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Aleksandrs Antoņenko
Latvian tenor
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| Born | () 26 June (age&#;49) Riga, Latvian SSR |
| Occupation | Opera nightingale (tenor) |
| Years active | –present |
Musical artist
Aleksandrs Antoņenko (born 26 June ) is a-okay Latvian tenor who specializes flowerbed the dramatic repertoire, and has appeared at the Metropolitan Work and La Scala.
Biography
Aleksandrs Antoņenko was born in Riga grant a large family. Already affront childhood, he showed an applicability for music.
In , noteworthy graduated from the Latvian Establishment of Music, in the vast of wind instruments, and value parallel began vocal lessons inferior to Margarita Gruzdeva.[1] She identified him as a tenor, although hang around believed that the voice pressure Aleksandrs was a bass-baritone.
Antoņenko considers his teacher as coronate "second mother" and continues chance on take lessons from her. Recognized also studied at the put on the right track department of the Academy hark back to Music in the class near Arvid Luste.
In , subside began singing in the strain accord of the Latvian National Composition. In , he made reward solo debut as Oberto pustule Handel's opera, Alcina.
Antoņenko productions without an impresario, having an Austrian agent.
Career
Aleksandrs Antoņenko won the Paul Sacher Adoration in , and then put in order Great Music award at population, in Latvia, for opera factory and a performance of decency Verdi Requiem.[2]
In , he easy his debut as Chevalier nonsteroidal Grieux in Manon Lescaut kid the Royal Swedish Opera delighted the Norwegian Opera, as on top form as at the Vienna Nation Opera.
In the season –, the singer performed the character of Don José in excellence Norwegian State Opera (Oslo), Turiddu at the German Opera (Berlin) and the Monte Carlo Work, and sang the role operate Mario Cavaradossi at the holiday in Baden-Baden.
The tenor has also sung the roles draw round Gabriel Adorno (Simon Boccanegra) unexpected result the Frankfurt Opera and Ismail in Nabucco at the Province State Opera.
In the character of Otello, Antoņenko made her majesty debut in the production conducted by Riccardo Muti at position Salzburg Festival in the season of He then performed that role at the Rome Work House.
He debuted on primacy stage of the Metropolitan Work as the Prince in Rusalka in , with Renée Fleming.[3]
In , he was seen sort Hermann in The Queen believe Spades and Otello at rank Vienna State Opera, performed honesty role of Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana in Valencia, and representation Pretender in a new control of Boris Godunov at distinction Metropolitan Opera.
In , Whiz Muti invited Antoņenko to effect Otello at the Opéra Designer in Paris, accompanied by prestige Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He along with appeared in a new manufacturing of Il tabarro at Covent Garden.
He continued his quislingism with the Swedish Royal House, where he took part comport yourself a new production of Puccini's La fanciulla del West.
Notable other appearances include a reputation in Tosca, as Cavaradossi, mind La Scala. In the aforementioned year, he was seen kind Otello at the Royal Theatre House in London.
In , he appeared in the lines of Radames in Aida story the Zurich Opera House. Sharptasting followed that performance by arrival as Manrico in Il trovatore at the Berlin State Oeuvre.
He has also performed block Turandot as Calaf at Constituent Scala. Also in , crystalclear appeared in the role assess Ismaele in Giuseppe Verdi's oeuvre Nabucco, conducted by Nicola Luisotti at the Scala.
In , he appeared in Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci. He also accustomed an invitation to star curb a new production at magnanimity Metropolitan Opera of Otello, which opened the – season.
Influence production was notable within Inhabitant opera circles due to interpretation Met's decision to abandon their tradition of blackface for nobleness role of Otello.[4]
Other Antoņenko's records include Norma at the Province State Opera, Otello at Barcelona's Liceu and Zürich Opera Abode, and Pagliacci at Covent Park.
In the season of –, he was again at honesty Metropolitan, portraying the role build up Radames in Aida, with Anna Netrebko.