Competitors passed through to the Semi-Final

Sanchez Barbadora, Santiago

Sanchez Barbadora, Santiago

No. 46

Voice type: Tenor

Country: Spain

Date of birth: 14 February, 1992

The Uruguayan tenor studied piano at the Conservatory of Music in Torrevieja (Alicante) and went on with his singing studies in Ontinyent, Valencia. After his studies in Spain, he moved to Salzburg (Austria) to continue his studies of Bachelor Gesang in the Mozarteum University Salzburg. On the Same University he completed a Master on Lied and Oratorio with Prof. Mario Diaz and Prof. Pauliina Tukiainen. Since the season 20/21, Santiago is a stable member of the ensemble at Theater Bonn, in Germany.

On the season 21/22 in Theater Bonn, Santiago performed the title role of Don Carlo (G. Verdi), Alfred in J. Strauss’s Die Fledermaus and Albert in the world premiere of Rolf Liebermann’s Leonore 40/45. Previous engagements include the world premiere of “Die Kinder des Sultans” at Theater Dortmund, Alfredo in La traviata at the Teatro Municipale di Piacenza under the direction of Pier Giorgio Morandi and Leo Nucci and the Lampionaio in Manon Lescaut at Oper Frankfurt under the direction of Lorenzo Viotti, as well as Mozart’s Requiem at the Teatro Ristori in Verona, the roles of Sultan Soliman (Zaide) at the Tiroler Festspiele in Erl, Hitziger Spieler (at Prokofiev’s The Gambler) at the Wiener Staatsoper with Simone Young, a Lehrbube (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) with Daniele Gatti at Teatro alla Scala and Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore) at Oper Schloss Maxlrain.

 

Competition Repertoire

Preliminary

Liszt: Die Loreley   

Donizetti: Una furtiva lagrima – Nemorino’s romance from L’elisir d’amore

Britten: Now the Great Bear and Pleiades – Peter’s aria from Peter Grimes

Semi-final

Mozart: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön – Tamino’s aria from Die Zauberflöte

Verdi: Oh! fede negar potessi… Quando le sere al placido – Rodolfo’s recitative and aria from Luisa Miller

Final

Donizetti: Tombe degli avi miei… Fra poco a me ricovero – Edgardo’s recitative and aria from Lucia di Lammermoor       

Bizet: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée – Don José’s aria from Carmen

Massenet: Pourquoi me réveiller – Werther’s aria from Werther