Luis Lima

Luis Lima ( born September 12, 1948 in Córdoba) is an Argentine opera singer with the voice tenor.

Luis Lima is one of the most famous tenors of his generation and the second half of the 20th century. Among his teachers were, inter alia, Carlos Guichandut, Gina Cigna Gina and Bechi.

Life

His operatic debut was in 1974 at the Teatro San Carlo in Lisbon as Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana. In 1977 he made ​​his debut as Edgardo in " Lucia di Lammermoor " at La Scala, 1978, he presented himself as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where he was until 2001 a permanent guest. In 1981 he made ​​his debut as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Edita Gruberova page at the Vienna State Opera. This house he was connected in a special way, there has sung almost all roles of his profession in over 160 performances in more than two decades. He was honored for his achievements in this opera house with the title "Austrian Chamber Singers " in 1992. In 1984, he made his debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, where he often appeared in the episode, including Luchino Visconti's Don Carlos production that captured for posterity wurde.Darüber addition, Luis Lima at almost all major opera stages of the world has occurred.

With the French opera director Jean -Pierre Ponnelle, the Luis Lima was particularly attached, he created many roles, including Don José in Carmen and the Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana. These two roles and the title role in Verdi's Don Carlos were among the best roles of the tenor. Luis Lima has worked with almost all the leading conductors of his generation together, including Claudio Abbado, James Levine and Herbert von Karajan, he under whose leadership, among others Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca sang at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 1988.

Many of the performances Luis Lima have been arrested for posterity, including in 1985 his " Don Carlos " and 1991 's "Carmen" from Covent Garden on DVD, as well as Jean -Pierre Ponnelle Così fan tutte film with Teresa Stratas, Edita Gruber and Ferruccio Furlanetto from the year 1988. many of his live performances were recorded by broadcasters and broadcast on television, including 1981 " Mireille " by Charles Gounod from Geneva, 1986 "Carmen" directed by Lina Wertmuller from the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and 2001 " Cavalleria rusticana " in production Jean -Pierre Ponnelle from the Vienna State Opera on the side of Agnes Baltsa.

  • Tenor
  • Opera singer
  • Argentine
  • Born in 1948
  • Man
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