Alejandro Ramírez (singer)
Alejandro Ramírez (born September 2, 1946 in Bogotá ) is a Colombian concert and opera singer ( tenor ).
Life
Ramírez studied medicine at the University of Bogotá and at the same time music and singing at the Conservatory. He received his doctorate as Dr. med. and continued his vocal studies at the Freiburg University of Music . He then perfected his musical training and attended master classes with Annelies Kupper at the University of Music in Munich and Günther Reich in Stuttgart .
He is a member of the ensemble of the Mannheim National Theater and the Frankfurt Opera and regularly gives guest appearances at all major opera houses in Europe, such as the Vienna State Opera , the Bavarian State Opera in Munich , the Deutsche Oper and the State Opera Berlin , the Hamburg State Opera and the opera houses in Bonn , Cologne , Düsseldorf and Zurich .
He made his debut at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in 1984 in the role of Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti . A year later he made his debut as Alfredo in Verdi's La traviata at the Vienna State Opera, as Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni and in 1986 at the Salzburg Festival as Telemaco in Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria by Claudio Monteverdi .
Ramírez took in 1988 at a guest performance by the Bavarian State Opera at the Teatro alla Scala , where he the roles of Leucippus in Daphne and Henry Morosus in The Silent Woman by Richard Strauss under Wolfgang Sawallisch . Personified In the same year he performed concerts in London, where he sang in the Royal Albert Hall and the Barbican Center under Colin Davis and accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra .
Concert appearances and recordings for radio, television and record companies have taken Alejandro Ramírez to Colombia, Switzerland, Italy, France, Great Britain and Spain. He worked with important conductors such as Daniel Barenboim , Jeffrey Tate , Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Riccardo Muti .
In 1990 he became a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim .
Repertoire (selection)
- Ernesto in “ Don Pasquale ” by Gaetano Donizetti
- Fenton in “ Falstaff ” by Giuseppe Verdi
- Adolar in “ Euryanthe ” by Carl Maria von Weber
- Tito Vespasiano in “ La Clemenza di Tito ” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Rodolfo in “ La Bohème ” by Giacomo Puccini
- Duke of Mantua in " Rigoletto " by Giuseppe Verdi
- Turiddu in “ Cavalleria Rusticana ” by Pietro Mascagni
- Don Carlos in " Don Carlos " by Giuseppe Verdi
Discography (selection)
- Evangelist in St. John Passion , BWV 245 by Johann Sebastian Bach under Karl-Friedrich Beringer
- Christmas Oratorio , BWV 248 by Johann Sebastian Bach under Karl-Friedrich Beringer
- St. Matthew Passion , BWV 244 by Johann Sebastian Bach under Colin Davis
- Mass in B minor , BWV 232 by Johann Sebastian Bach under Colin Davis
- Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart under Riccardo Muti
Web links
- Alejandro Ramírez in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Alejandro Ramírez at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singing Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alejandro Ramírez with Bach Cantatas (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ramírez, Alejandro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian concert and opera singer with a tenor voice |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bogotá |