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Brazilian
baritone Mario Solimene was born in Sao Paulo from an Italian family
and began studying privately with the Brazilian singing teacher
Carlos Vial
in 1996. One year later he was accepted at the Sao Paulo
Municipal School of Music, continuing to work under the same
tutor
and completing the course with Distinction in 2002. At the same time
he continued to follow parallel professional directions, graduating
in Law from Sao Paulo University
and briefly working as a lawyer.
Leaving
Brazil for England, he completed his training with distinction at the
Royal Northern
College of Music (RNCM), obtaining a Post Graduate Diploma
(2004) and a Master’s
Degree (2005) in Performance - always under
the guidance of Patrick McGuigan.
At the same time developed his
concert and operatic repertoire with Paul
Wynne Griffiths, from London's
Royal Opera House - Covent Garden.
Mario
is a recipient of many singing awards, including The
Vitae
Foundation Award (2003
and 2004), The
Rose Goulding Scholarship
(2003 and 2004),
The Anne Ziegler
Award
(2004), The
John Cameron Prize for Lieder (2004)
and The
William McLeod Johnstone Prize for Male Singers
(2005). He has also performed in public master classes held by
international artists, including Sir
Thomas Allen, Sir John
Tomlinson, Paolo Gavanelli, Ileana Cotrubas and John Fisher.
In
Brazil he worked together with the Sao
Paulo
State Orchestra Ensemble
and with Sao
Paulo Opera Theatre,
participating in a series of concerts and first-ever recordings of
the music of the Brazilian Colonial Period. Since then he has expanded
his
career to an international stage, appearing in Concerts and
Operas throughout Europe, South America and Asia. Welsh
National Opera (WNO), Opera
North and London’s
Royal Albert Hall are places in which he
has been heard, having performed roles such as Scarpia, Falstaff Gianni Schicch, Don Giovanni and many others.
Recent engagements include Schaunard
in La
Boheme, directed
by Sam West, performed in Israel
and
Palestine;
Albert in Werther,
directed by Walter Sutcliffe;
and Alidoro in La Cenerentola,
directed by Anette Leistenschneider at the Theater Magdeburg.
Recent
concert appearances include Bach's
Christmas Oratorio
with The
Macao Orchestra China,
in Macao, conducted by Philip Pickett; Mozart’s
Requiem
with The Manchester Camerata; Stravinsky's Pulcinella,
with Magdeburgisch Philharmonie conducted by Thomas Rösner; and Sir William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast
with Nottingham Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Richard
Roddis.
His concert repertoire
includes the most significant works by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach,
Brahms, Elgar, Faure, Gounod, Haydn, Handel, Mozart, Puccini,
Rossini, Williams and Verdi.
Mario
Solimene is a resident soloist of the Oper Magdeburg, Germany. Future
projects for the season 2011-2012 include Sharpless in Madame Butterfly, the four villains in The Tales of Hoffmann, Peter in Hansel
und
Gretel and
Leporello in Don Giovanni.
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