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Marcelo Alvarez
Marcelo Raul Alvarez, , is an Argentine lyric tenor who achieved international success starting in the mid-1990s.
While still in Argentina, Alvarez starred in Donizettis L'elisir d'amore at the Teatro Roma in Buenos Aires (December 1994). These early performances enabled him to cultivate his voice and acting skills, and with the confidence he gained from those beginning experiences and the enthusiastic encouragement from di Stefano and Pavarotti, he and his wife decided to sell everything they owned and move to Europe to expand his opportunities for a career as an opera singer.
Alvarez traveled to Buenos Aires in the spring of 1999 for production of the award-winning documentary film, Marcelo Alvarez In Search of Gardel. The film chronicles the making of Alvarez's CD, Marcelo Alvarez Sings Gardel, which offers a modern audience the most famous tangos, while honoring the spirit and style of legendary tanguero Carlos Gardel. The songs on this album, originally recorded by Gardel before his early death in 1935, are among the oldest tangos and have a classical foundation, having been inspired by the music of Chopin, Brahms and Schumann.
Related websites
The Rapture of Restraint, Werther, Royal Opera House, London
From Furniture Store to Stage
My Other Voice is the Bee Gees
With Heart and Soul - Marcelo Alvarez, Covent Gardens Don Jose, talks to Jim Pritchard
Opera
Piano, pianissimo, senza parlar from Rossinis Il barbiere di Siviglia
De este apacible rincon de Madrid from Luisa Fernanda zarzuela
Teatro Avenida
(zarzuela)
Spain
Argentine Export
Pavarotti International Voice Competition
A Plum Assignment for a Late Bloomer
Wild bull of the Pampas
Tenor Library Marcelo Alvarez
Table listing all Marcelo Alvarezs performances since 1994
A tenor to die for, whether on stage or off
Just Short of Perfection
Marcelo Alvarez, Romancing the Tone
Marcelo Alvarez In Search of Gardel
Amarilli, mia bella, composer Giulio Caccini (~1550 - 1618)
Harriman-Jewell Series
The House in Order - Review of Rigoletto and Jenufa
Il Trovatore provides a dramatic opera experience
DVD Review of Puccini - La Boheme recording of the Feb 2003 performance at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi
Program description of Duetto - The Concert at the Roman Colosseum
In Review - Paris - Massenets Manon from Opera Paris
Di quella pira from Verdis Il trovatore
The Bee Gee Who Never Was
DVD Review of Puccini - Tosca, Jul 2006 performance at the Arena di Verona
Hugo De Ana
That Gypsy Girl - She Is and Always Will Be Trouble
L'ara o l'avello apprestami from Verdis Luisa Miller, Parma 2007
Verdi, Luisa Miller
"At the Metropolitan Opera, a Kinky Take on a Classic"
Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD schedule, 2009-2010
Una furtiva lagrima from Donizettis Lelisir damore
Giuseppe Verdis Rigoletto Story
"Excellent Verdi singing"
OperaClick
Playlist of Marcelo Alvarez videos of concerts and opera on YouTube.com
Alvarez's bio on Decca Music Group, his recording label as of 2008
English fan club site
English-German fan club site
English-Italian-Spanish site
Leyla Gencer Voice Competition
Marcelo Alvarezs bio from Sony Classical
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