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tenor José Sempere was born in Crevillente
in the province of Alicante, Spain. He studied at the conservatory
of Teatro Liceu in Barcelona and the opera
academy of La Scala, Milano, and also received classes from
Gino Bechi, Giulietta Simionato, Alfredo Kraus, Carlo Bergonzi.
He also undertook a few lessons from Giacomo
Lauri-Volpi in his home in Burjasot, Valencia. Having won
two important song competitions, the Francisco
Viñas
and the Plácido
Domingo contests, he made his debut at the
Teatro Reggio in Parma, 1987, as Master Ford in Antonio Salieri's
Falstaff and as the duke in Verdi's Rigoletto. He then moved
on to sing at
the opera houses of Modena, Ferrara and Reggio
Emilia, then Rome. He made his Covent Garden debut in 1991
as the duke in
Rigoletto.
At the Festival of Ravenna he took part in Auber's La
Muette de Portici as
Masaniello (1991), then 1992 at the Teatro San Carlo of
Napoli as Ernesto in Don Pasquale, followed
by Roland in Esclarmonde by
Massenet in St. Étienne, 1993.
He also sang the latter role in Paris in 1994. In the 1992/93
he was awarded the Lauri Volpi award for best new artist
for his success at the Arena di Verona.
1994 he appeared for the first time in the US. He then
made several guest
appearances at the arena of Verona during 1995 as the duke
in "Rigoletto," at the Wiener
Staatsoper in 1995 and at the Teatro San Carlos in Lisboa
during 1996 as Arturo in Bellini's "I Puritani." Further
guest appearances
include Oslo (1989 as Rodolfo in La Bohème),
the Teatro Massimo Palermo,
Teatro Donizetti Bergamo (1993 as a title hero in "Poliuto" by
Donizetti)
and in Madrid (as Edgardo in "Lucia di Lammermoor").
Recent appearances include I Puritani at the Wien Staatsoper
and the Maestranza in Sevilla, Guglielmo Tell in Roma and Wien
and Rigoletto in Wien.
José Sempere has several recordings behind him, a complete
Poliuto (Donizetti) for Ricordi, Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
for RAI, Rigoletto in Roma and a few concert recitals,
opera and zarzuela arias.
For further info on José Sempere's current and future
schedule, check operabase.com.
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