Konstantinos Paliatsaras
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Konstantinos Paliatsaras is a Greek opera
tic tenor
.
at the age of 7. He was taught at the National Concervatoire in Athens by Professor Maggie Karatza and at the Royal Academy of Music in London by Professor Constance Shacklock
. He also studied with Maestro Andreas Paridis.
followed by many leading roles, including Macduff (Macbeth), Don Carlos, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni
, Alfred and Prince Orlovsky in die Fledermaus, Rossillon in Die Lustige Witwe 1992,2000, Die Hexe in Hansel und Gretel 1990, Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Nicias in Thais, Shober in Dreimadelhaus, Jimmy in the Rise and Fall of the city of Mahagonny 1999, Prince Shuisky and the fool in Boris Godunov, the fisherman in Die Kluge,La vie Parisienne,Les Contes de Hoffman Ariadne auf Naxos,Salome, Fadinard in Il Capello di paglia di Firenze 2001 and 2003, the latest in Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail 2007.
He was in a partnership with the baroque ensemble Capriccio Stravagante Skip Sempe first at the inauguration opening of the Dimitri Mitropoulos hall, part of the Athens Megaron Concert Hall. At the Athens Megaron he also appeared as Apollo in Monteverdi' s Orfeo with I Solisti Veneti, Carmen with Agnes Baltsa and Mahagonny.
A major landmark in his career was the tour in 30 cities and towns in France as Macheath in Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera with opera Eclate culminating in Paris 1990. In France he sung Verdi's Requiem at Angulemes,Cognac and Ruffec cathedrals 1990. Paliatsaras also presented Yiannis Markopoulos Liturgy of Orfeus in Vienna 1993 Brussels,Buenos Aires2005 Ephesus 2004 Limassol,Athens and Ancient Marathon 2006. In the city of Thessalonika Paliatsaras sung Paris in Offenbach's La Belle Helene, Don Ottavio and Nozze di Figaro.
He recorded Monteverdi's Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda for DHM,BMG with Capriccio Stravagante a performance that was honored with the Diapason d'Or 1992 reissued in 2004, giving a world tour in Cologne, Monaco, Paris, Normandie 1998, New York, and Seattle U.S.A. At the Teatro Olympico,Vicenza he sung the role of Apollo in Marco da Gaglianos opera la Dafne.
With the composer Vangelis, he recorded the CD El Greco with soprano Monserrat Caballe
for Warner Bros. Has also appeared in many films, notably the Greek version of Walt Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame singing the role of Clopin in Greek with great success. His most recent appearance in 2009 was as Alfredo in La Traviata at the municipal Theater of Kalamata,Greece in May and a concert in October at the Alexandria Opera House in Egypt. In April 2010 Haendel "Acis and Galatea" with the Athens singers Theatro Tehnis Karolos Koun Athens.
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
tic tenor
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
.
Early life and education
Born in Athens, Greece, Paliatsaras was attracted to Opera immediately after hearing Maria CallasMaria Callas
Maria Callas was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique, a wide-ranging voice and great dramatic gifts...
at the age of 7. He was taught at the National Concervatoire in Athens by Professor Maggie Karatza and at the Royal Academy of Music in London by Professor Constance Shacklock
Constance Shacklock
Constance Shacklock OBE was an English contralto. After more than a decade of roles with the Covent Garden Opera Company, with other companies and on the concert stage, Shacklock performed for six years in The Sound of Music in London as the Mother Abbess...
. He also studied with Maestro Andreas Paridis.
Career
Paliatsarasd debuted in 1987 at the National Greek Opera, as Alfredo in La TraviataLa traviata
La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias , a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman...
followed by many leading roles, including Macduff (Macbeth), Don Carlos, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787...
, Alfred and Prince Orlovsky in die Fledermaus, Rossillon in Die Lustige Witwe 1992,2000, Die Hexe in Hansel und Gretel 1990, Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Nicias in Thais, Shober in Dreimadelhaus, Jimmy in the Rise and Fall of the city of Mahagonny 1999, Prince Shuisky and the fool in Boris Godunov, the fisherman in Die Kluge,La vie Parisienne,Les Contes de Hoffman Ariadne auf Naxos,Salome, Fadinard in Il Capello di paglia di Firenze 2001 and 2003, the latest in Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail 2007.
He was in a partnership with the baroque ensemble Capriccio Stravagante Skip Sempe first at the inauguration opening of the Dimitri Mitropoulos hall, part of the Athens Megaron Concert Hall. At the Athens Megaron he also appeared as Apollo in Monteverdi' s Orfeo with I Solisti Veneti, Carmen with Agnes Baltsa and Mahagonny.
A major landmark in his career was the tour in 30 cities and towns in France as Macheath in Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera with opera Eclate culminating in Paris 1990. In France he sung Verdi's Requiem at Angulemes,Cognac and Ruffec cathedrals 1990. Paliatsaras also presented Yiannis Markopoulos Liturgy of Orfeus in Vienna 1993 Brussels,Buenos Aires2005 Ephesus 2004 Limassol,Athens and Ancient Marathon 2006. In the city of Thessalonika Paliatsaras sung Paris in Offenbach's La Belle Helene, Don Ottavio and Nozze di Figaro.
He recorded Monteverdi's Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda for DHM,BMG with Capriccio Stravagante a performance that was honored with the Diapason d'Or 1992 reissued in 2004, giving a world tour in Cologne, Monaco, Paris, Normandie 1998, New York, and Seattle U.S.A. At the Teatro Olympico,Vicenza he sung the role of Apollo in Marco da Gaglianos opera la Dafne.
With the composer Vangelis, he recorded the CD El Greco with soprano Monserrat Caballe
Montserrat Caballé
Montserrat Caballé is a Spanish operatic soprano. Although she sang a wide variety of roles, she is best known as an exponent of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi....
for Warner Bros. Has also appeared in many films, notably the Greek version of Walt Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame singing the role of Clopin in Greek with great success. His most recent appearance in 2009 was as Alfredo in La Traviata at the municipal Theater of Kalamata,Greece in May and a concert in October at the Alexandria Opera House in Egypt. In April 2010 Haendel "Acis and Galatea" with the Athens singers Theatro Tehnis Karolos Koun Athens.
Films
- Oh Babylon (1989)
- The Hunchback of Notre DameThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 American animated drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released to theaters on June 21, 1996 by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fourth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, the film is inspired by Victor Hugo's novel of...
(Greek version) (1996) - The Girl of Mani (1986)
- Zoe (1995)
- Absences (Απουσίες) (1987)
Discography
- ALEXANDERAlexander (album)The original film score of Alexander was composed by Vangelis and released on audio CD.The film, directed by Oliver Stone, portrays the life of Alexander the Great in an epic style that is also reflected in the score...
(Sony Music) - 2004 - EL GRECOEl Greco (album)El Greco is a 1998 classical album by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis . The title is an a reference to the man who inspired the composition, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος , the Cretan-born painter and sculptor better known as El Greco.This album is an expansion of an earlier album by...
(Warner) - 1998 - REPRISE (Warner) - 1999
- Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (DHM-BMG) - 1993
- Hristougenna Me Tin Katy - 1998
- Under Acropolis lights - Paschalis Tonios (FM Records)
- Foros Timis Ston GrecoForos Timis Ston GrecoForos Timis Ston Greco is a classical album by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis...
- EDMEA TETUA - Mixalis Koumpios (FM Records)
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