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The cliché of the voice of an angel has rarely been more true than with Sumi Jo. Jo's pure, vivaciously and impeccably conducted soprano voice apparently knows no technical limits and has retained its youthful freshness for decades. Blessed with these qualities, the South Korean soprano is the ideal singer for the coloratura repertoire. Her interpretations of the most demanding coloratura and bel canto roles, which sound almost supernatural, bright as silver and detached from any earthly weight, cause an international sensation. Her portrayals of the Queen of the Night (Mozart: “The Magic Flute”), “Lucia di Lammermoor” (Donizetti) and “Norma” (Bellini) are vocal works of art, embellished with effortless coloratura, wonderful piano effects and breathtakingly precise intonation. In roles like Sophie (“Der Rosenkavalier”), Zerbinetta (“Ariadne auf Naxos”) or the Falcon (“Die Frau ohne Schatten”) Sumi Jo also shone as an exquisite Strauss singer.
Berin Iglesias Art –
Exclusive Management of Sumi Jo in Russia & CIS- countries
Contact:
Rafael Schwarzstein
[/vc_text_video][/vc_column][/vc_row]Phone: +49 234 49703986
Cell *WhatsApp: +49 152 02197452
Fax: +49 234 79806230r.schwarzstein@berin-iglesias.art
Baritone
[/vc_background_text][vc_text_img text_img_config="text-image-var" text_background="text-background-white" alignment_horizontal="center" alignment_vertical="center" image="692" el_class="Testtext will er herein?"]Equality of music and expression
„The most important question ist not about quality. It is about knowing what exactly you should sing.“ - Elchin Azizov
Prima la musica, dopo le parole – first the music, then the words? Whether music or words take priority in opera, has been discussed for ages. In the ideal case, both come together, as opera is sung theatre and the word is the motor driving the drama and action. Very few opera singers have mastered the art of doing equal justice to the musical line and expressive content of the word. One who is able to do so is Elchin Azizov. And yet, the Azerbaijani baritone is a late bloomer, as the acclaimed star of the Bolshoi Theatre and the New York Met did not begin his career as a singer. In addition to his work as a producer, director and actor, he was formerly known on Russian television as a comedian and master of puns, when his phenomenal voice was discovered by the legendary singer Galina Wischnewskaja. At her invitation, the then 30-year-old made the decision to go to Moscow to be trained as a singer at breathtaking speed by the Georgian tenor Badri Maisuradze. Shortly after that he was engaged as a permanent member of the Bolshoi Theatre.
In every role Azizov he embodies, his origins in the performing arts are clearly perceptible. Azizov does not only have an impressively rich baritone voice. His flawless diction in several languages allows him to shape every note, every change of nuancing of the texts he sings with an astoundingly idiomatic naturalness. His leading roles include Prince Igor (Prince Igor, Rimsky-Korsakov), Grigoriy Gryaznoy (Tsar's Bride, Rimsky-Korsakov), Count Tomsky (Queen of Spades, Tchaikovsky), Ibn-Hakia (Iolanta, Tchaikovsky), Lescaut (Manon Lescaut, Puccini), Rodrigo (Don Carlo, Verdi), Giorgio Germont (La traviata, Verdi) and Escamillo (Carmen, Bizet). Outside Russia, Elchin Asisov has sung at many renowned opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, the Opéra de Lyon, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and the Theater an der Wien.
[/vc_text_img][vc_text_video text_video_config="text-video-var" text_background="text-background-white" link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD_-YFX3G94"]PROJECT MANAGEMENT„Onegin is one of my favourite roles. I will never forget my debut at the Novaya-Opera – naturally as Onegin.“ - Vasily Ladyuk
Vasily Ladyuk has a bright, velvety baritone voice which is rare. Critics emphasize the lush timbre, his great elegance and solid technique. This allows him to place effectively sustained notes, and the rhetorical and dramatic shaping of his roles, whose inner workings he illuminates with sensitivity and nuance. With these qualities Vasily Ladyuk has made a name for himself especially as an interpreter of great roles of the Russian repertoire such as Andrei Shchelkalov (Boris Godunov), Robert (Iolanta) or Prince Yeletski (Queen of Spades).
One of his most important role portraits is "Eugene Onegin" in Tchaikovsky's opera of the same name, with which he also made his debut at the New Opera (Novaya Opera) in Moscow in 2004. Soon he also sang as a permanent guest soloist at the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre as well as the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre.
[/vc_text_img][vc_text_img text_img_config="image-text-var" text_background="text-background-white" alignment_horizontal="center" alignment_vertical="center" image="727"]In addition to Russian opera, Ladyuk also sings roles by Mozart, Strauss, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini and Leoncavallo, and in the year of his Bolshoi debut he also sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Since then he has performed in many leading houses worldwide - including La Scala in Milan, the Houston Grand Opera, the Opéra National in Paris and the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. In addition to appearances in productions by renowned directors such as Dmitri Tcherniakov. Ladyuk regularly appears in concert formats in which he likes to push the boundaries of the classical repertoire.
Vasily Ladyuk first completed a degree in choral conducting at the renowned Moscow Academy of Choral Art. From 2001 he studied solo singing with Dmitry Vdovin and won the "Concurs Tenor Viñas" in Barcelona in 2004, the competition Operalia by Plácido Domingo one year later and the opera competition in Shizuoka, Japan.
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Phone: +49 234 49703986
Cell *WhatsApp: +49 152 02197452
Fax: +49 234 79806230
We are proud to announce that Berin Iglesias Art has signed an agreement on exclusive representation of one of the opera’s most thought-after basses Ildar Abdrazakov in Russia, CIS countriesand the Baltics.
Since making his La Scala debut in 2001 at 25, the Russian singer has become a mainstay at leading houses worldwide, including New York’s Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, Munich’s Bavarian State Opera, Mariinsky theatre and others. His powerful yet refined voice coupled with his compelling stage presence have prompted critics to hail him as a “sensational bass… who has just about everything – imposing sound, beautiful legato, oodles of finesse” (The Independent). Also an active concert artist, he has performed at London’s BBC Proms and at New York’s Carnegie Hall, as well as leading international orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony and Vienna Philharmonic.
[/vc_text_img][vc_text_img text_img_config="image-text-var" text_background="text-background-white" image="395" alignment_horizontal="center" alignment_vertical="top"]Abdrazakov is a twice Grammy award winner whose repertoire includes the roles of Don Juan and Leporello (in Mozart’s “Don Juan”), Mephistopheles (in Guno’s “Faust”, Boito’s “Mephistopheles” and Berlioz’s “The Damnation of Faust”), king Philippe II (in Vedi’s “Don Carlos”), Attila (in Verdi’s “Attila”), Boris Godunov (in Musorgski’s “Boris Godunov”).
[/vc_text_img][/vc_column][/vc_row]THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND ATTENTION! We would be happy to discuss the possibility of the artist performing at your event.
We’re happy and ready to answer any questions you may have.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND ATTENTION! We would be happy to discuss the possibility of the artist performing at your event.
We’re happy and ready to answer any questions you may have.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND ATTENTION! We would be happy to discuss the possibility of the artist performing at your event.
We’re happy and ready to answer any questions you may have.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND ATTENTION! We would be happy to discuss the possibility of the artist performing at your event.
We’re happy and ready to answer any questions you may have.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND ATTENTION! We would be happy to discuss the possibility of the artist performing at your event.
We’re happy and ready to answer any questions you may have.
Specialised on great roles and drama queens
"If you don't know what to do with your technique, you might loose what God has given you." - Yekaterina Guanova
Specialised on exquisite vocal interpretations, drama queens and major roles for mezzo-soprano, Yekaterina Gubanova is internationally acclaimed for her interpretations. Gubanova seems to have very few linguistic and stylistic limitations: she can turn the bel canto part of Adalgisa from Bellini's "Norma" into a vocal work of art, sing Verdi's Principessa Eboli (Don Carlo), Amneris (Aida) and Azucena (Il trovatore) and give a splendid rendition of Nicklausse/Muse from Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffmann". Her interpretation of Brangäne in Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" 2005 at the Opéra National de Paris caused an international sensation. After this success, she sang the role in Baden-Baden, Rotterdam, Tokyo, St. Petersburg and Munich under conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Valery Gergiev, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Zubin Mehta. She sang a seductive Venus in "Tannhäuser" as well as Fricka in "Das Rheingold" and "Die Walküre" under Barenboim in Berlin and Milan, demonstrating her excellent diction in both roles.
[/vc_text_img][vc_text_img text_img_config="image-text-var" text_background="text-background-white" alignment_horizontal="center" alignment_vertical="center" image="688"]Singing Judith in Bartók's "Bluebeard's Castle" (Paris), Gubanova proved how familiar she is with the repertoire of the 20th century. No need to mention that Gubanova's repertoire also includes great roles of Russian opera such as Lyubasha in Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tsar's Bride" or Olga in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin". Gubanova is a regular guest at opera houses like the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, the Bavarian State Opera, the Scala in Milan, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Berlin State Opera, the Chicago Lyric Opera, the Vienna State Opera as well as opera houses in Paris, Barcelona and Amsterdam. She is also regularly invited to the Salzburg, Baden-Baden and Edinburgh Festivals.
Curiously enough, Gubanova did not seem to be born to a singing career. Gubanova started her musical education playing the piano and was awarded an honorary degree in choral conducting. At the age of 17, when her voice settled, she was discovered while singing in a choir. She subsequently studied singing at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, later entering the "Young Artists Programme" at the Royal Opera House (London). Gubanova plans her career wisely. In interviews she always refers to the basics of Italian opera singing.
Contact:
Rafael Schwarzstein
Phone: +49 234 49703986
Cell: +49 152 02197452
Fax: +49 234 79806230
r.schwarzstein@berin-iglesias.art
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- Luciano Murgia, Rossini Festival 2020
Grigory Shkarupa started winning prizes at a very young age with his deep, warm and precisely sung bass. In 2011 he was a prizewinner at the 1st Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Singers in St. Petersburg. Later followed the Shalyapin International Competition in Yalta, the ‘Three Centuries of the Classical Romance’ International Competition in St. Petersburg, as well as the All-Russian Sviridov Vocal Competition in Kursk.
At the age of 19, Shkarupa debuted at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. He sang the roles of the Prisoner in Verdi’s Nabucco, Patsyuk in Christmas Eve, Mityukha in Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, Zuniga in Carmen, The Monk in Verdi’s Don Carlo, Soldier in Berlioz’s Les Troyens, and many others. He has performed with such distinguished conductors as Valery Gergiev, Yuri Temirkanov, Gianandrea Noseda, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Justus Frantz, and Mikhail Agrest. He has also toured Spain, Israel, Germany and Lithuania with the ensemble of the Mariinsky Theatre.
[/vc_text_img][vc_text_img text_img_config="image-text-var" text_background="text-background-white" alignment_horizontal="center" alignment_vertical="center" image="732"]In October of 2010, Shkarupa became a member of the Young Artists Program at the Bolshoi Theatre where he regularly performed on the stage of the Bolshoi.
In 2013, Shkarupa became a member of the International Opernstudio at the Staatsoper Berlin. He has performed there as Samuel in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, Marchese D’obigny in Verdi’s La traviata, Joe Alaskawolfjoe in Kurt Weill’s Mahagonny, Ein Athlet in Berg’s Lulu and the Fifth Jew in Strauss’ Salome. He sang the role of Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte at the Bregenz Festival.
Grigory Shkarupa is a member of the Staatsoper Berlin since September of 2015, where he has performed the roles of Sarastro In Zauberflöte, Ferrando In Trovatore, Sparafucile in Rigoletto, Basilio in Barbiere di Siviglia, Masetto in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Trufaldino in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, Biterolf in Tannhäuser. Grigorii Shkarupa performs as a guest in Grand Theatre de Genève has also performed with such conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta,Vladimir Jurowski, P.Arrivabeni, T.Sokhiev, M.Zanetti and others.
Born in St. Petersburg in 1989, after graduating from the Glinka Choral College in 2007, he went on to study at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory as both a singer and a choral conductor. At the opera studio of the conservatory, Shkarupa already performed the roles of Gurnemanz in Wagner’s Parsifal (excerpts of the opera), Zuniga in Bizet’s Carmen conducted by Mariss Jansons, Panas in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Christmas Eve, and others.
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Elena Poliakova
+79995454481
e.poliakova@berin-iglesias.art