The tenor from San Sebastian, accompanied by the pianist, Maciej Pikulski, will feature in a Christmas recital at the Teatro Real on 18 December, performing arias by Verdi, Donizetti, Massenet and Gounod, and songs by Tosti, Bellini, Liszt and Hahn.
The Teatro Real will celebrate its traditional Christmas Gala with a unique recital, featuring the renowned tenor, Xabier Anduaga and the pianist, Maciej Pikulski. Afterwards, spectators will also be able to enjoy a gala cocktail, in the rooms on the second floor or a gala dinner on the stage of the Teatro Real, both of which will be prepared by Ramón Freixa.
Born in San Sebastián in 1995, Xabier Anduaga is a singer who is considered to be one of the greatest talents in Spanish opera music in recent times. He won the International Opera Award, which is considered to be the genre’s Oscar, for the best young singer in 2020, having already won the Zarzuela Operalia Award in 2019 and the Best Young Singer at the International Opera World Competition.
He began singing at the age of seven in the Orfeón Donostiarra choir and went on to study at Musikene - the Basque Country’s Higher Music Centre in the capital of Gipuzkoa. In 2016, he was chosen to join the Accademia Rossiniana de Pésaro (Italy), where he made his debut in international opera in the role of Cavalier Belfiore in Il viaggio a Reims by Gioachino Rossini. In 2016, he also appeared on stage in the Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao in La Cenerentola. He went on to perform other works by the Italian composer, such as The Barber of Seville or The Siege of Corinth and he participated in the Rossini Opera Festival.
Artistic File:
- Tenor - Xabier Anduaga
- Piano - Maciej Pikulski
Programme:
PART I
- Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) - Ideale / L’ultima canzone / ‘A vucchella
- Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) - La ricordanza / Vanne, o rosa fortunata / Ma rendi pur contento / Vaga luna
- Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) - "Tombe degli avi miei" from Lucia di Lammermoor
- Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - "Lunge da lei" from La Traviata
PART II
- Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - Tre sonetti del Petrarca / Pace non trovo / Benedetto sia il giorno / I' vidi in terra angelici costumi
- Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) - À Chloris / L’heure exquise / Si mes vers avaient des ailes
- Henri Duparc (1848-1933) - Chanson triste / L’invitation au voyage
- Jules Massenet (1842-1912) - "Pourquoi me réveiller?" from Werther
