale di Bologna in the role of Sparafucile in
(Rigoletto). He will return to Teatro Carlo Felice, in Genoa for Sparafucile in (Rigoletto) with maestro Daniel Oren. Nourabad in (The Pearl Fishers) Teatro
Colon de Buenos Aires and a concert series featuring folk songs and lullabies written specifically for the bass voice.
If you would like to receive more information or availability, please contact:
Robert Lombardo & Associates / 61 West 62nd Street Suite 6F
New York City, New York 10023 U.S.A
Tel (212) 586-4453 or Fax (212) 581-5771 - www.robertlombardo.com
Teixeira, and Stefka Evstatieva at Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro and the Theatro Municipal de Sao Paulo, directed by Maestro Isaac Karabtchevsky. In
1989, he was awarded The Juilliard School of Music scholarship, which enable him to further his studies in New York City. Since his auspicious debut, the
distinguished basso's career in concert and opera performances has take him around the globe, specially in Europe, USA, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil.
Following his studies at The Juilliard School of Music, he won several important national and international singing competition and musical Foundation
awards, such as the 23rd national Carmen Gomes Competition (1988), prize Bass Guilherme Damiano, The Juilliard School Scholarship (1989), William
Randolph Hearst Foundation, Die Meistersinger, (Aims), Austria (1994), Opera Index, YWCA Vocal Competition and The Great Buffalo Opera Competition
(1995), The New Jersey State Opera Vocal Singing Competition, Lola Hayes Vocal Competition (1996). He is also the recipient of the (1997) The William
Matthews Sullivan Foundation grant.
Mr. Faria recently made a triumphant debut and a critically acclaimed performance in the title role of Marcel in Meyerbeer's (Les Huguenots), at Carnegie
Hall with the Opera Orchestra of New York, where he first attracted the international attention and was admired equally for his real and majestic bass voice
and for his acting ability. Mr. Faria has garnered the respect of musicians, rave reviews and the acclaim of critics and audiences alike.
Highlights of recent and past seasons include Father Laurence in (Romeo and Juliet), with Opera Grand Rapids, Maestro Robert Lyall. Ramphis in (Aida) with
the Kansas City Opera. Giovanni da Procida, in (I Vespri Siciliani), at Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova, conduted by Renato Palumbo. He debuted in New Orleans
Opera in the role of (Talpa & Simone) in Il Trittico, with maestro Robert Lyall. He returned to Palm Beach Opera, for the role of Timur in (Turandot) at Kravis
Center for the Performing arts, Banquo in (Macbeth) at Teatro Alla Scala di Milano, conducted by maestro Kazushi Ono. The role of Il Capitan in (Florencia en
el Amazonas) with the Seattle Opera, Zaccaria in (Nabucco) with the Opera Carolina, the Grand Inquisitore in (Don Carlo), Theatro Municipal de Sao Paulo,
Alvise in (La Gioconda) with the X Festival de Opera do Theatro Amazonas. He reprised this role at theatro Municipal de Sao Paulo, Sarastro in (The Magic
Flute) with the Palm Beach Opera, Colline in (La Boheme) with the Knoxville Opera, Nourabad in (Les Percheurs de Perles) and Alvise in (La Gioconda) at
Carnegie Hall with the Opera Orchestra of New York, Sarastro (The Magic Flute) with the Coral Lirico and Timur in (Turandot) at the Theatro Municipal do Rio
de Janeiro, opposite to Giovanna Casolla, under the baton of Maestro Silvio Barbato. He returned to Opera Carolina to portray Nourabad in (Les Percheurs
de Perles), the Verdi's (Requiem) with Maestro Enrique Batiz with the Orquestra Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico and Oroveso in (Norma) with the Orquestra
Filarmonica de Gran Canaria Spain, Banquo in (Macbeth), at the New Jersey State Opera, under the baton of Maestro Alfredo Silipigni, Banquo in (Macbeth)
at Theatro Municipal de Sao Paulo with Maestro Ira Levin and again the Verdi (Requiem), directed by maetsro Yoav Talmi with the Orchestre Symphonique
de Quebec. Mr. Faria has also sung in (Porgy and Bess) under the direction of professor Goetz Friedrich at the Theater des Westens, in Berlin and the
Musikverein in Vienna.
Other performances include the Innkeeper in Humperdinck's (Konigskinder), Verdi's (Jerusalem) with Maestra Eve Queler at the Carnegie Hall. Lycomides
in (Deidamia) by Handel at the Caramoor Festival with Maestro Will Crutchfield, Boito's (Mefistofele) with the Connecticut Concert Opera, Don Basilio in (Il
Barbiere di Siviglia), in Rio de Janeiro, Goitaca in (Lo Schiavo) by Antonio Carlos Gomes in a national tour in Brazil, directed by Fernando Bicudo and
conducted by Maestro Eugene Kohn. The King in (Aida), at the New Jersey State Opera, Don Antonio in (Il Guarany) by Antonio Carlos Gomes, at the Theatro
Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, Oroveso in (Norma) at the Opera de Quebec, and Leonard Bernstein's Musical (On the Town), at the Delacorte Theater in NYC.
Mr. Faria's repertoire extends from Seneca in (L' Incoronazione di Poppea), to the High priest of the hebrews, Zaccaria in Verdi's (Nabucco). His already
vast operatic portrayals of more than 30 roles includes Ramfis and King, (Aida), Sparafucile, (Rigoletto), Alvise, (La Gioconda) Tommaso, (Un Balle in
Maschera), Banco, (Macbeth), Ferrando, (Il Trovatore), Sarastro (The Magic Flute), and Colline in (La Boheme), among others. Mr. Faria has been acclaimed
for his concert performances as well. He has sung the Verdi's Requiem, Albinoni's Magnificat, Rossini's Stabat Mater and Mass in Eb Major, Bach's
Magnicat Saint Matthews Passion, Edward Elgar's the Kingdom, also Mozart's Requiem, and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
He received his musical training at the Villa Lobos School of Music, (Rio de Janeiro), The University of Rio de Janeiro, American Institute of Music Studies,
Austria and The Juilliard School of Music, New York.
Notable and distinguished conductors with whom Luiz-Ottavio Faria has performed include maestros: Jose Maria Florencio, Robert Lyall, Isaac
Karabtchevsky, Alfredo Silipigni, Will Cruchtfield, Enrique Batiz, Silvio Barbato, Mark Gibson, Yoav Talmi, Neil Veron, Mark Flint, Eve Queler, Ligia Amadio,
Francis Graffeo, Ira Levin, Gregory Ortega, Roberto Duarte, Bernard Labadie, James Meena, Kyle Swann, Kevin Stites, Francois Clemmons, Kamal Khan, Luiz
Fernando Malheiro, Ward Holmquist, Bruno Aprea, Jerome Shannon, Jung-Ho Pak, Jamil Maluf, Eugene Kohn, Renato Palumbo, Kazushi Ono, among others.
Future highlights engagements for Luiz-Ottavio Faria for 2008-2009 seasons include:
Ramfis in (Aida), Seattle Opera Theater, maestro Riccardo Frizza. Colline in (La Boheme) Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro conducted by Roberto Minczuk
and Silvio Viegas, Ramphis in (Aida) with Teatro Massimo di Palermo, maestro Maurizio Benini and Franco Zeffirelli. Oroveso, in (Norma), Palm Beach Opera,
at Kravis Center for the Performing arts, conduted by maestro Bruno Aprea. He will debut at Teatro Comunale di Bologna in the role of Sparafucile in
(Rigoletto). He will return to Teatro Carlo Felice, in Genoa for Sparafucile in (Rigoletto) with maestro Daniel Oren. Nourabad in (The Pearl Fishers) Teatro
Colon de Buenos Aires and a concert series featuring folk songs and lullabies written specifically for the bass voice.
If you would like to receive more information or availability, please contact:
Robert Lombardo & Associates / 61 West 62nd Street Suite 6F
New York City, New York 10023 U.S.A
Tel (212) 586-4453 or Fax (212) 581-5771 - www.robertlombardo.com
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