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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 2009-2010 seasons include:
Nabucco (Zaccaria) with Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, Il Trovatore (Ferrando) Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro,Turandot (Timur) in Arena di Verona, Don Carlo
(Grande Inquisitore) opera di Bilbao, Norma (Oroveso) Kansas City Lyric Opera, Aida (Ramphis) Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Nabucco (Zaccaria) Opera Palm
Beach, Turandot (Timur), Festival de Opera de la Coruna, Spain, Norma (Oroveso), with the Palm Beach Opera, conducted by maestro Bruno Aprea, Don Giovanni
(Il Commendatore), XXV Festival de Opera of Mexico, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Simon Boccanegra (Fiesco), Maestro Philippe Auguin and stage director
Giorgio Gallione, Teatro Real de Madrid, Spain, Rigoletto conducted by Maestro Roberto Abbado.
Luiz-Ottavio Faria works and coach with the notable and distinguished Baritono & Maestro Mario Ercole Bertolino.
If you would like to receive more information or availability, please contact:
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 2009-2010 seasons include:
Nabucco (Zaccaria) with Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, Il Trovatore (Ferrando) Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro,Turandot (Timur) in Arena di Verona, Don Carlo
(Grande Inquisitore) opera di Bilbao, Norma (Oroveso) Kansas City Lyric Opera, Aida (Ramphis) Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Nabucco (Zaccaria) Opera Palm
Beach, Turandot (Timur), Festival de Opera de la Coruna, Spain, Norma (Oroveso), with the Palm Beach Opera, conducted by maestro Bruno Aprea, Don Giovanni
(Il Commendatore), XXV Festival de Opera of Mexico, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Simon Boccanegra (Fiesco), Maestro Philippe Auguin and stage director
Giorgio Gallione, Teatro Real de Madrid, Spain, Rigoletto conducted by Maestro Roberto Abbado.
Luiz-Ottavio Faria works and coach with the notable and distinguished Baritono & Maestro Mario Ercole Bertolino.
If you would like to receive more information or availability, please contact:
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