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'''Burak Bilgili''' |
'''Burak Bilgili''' is a [[Turkish people|Turkish]] operatic [[bass-baritone]] who has sung in leading opera houses in the United States and Europe. In 2003, he became Turkey's first ever representative at the [[BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition]].<ref>BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition (2003)</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:13, 9 September 2009
Burak Bilgili is a Turkish operatic bass-baritone who has sung in leading opera houses in the United States and Europe. In 2003, he became Turkey's first ever representative at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.[1]
Biography
Burak Bilgili was born in Aksehir, a town in the Konya Province of Turkey. He studied initially at Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul and later with San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program, and at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia from which he graduated in 2004.
His stage debut came in 1998 when he sang Don Geronio in Rossini's Il turco in Italia with the Turkish State Opera in Istanbul. He also sang with the company the following year as Abimelech in Camille Saint-Saens Samson and Delilah. In 2002 while still a student at the Academy of Vocal Arts, he made his international debut as Duke Alfonso in Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at La Scala, followed by a series of other house debuts before he graduated:
- Baltimore Opera as Sparafucile in Verdi's Rigoletto, 2002 (US debut)
- Vancouver Opera as Don Basilio in Rossini's The Barber of Seville 2003
- Pittsburgh Opera as Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville, 2003
- Palm Beach Opera as Raimondo in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, 2003
- Teatro dell'Opera di Roma as Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, 2003
- New York Metropolitan Opera as Leporello in Mozart's Don Giovanni, 2004
Bilgili was an understudy at the Metropolitan Opera when he asked to stand in at the last minute for Michele Pertusi as Leporello in the 7 May 2004 performance of Don Giovanni. When he took his solo bow at the end of the performance, the audience roared in appreciation.[2] He returned to the company in 2009 as Ferrando in Il trovatore.
Between 2005 and 2006 he added several new roles to his repertoire including Timur in Turandot at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and New York City Opera, both in 2005; Mefistopheles in Faust for Virginia Opera in 2005; Banquo in Macbeth, first sung with the Canadian Opera Company in 2005, followed by performances of the role at Vancouver Opera and Seattle Opera in 2006; and Escamillo in Carmen at Den Norske Opera in Oslo and the Savonlinna Opera Festival, both in 2006.
More role debuts followed in 2007 - 2008, including several house debuts. These included Padre Guardiano in La forza del destino at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 2007; Ramfis in Aida with Cincinnati Opera in 2007; Nourabad in The Pearl Fishers for Florida Grand Opera in 2008; and Giorgio in I puritani at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo in 2008.
Prizes
- First Prize – Neue Stimmen International Opera Competition (2001) [3]
- First prize – the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition (2002) [4]
- First Prize – Concurso Internacional de Canto Alfredo Kraus (2002) [5]
References
- ^ BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition (2003)
- ^ Simon (15 May 2004 )
- ^ Neue Stimmen International Opera Competition:Past winners
- ^ Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition:Past winners
- ^ So (14 May 2005)
Sources
- BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, Profile: Burak Bilgili, 2003
- Kahramankaptan, Sefik, "A Turk at New York's Metropolitan Opera", Asia Africa Intelligence Wire, 16 May 2004
- Metropolitan Opera, Bilgili, Burak (Bass) – performance record from the MetOpera Database
- Simon, Scott, "An Opera Understudy's Chance to Shine", National Public Radio, 15 May 2004
- So, Joseph, "Prize Song — Are singing competitions a way to the top?", La Scena Musicale, Vol. 10, No. 8, 14 May 2005.