10 December 2007
Valter Borin Returns to Gibraltar
The very popular Italian tenor Valter Borin will be performing in The Gibraltar Philharmonic Society’s traditional Christmas concert (this year re-named “Christmas in Gibraltar”) on the 10th December at the Sacred Heart Parish Church commencing at 8:30pm.
The concert will also feature Soprano Stefanna Kybalova of the Arena di Verona; Baritone Paul Armin Edelmann of the Vienna State Opera; and the European Sinfonietta will be conducted by Karel Mark Chichon.
The programme of music will include works by Mozart, Bizet, Mendelssohn, Pauls, Ramirez, Adam and traditional Christmas Songs.
A Society spokesman said; “it is always a delight to have artists returning to Gibraltar and when we saw the opportunity of inviting Mr Borin for his third concert in Gibraltar we seized the opportunity, as did he – Mr Borin is very much looking forward to the concert as he loves performing here”.
Tenor Valter Borin enjoys a privileged position in the world of opera. He was born in Monza (Milan, Italy) and studied opera singing under the guidance of Vittorio Terranova. He then went on to receive specialist training from two great operatic masters - baritone Aldo Protti and the tenor Alfredo Kraus.
Mr Borin’s first professional operatic engagement came in 1993; performing the role of Ibrahim in Cerchio’s Alcassino e Nicoletta at the Teatro Regio of Turin. Still very young, he made his debut as Duca di Mantova in Verdi’s Rigoletto at the Holland Park Theatre of London in the summer of 1995.
From 1997, Mr Borin went on to perform most of the important tenor roles within the operatic repertoire throughout Europe and Asia. In Italy alone, he performed at the opera houses of Bologna, Ferrara, Lucca, Lecce, Pisa, Livorno, Mantova, Modena, Reggio Emilia, Piacenza, and Ravenna.
In 1999, alongside the great soprano Mirella Freni, he performed the role of the Count of Neipperg in Giordano’s Madame Sans-Gene on the occasion of the reopening of the Modena Opera House, which was recorded by the CD label Dynamic.
In June 2000 he performed the role of Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Bohéme at the Teatro Massimo of Palermo to great public and critical success and in November 2000 and January 2001 he performed the role of Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor in the Teatro Verdi in Pisa, and then in the opera houses of Livorno, Como, Lucca, Ravenna and Pavia.
In 2001 he performed the title role in Massenet’s Werther at the Opera House of Lecce. He later returned to Lecce to make his debut as Corrado in Verdi’s Corsaro, which was recorded by RAI RADIO 3 and TV RAI SAT. Alongside soprano Katia Ricciarelli, he sang the role of Roberto in Puccini’s Le Villi at the opera houses of Lecce and Brindisi, which was recorded “live” on CD.
Mr Borin made his debut in Asia in 2001, performing the role of Duca di Mantua in Verdi’s Rigoletto at the Seoul National Opera House. He returned to this theatre in 2002, performing the roles of Alfredo in Verdi’s La Traviata and Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor.
His many concert performances include the memorable 1999 Opera Gala in Graz, Austria, performing alongside tenor José Cura, and the “Three Gala Tenors” in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, alongside Giuseppe Giacomini and Jaime Aragall.
In 2002 he performed a wide range of operatic roles throughout the world, including Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra (the role of Gabriele Adorno) and Carmen (the role of Don José) in Tel Aviv, Tosca (the role of Cavaradossi) in Lecce, La Bohème (the role of Rodolfo) in Salerno, Adriana Lecouvreur (the role of Maurizio) for the reopening of the Teatro Cilea of Reggio Calabria, La Traviata (the role of Alfredo) in Vienna (Wiener Volksoper), Luisa Miller (the role of Rodolfo) in Busseto and Verona and the title role in Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux at the Teatro Donizetti of Bergamo.
In 2003 he made his debut at the Vienna State Opera, Florence Opera House and Teatro Regio Opera House of Parma, Italy.
In 2004 Mr Borin performed the role of Ruggero in Puccini’s La Rondine at the Warsaw National Opera and that same year he debuted at the Zurich Opera House with the role of Duca di Mantua in Verdi’s Rigoletto.
Recent engagements have included the role of Don Jose in Carmen together with mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca at the Latvian national Opera, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at Los Angeles Opera and the role of Macduff in Verdi’s Macbeth at Teatro Verdi of Trieste.
Tickets priced at 12 pounds each are now available from The House of Sacarello in Irish Town and Solomon Levy Estate Agents in Convent Place. Credit/debit card purchase is also available by phoning the Society on 72134. A limited number of tickets are also available to Senior Citizens at a reduced price via The John Mackintosh Hall at 308 Main Street.
The price includes a limited return shuttle service departing from Ince’s Hall as from 7:30 pm.
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