Ricardo Bernal

Ricardo Bernal
Ricardo Bernal
	Ricardo Bernal as Leicester in Maria Stuarda, San Carlo de Nápoles (2010)
Background information
Birth name	Ricardo Bernal Ramírez
Born	March 30, 1970; Mexico City, Mexico
Genres	Opera
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1990 – present
Labels	Universal / Bongiovanni
Spouse(s)	Charo Tris

Ricardo Bernal (Mexico City, March 30, 1970) is a Mexican lyric tenor.

Biography

Lyric tenor born in Mexico City started his vocal training at the early age of 16 years at the National Conservatory of Music of Mexico under the direction of soprano Irma Gonzalez and posteriorly by the professor in lyric singing Enrique Jaso. Later on he became a member of the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco Opera House (USA) and the Opernstudio of Zurich (Sweden). He also was trained by the mezzo soprano Viorica Cortez in singing repertoire.

At 18 years old he made his debut as "Beppe" in the opera “I Pagliacci” at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. At the beginning of his career the fact of having easy top notes led him to successfully undertake Rossini's repertoire. However, later on his voice developed an ample tessitura which enabled him to sing roles as a strong lyric tenor.

Thus he was the winner of several contests where among those were "Pacific voices" (San Francisco), "Kaffe Peters" (Viena), "Operalia" (México) and Francisco Alonso (Madrid).

In 1996 became the first soloist of the group of professional singers at the Zurich (Swiss) and in the next year at the Teatre of Bonn and Trier until the year 2000 where he, at the same time, was invited to sing in famous Theatres located in Berlin, Köln, Hamburg and Baden-Baden interpreting many diverse roles.

Presently he is continuously performing in outstanding opera theaters located in Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina, Panama and Mexico.

He also has sung in the Covent Garden, Copenhagen Opera House, “La Fenice” in Venice, Teatro Filarmonico (Verona), “Teatro di San Carlo” (Napoles), Teatro Politeama (Palermo), Teatro Massimo Bellini (Catania), San Francisco Opera House, Washington Opera, Opéra de Marseille and Montpellier among others. In Spain has sung in “Las Palmas de Gran Canaria”, Tenerife, Valladolid, "Teatro Español" of Madrid, Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall of Bilbao, the Liceu of Barcelona, and the Madrid “Teatro Real”.

He has sung next to well known singers such as Mariella Devia, Sonia Ganassi, Dolora Zajick, Isabel Rey, Inva Mula, Patrizia Ciofi, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Juan Pons, Justino Díaz, Carlos Álvarez, Carlos Chausson, among others. Also he has performed under the baton of directors such as Nello Santi, Pinchas Steinberg, Fabio Luisi, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Jean-Louis Pichon, among others.

Repertoire

Opera

Giacomo Puccini
- “La Bohème” – Rodolfo
- “Gianni Schicchi” – Rinuccio
- “Madame Butterfly” – Pinkerton
Vincenzo Bellini
- “I Capuleti e i Montecchi” – Tebaldo
- “I Puritani” – Arturo
Giuseppe Verdi
- “Rigoletto” – Duque de Mantua
- “Traviata” – Rodolfo
- “Un Ballo in Maschera” – Riccardo
Gaetano Donizetti
- “L'elisir d'amore” – Nemorino
- “Lucia di Lammermoor” – Sir Edgardo de Ravenswood
- “Maria Stuarda” – Leicester
Gioachino Rossini
- “Otello” – Otello
- “Guillermo Tell” – Arnold
Manuel Penella Moreno
- “El gato montés” – Rafael Ruiz
- “Don Gil de Alcalá” – Don Gil de Alcalá
Emilio Arrieta
- “Marina” – Jorge
Richard Strauss
- “Der Rosenkavalier” – Cantante italiano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- “Die Zauberflöte” – Tamino
- “Don Giovanni” – Don Ottavio

Operetta

Federico Moreno Torroba
- “Luisa Fernanda” – Aníbal
Amadeo Vives
- “Doña Francisquita” – Fernando
Pablo Sorozábal
- “La Tabernera del Puerto” – Leandro
- “La Eterna Canción” – Montilla

Discography

Carmina Burana by C. Orff (Mexico)
Matilde di Shabran by G. Rossini (Germany)
Gala Latina: Pópera (Spain)
Goyescas by Granados (France)

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