RECENT AND UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS
- Ernesto in Donizetti's Don Pasquale, at Oper Frankfurt and Erl Tiroler Festspiele;
- Paolino in Cimarosa's Il Matrimonio Segreto, Tebaldo in Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani, Rasporyaditel in Tchaikovsky's Pikovaya Dama, at the Teatro alla Scala;
- Rinuccio in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, Beppe in Donizetti's Rita, Arturo in Lucia di Lamermoor and Conte Almaviva in Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia, at the Ópera Nacional de Chile.
BRAYAN AVILA MARTINEZ
tenor
BIOGRAPHY
The Mexican tenor is based in Milan, where he graduated from the Accademia della Scala, with Luciana D'Intino as head instructor. In masterclasses, he got the opportunity to learn and develop his technique with important names such as Gregory Kunde, Marcelo Alvarez, Barbara Frittoli, Pietro Spagnoli and Helmut Deutsch.
Brayan Avila Martinez made his debut at the Ópera Nacional de Chile, where he performed roles such as Beppe in Donizetti's Rita, Rinuccio in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi and Conte Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. His last performances in Santiago were in 2021, as Arturo in Lucia di Lamermoor and singing the solo part in the Requiem by Mozart.
Between 2020 and 2022, during his artistic residence at the Teatro alla Scala, he has the chance to perform the roles of Paolino in Cimarosa's Il Matrimonio Segreto, Giuseppe in La Traviata (conducted by Zubin Mehta) and Rasporyaditel in Tchaikosvky's Pikovaya Dama (under the baton of Valery Gergiev). Other roles went cancelled by the Covid.
In 2022, Brayan is a finalist at the International Vocal Competition Neue Stimmen. In the 2023, he came back to La Scala, being invited to sing Tebaldo in Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani, and debuted at the Erl tiroler Festspiele, as Ernesto in Don Pasquale by Donizetti.
He also took part as a soloist in important oratorios, cantatas and symphonic works by Bach, Händel, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Orff, among others.
Among his next engagements, Brayan Avila Martinez will make his debut at the Oper Frankfurt, as Ernesto in Don Pasquale.