Ccile van de Sant studied in Amsterdam and New York and has
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Ccile van de Sant studied in Amsterdam and New York and has
BERNARD RICHTER Tenor With recent highlights including DON OTTAVIO Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera, Theater an der Wien), ECCLITICO in Haydn’s Il Mondo della Luna (Theater an der Wien), TAMINO ( Opera National de Paris) CLOTARCO in Haydn’s Armida for the Salzburger Festspiele and ALPHONSE Zampa with Les Arts Florissants (Opéra Comique, Paris), Swiss tenor Bernard Richter is consolidating his status as one of the most sought after lyric tenors of the present generation. For the 2010-2011 season, engagements include LE CHEVALIER DE LA FORCE Les Dialogues des Carmélites (Bayerische Staatsoper München), DER STEUERMANN (Der fliegende Holländer) for the Opera National de Paris, HENRY SMITH in Bizet’s La Jolie Fille de Perth (Stadttheater Bern), CAMILLE DE ROSSILLON Die Lustige Witwe (Grand Théâtre de Genève) and the title role of Lully’s Atys in a prestigious anniversary production for Les Arts Florissants. Bernard Richter began his studies in Neuchâtel where he studied with Yves Senn, then was a member of the Opera Studio in Bienne, going on in 2001 to become a finalist in the Concours International de Paris. He was invited to spend a season at the Oper Leipzig where he made his début as TAMINO. He subsequently appeared as a guest in theatres including Luzern, Bern, Basel, Leipzig and Frankfurt, where his numerous appearances brought him the admiration of audiences and colleagues alike. Other highlights include FERRANDO Così fan tutte for Theater Basel, PARIS La Belle Hélène and FRITZ La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, CONTE ERRICO La Vera Costanza at the Haydn Festival in Eisenstadt, and TAMINO at both the Stadttheater Klagenfurt and Opera Ireland. In the summer of 2005 he made his debut at the Salzburger Festspiele as GUIDOBALDO in Franz Schrecker’s Die Gezeichneten, while further significant projects in that period included the title role in LUCIO SILLA (J.Ch. Bach) for Oper Zürich and HYLAS Les Troyens and THESPIS Platée at Opéra National de Paris. For the Theater Freiburg he has appeared in their Mozart trilogy in the title roles of Idomeneo, Lucio Silla and Mitridate. In demand world-wide as a concert-artist, appearances of note have included PUBLIO ll Sogno di Scipione with the Berliner Symphoniker at the Berliner Philharmonie, ACIS Acis und Galatea in concerts with Les Musiciens du Louvre at the Salzburger Pfingsfestspiele. Other concert and recital engagements have included Salle Gaveau de Paris and Tonhalle Zürich, Victoria Hall Geneva (with Charles Spencer), Mozart Tage Luzern and ARIEL Faustszenen for the Styriarte Graz, Gewandhaus Leipzig and Weimar - where he sang FRANCESCO Benvenuto Cellini with the MDR Orchestra. Most recently, in August 2009 he appeared with the Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai in Torino in a programme of Schubert arias, has performed the title role in Il Ritorno di Tobias (Haydn) with L’Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome and in the Konzerthaus of Vienna. He enjoys close associations with conductors including William Christie, Gerhard Markson, Adam Fischer, Kent Nagano, Marc Minkowski, Jeffrey Tate, Ivor Bolton, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Fabio Luisi, Fabio Biondi, Sir Neville Mariner, Theodor Guschlbauer, Sylvain Cambreling, Asher Fisch, Jonathan Nott, Manfred Huss, Theo Loosli, and directors including Laurent Pelly, Christof Loy, Nikolaus Lehnoff, Keith Warner, Tobias Moretti, Dieter Kaegi, Dimitri Cherniakov, Robert Bouvier, Karine Beyer, Ludger Engels, Jean-Marie Villégier and Macha Makeieff. December 2009