CARLOS NATALE
tenor
RECENT AND UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS
- Orphée in Offenbach's Orphée aux Enfers, at the Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires;
- Gonzalve in Ravel's L'Heure Espagnole, at Opéra Grand Avignon and Opéra de Tours;
- Spoletta in Puccini's Tosca, at the Festival Chorégies d'Orange;
- Tavannes in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots, at the Opéra de Marseille;
- Opera Recital at the Angers Nantes Opéra;
- Gontran de Solanges in Varney's Les Mousquetaires au Couvent, at the Théâtre de l'Odéon de Marseille;
- Ein Italienischer Sänger in Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, at the Opéra Grand Avignon;
- Aristide Chouilloux in P. Boesman's On Purge Bébé, at the Royal Theatre of La Monnaie De Munt.
BIOGRAPHY
Carlos Natale is very acclaimed by critics for his talent as belcanto singer. His elegant timbre and his impeccable musicality make him an ideal performer of Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini.
Born in Lobos, Argentina, he studied at the High Institute of art of Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires. After his debut in this renowned theatre, he was invited by prominent theatres such as Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Opéra Comique de Paris, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Opéra Royal de Versailles, Teatro Filarmonico di Verona, Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse, Teatro Verdi di Trieste, Teatro Malibran di Venezia, Victoria Hall de Genève, Nouvel Opéra de Fribourg, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Opéra National de Rouen-Normandie, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Wiener Saal of Salzburg, Opéra de Marseille, Opéra de Lausanne, Rossini Opera Festival in Wildbad, Opéra de Nice Côte d’Azur, Royal Theatre of La Monnaie De Munt and Chorégies d’Orange Festival, among others.
His actor skills and his vocal versatility guided him to sing a large repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music. He has performed more than twenty main opera roles, including: Don Ramiro in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Il Contino Belfiore in Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera, Ferrando in Mozart’s Così fan Tutte, Ernesto in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore, Tonio in Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment, Camille de Rossillon in Lehár’s Die Lustige Witwe, Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Conte Almaviva in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Lindoro in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri, Fenton in Verdi’s Falstaff, Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Orphée in Offenbach’s Orphée aux Enfers, Paride in Gluck’s Paride ed Elena, Regista in L. Berio’s Un Re in Ascolto, Clistene in L. Leo’s L’Olimpiade, the title role in Haydn’s Orlando Paladino, Gérald in Delibes’s Lakmé, Belmonte in Mozart’s Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, the title role in Gounod’s Faust, Aristide Chouilloux in P. Boesmans’s On Purge Bébé, Gonzalve in Ravel’s L’Heure Espagnole and Piet the Pot in Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre.
Among the coprimary roles he has sung, we could see Carlos as Ruodi in Rossini’s Guillaume Tell, Tybalt in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Arlecchino in Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci, Flute in Britten’s The Midsummer Night’s Dreams, Fatty in K. Weill’s Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Arturo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Pong in Puccini’s Turandot, Tebaldo in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Ein Italienischer Sänger in Der Rosenkavalier, Tavannes in Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots, Malcom in Verdi’s Macbeth and Brighella in Strauss’ Ariadne au Naxos.
Carlos Natale’s discography include I. Pizzetti’s L’Assassinio nella Cattedrale by the label Sony Classical, Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Bongiovanni, F. Sbarra’s Le Disgrazie d’Amore by Hypérion Records and Verdi’s I Vespri Siciliani by Naxos.
Natale sung solo parts in oratorios and cantatas such as Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, C. Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s The Messiah, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Mass in C Minor.
He won several competitions: Opera di Roma Prize in the Nuove Voci 2005, at the Teatro Colón; Turandot Competition 2009, organized by the Fondazione Arena di Verona; Lied Prize in the International Competition Gesangswettbewerb Gut-Immling 2010 (Germany); and the scholarship Bayreuther Festspiele 2010.
Carlos Natale has collaborated with renowned conductors and directors, including: Gianluca Gelmetti, John Neschling, Antonio Pirolli, Marco Guidarini, Filippo Maria Bressan, Donato Renzetti, Krzysztof Penderecki, Jonathan Webb, Steuart Bedford, Alain Antinoglu, Eric Vigié, Stefano Vizioli, Andrea Cigni, David Lescaut, Jose Miguel Peres-Sierra, Michele Spotti, Mikael Hampe, Gianfranco De Bosio, Juraj Valčuha, Paul Curran, Jean-Louis Grinda, Claudio Scimone, Adreas Spering, Antonino Fogliani, Paolo Gavazzeni and Pier Luigi Pizzi.