# Levy Sekgapane

Levy Sekgapane is a South-African operatic and Bel canto tenor whose repertoire includes roles in works by G. Rossini, G. Donizetti, W. A. Mozart, J. S. Bach. Sekgapane was named the 30 Under 30 Europe 2018: Arts & Culture by Forbes magazine.

## Early life

Sekgapane was born in Kroonstad, South Africa. He graduated from the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town.

## Participation in international vocal competitions

Sekgapane obtained the 1st prize at the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition as well as the 1st prize at the Montserrat Caballé International Singing Competition in 2015. In the summer of 2017, he won the 1st prize at Plácido Domingo's Operalia, the World Opera Competition.

## Artistic activity

The singer's stage activity began in Chemnitz, Germany in 2014 when he sang the role of Don Ramiro in Rossini's La Cenerentola. During the season 2015/16, he became a member of the Young Ensemble of Semperoper in Dresden.
The following season he performed the roles of Don Ramiro, Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia) and Lindoro, at Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Bavarian State Opera, Hamburg State Opera and Aalto-Musiktheater Essen. He also appeared at Royal Opera Copenhagen as Il Conte di Libenskof in a new production of Rossini's Il Viaggio a Reims (2017). Levy Sekgapane also performed at opera festivals such as the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, the Whitsun Festival at State Theatre Wiesbaden, the international Donizetti Opera festival in Bergamo, Glyndebourne Festival, Salzburg Festival and Wexford Festival Opera.
On the concert stage, he gave his debut at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg singing at New Year's Eve gala. He took part in a concert dedicated to Maria Callas at Theatre Champs-Élysées in Paris and performed in the AIDS Gala concert hosted annually at Deutsche Oper Berlin to support HIV and AIDS.

## Repertoire
### Opera roles

| Role | Opera | Composer | Location |
| Count Almaviva | Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) | G. Rossini | 2019 - Teatro Massimo di Palermo 2019 - Glyndebourne Opera House 2019 - Opéra National de Bordeaux 2019 - Ópera Nacional de Chile, Santiago 2018 - Ópera de Las Palmas 2018 - Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 2018 - Opéra National de Paris 2017/18 - Den Norske Opera, Oslo 2016/17 - Aalto-Musiktheater Essen 2016/17 - Deutsche Oper Berlin 2016 - Semperoper Dresden |
| Don Ramiro | La Cenerentola | G. Rossini | 2020 - Bayerische Staatsoper, München 2019 - Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège 2017 - Bayerische Staatsoper, München 2016 - Staatsoper Hamburg |
| Selimo | Adina | G. Rossini | 2019 - Wexford Festival Opera 2018 - Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro |
| Conte di Libenskof | Il viaggio a Reims | G. Rossini | 2017 - Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona 2017 - Royal Danish Opera, København |
| Arbace | Idomeneo | W. A. Mozart | 2019 - Salzburger Festspiele |
| Guido | Enrico di Borgogna | G. Donizetti | 2018 - Teatro Donizetti Bergamo |
| Don Narciso | Il turco in Italia | G. Rossini | 2018 - Staatsoper Hamburg |
| Ernesto | Don Pasquale | G. Donizetti | 2018/19 - Latvian National Opera, Riga 2022 - Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari |
| Nemorino | L'elisir d'amore | G. Donizetti | 2017/18 - Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden |
| Lindoro | L'italiana in Algeri | G. Rossini | 2017 - Teatro Massimo di Palermo |
| Albazar | Il turco in Italia | G. Rossini | 2016 - Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro |

### Concerts, recitals

| Year | Event | Orchestra, conductor, pianist | Location |
| 2019 | Messa di Gloria, G. Rossini | Insula orchestra, Speranza Scappucci, | La Seine Musicale, Paris |
| 2019 | Machaidze & Sekgapane – Italian operatic gems concert | Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Patrick Lange | Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen |
| 2019 | "Korchak and friends" concert for the 40th birthday of Dmitry Korczak | Musica Viva Orchestra, Dmitry Korchak / Konstantin Chudovsky | Moscow Concert Hall Zaryadye (Зарядье) |
| 2018 | Maria Callas: The tribute concert | Lamoureux Orchestra, Yvan Cassar | Theatre Champs-Élysées, Paris |
| 2018 | Riga Opera Festival Gala Concert | Latvian National Opera Orchestra, Ozoliņš / Vaicis / Veismanis | Latvian National Opera, Riga |
| 2017 | New Year's Eve gala concert with Olga Peretyatko | NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, James Conlon | Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg |
| 2017 | Duet Gala Concert | Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Tim Murray | Artscape Opera House, Artscape Theatre Centre, Cape Town |
| 2017 | Recital at La Motte Wine Estate | Albie van Schalkwyk (piano) | La Motte Wine Estate, Cape Town |
| 2017 | Recital at the CPH Opera Festival | Leif Greibe (piano) | Børssalen, Copenhagen |
| 2016 | 23 Festive Opera Gala (for the German AIDS Foundation) | [information needed] | Deutsche Oper, Berlin |
| 2016 | Rossini Gala, the Verdi Symphonic Season | Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Jader Bignamini | Auditorium di Milano, Milan |