Manolito Mario Franz

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Manolito Mario Franz (born March 18, 1978 in Kaiserslautern ; also known as Manolito ) is a German opera singer (tenor).

Life

Youth and education

Manolito Mario Franz was born in 1978 as the second child in Germany. The offspring of a family of musicians with Neapolitan roots inherited the tenor voice of his grandfather Romeo Dela Rosa, who - just when he was about to start at La Scala in Milan - had to break off his career due to the turmoil of the Second World War and died early.

Manolito's father was a big opera fan, whose collection of Mario Lanza records inspired Manolito from an early age. It was clear early on that Manolito would follow in his grandfather's footsteps, because by the age of five he knew all the lyrics from his father's record collection by heart. He and his brother started taking piano lessons of their own accord at the age of eight.

He made his first public appearances at the age of 12 in a Viennese Heurigen restaurant , where he accompanied himself on the piano and sang Viennese Schrammel songs .

Professional career / musical career

The tenor Manolito Mario Franz had his first engagement from 1998 to 1999 at the State Theater Saarbrücken and from 1999 to 2004 was a permanent member of the Bavarian State Opera . Guest engagements took him to Austria ( Salzburg ) as “Don Ottavio”, “Fenton” and “Belmonte”. He was celebrated on the international concert stage as “Tamino” as well as “Don Ottavio” and as a Mozart interpreter he was also successful in the Netherlands ( Amsterdam / Rotterdam ), France ( Strasbourg ) and Luxembourg . In 2008 he made his role debut as "Herodes" in the Stadttheater Bremerhaven . In Salome , nominated by the specialist magazine “Opernwelt” , he proved that he is up to both the lyrical and the dramatic subject. With "... admirable diction ..." is just one of the consistently good reviews that the young tenor received for his interpretation of Herod.

In order to cultivate his voice, he always likes to return to “Mozart” and most recently sang the role of “ Don Ottavio ” at the inauguration of the new Rotterdam concert building “De Doelen ”. In 2010 he made his debut as Samson ( Samson and Delilah ) in the Stadttheater Bremerhaven. Immediately afterwards he was heard there in the modern opera “Melusine” by Aribert Reimann .

In 2011 he sang Raskolnikoff in Heinrich Sutermeister 's opera of the same name in Schleswig-Holstein . In 2012 Manolito decided to expand his musical horizons beyond classical music. His crossover productions have their very own Latino style. It could best be compared to a mixture of Buena Vista Social Club , Toni Bennet , Luis Miguel and Mario Lanza .

Awards

  • Winner of the international singing competition "Francisco Vinas - 2007".
  • Winner of the “Musica Classica” award and the “Orpheus special award” at the international singing competition in the festival city of Passau.
  • Winner of the international TV award for young talent from Pro7 "ONE" in the "Classic" category.
  • Winner of the "DJB Young Artist's Contest" from RTL.

repertoire

  • Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin, Lenski
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Magic Flute, Tamino
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni, Don Ottavio
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Cosi fan tutte, Ferrando
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bastien and Bastienne, Bastien
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Abduction from the Seraglio, Belmonte
  • Richard Strauss, Salome, Herod
  • Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff, Fenton
  • Jacques Offenbach, Die Rheinnixen, Franz Waldung
  • Aribert Reimann, Melusine, Max Oleander
  • Johann Strauss, Die Fledermaus, Alfred
  • Camille Saint-Saens, Samson and Dalila, Samson
  • Kurt Weill, Der Silbersee, Baron Laur, lottery agent
  • Emmerich Kalmann, Die Csardasfürstin, Edwin
  • Heinrich Sutermeister, Raskolnikoff
  • DFE. Auber, The inn in Terracina, Fra Diavolo

Discography

  • "Bellissima - Love Song" (MP3, 2012)

Filmography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.bayerische.staatsoper.de/309-aWQ9ODYw-~popups~k_biographie.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bayerische.staatsoper.de  
  2. ↑ http://www.kreiszeitung.de/nachrichten/kultur/lokal/auch-plueschtiere-sind-boese-718673.html
  3. ↑ http://www.shz.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/kultur/artikeldetail/article/111/zu-viel-wort-zum-mord.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.shz.de  
  4. ↑ Hear Naples and die? | Hubert and Staller. Accessed December 31, 2017 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Franz, Manolito Mario
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Manolito (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaiserslautern