Diógenes Randes

Diogenes Randes (centre, before red background) as Pope Pius IV. in Palestrina at the Hamburgische Staatsoper (2011)

Diógenes Randes is a Brazilian operatic bass.

Life

Born in São Paulo, Randes studied at the State Conservatory of Music in his native town and continued his studies from 2000 at the Conservatoire a Rayonnement Départemental (CRD) in Colmar, France. In 2001, at the age of 24, he was engaged at the Theater Freiburg. In 2004, he joined the ensemble of the Aalto-Theater, then in 2008 the Hamburg State Opera. In 2007, he made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival. In 2008, he sang Titurel in Parsifal new production by Stefan Herheim.[1]

His repertoire includes the title roles in Le nozze di Figaro and in Don Giovanni, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Banco in Macbeth, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Ramfis in Aida, Daland im Der fliegende Holländer, Hans Foltz in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Fafner im Das Rheingold and in Siegfried.[2]

Competitions and awards

2002: Finalist in the singing competition Competizione dell' Opera, Dresden
2005: 2nd prize in the Operalia competition, Madrid

References

External links

Literature by and about Diógenes Randes in the German National Library catalogue

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Éloge de la cohérence (in French) on Forum Opéra

[2] Diógenes Randes on Operabase