Gaston Rivero
Gaston Rivero (February 6, 1978 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an Uruguayan-US American operatic tenor. He is a winner of the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna 2009, has appeared in many opera houses, including Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Bruxelles, Arena di Verona, Teatro Regio Torino, Royal Opera House Muscat, Staatsoper Berlin, Opéra National de Paris Bastille, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Deutsche Oper Berlin, New National Theatre Tokyo, Oper Leipzig, as well as on Broadway and off Broadway shows. Early years. Rivero was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He grew up  in the Abasto (a district of the neighbourhood of Balvanera), in which the central fruit and vegetable market was located, where grew up Carlos Gardel the most prominent figure in the history of tango and the Carlos Gardel Museum is now. Rivero worked as an assistant for lawyers while studied at the National Conservatory of Music Carlos Lopez Buchardo in Buenos Aires. Upon his arrival in New York City Gaston Rivero received his education from conductor . During this period Gaston Rivero received training from several teachers and coaches from Juilliard School of Music and Manhattan School of Music. In the  course of his studies he received grands from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Opera Orchestra of New York, the Opera Foundation, the Sergio Franchi Foundation and the Puccini Foundation among others institutions. During his professional career Mr. Rivero collaborated with renowned musicians such as Ulf Schirmer, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Gianandrea Noseda, Christoph Gedschold, Giacomo Sagripanti, Giuliano Carella, Fabrizio Maria Carminati, Oleg Caetani, Frederic Chaslin, Friedrich Haider, Massimo Zanetti, Balazs Kocsar and Daniel Oren among several others. Professional career. His international stage debut came when film director Baz Luhrmann selected him for his production of Puccini's "La  Bohème on Broadway" in 2002. The same year Gaston Rivero made his solo concert debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Since then Mr. Rivero has been known worldwide for his skills and abilities representing the lead Tenor roles from the most demanding Italian Opera repertory in over 1000 performances while guesting worldwide. Made his European debut in 2005 while performing the role of B.F. Pinkerton in "Madame Butterfly" at the Staatstheater Nürnberg. Worked with Maestro Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem performing the role of Alfredo in Verdi's "La Traviata". Made his  debut as Radames in "Aida" and Manrico in "Il Trovatore" in 2010 at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt. His roles and venues include: Don Jose in "Carmen" at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Tokyo National Theater and Teatro Massimo Bellini, the title role in "Don Carlo" at the Staatsoper Berlin, the Opéra National du Rhin and the Hungarian State Opera Budapest, Ismaele in "Nabucco" at Teatro Massimo di Palermo and The Opéra de Monte-Carlo, the title role in Verdi's "Otello" and Rodolfo in "Luisa Miller" at Aalto Theater Essen, Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut and Mario Cavaradossi in "Tosca" at Oper Leipzig , Radames in "Aida" at Opéra national de Paris Bastille, Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie Bruxelles, Arena di Verona, the National Theater Prague and the Royal Opera House Muscat, Manrico in "Il Trovatore" at Oper Leipzig, Staatsoper Berlin and Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux and Calaf in Turandot at Teatro Regio Torino. Philanthropy and outreach. Mr. Rivero collaborates with several institutions worldwide visiting schools and hospitals with the purpose of introducing children to Opera, as well as sponsoring concerts for young talents and skilled professionals in renowned venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Schumannhaus in the city of Leipzig, the Konzerthaus in  Berlin and the Dresdner Piano Salon Kerstin. Some of his protégés include Steinway & Sons's pianist Sandro Russo and pianist Miriam Gallego Lorente winner of the Lang Lang piano Competition in Berlin. In 2021 Gaston Rivero became a member of the voice teachers team of the Lotte Lehmann's Akademie in Perleberg, Brandenburg, Germany. The Academy each year transforms the German city into an international meeting point for Opera.This prestigious position allow Mr. Rivero to join a passionate community of mentors preparing emerging opera singers for professional work while sharing with them essential expertise, experience, support, and motivation for  a lasting professional career in Opera. Rivero's career has also spanned several media and arts professions: actor, opera singer, producer, composer and music consultant. Recordings. Rivero is known for playing the role of Manrico in the Deutsche Grammophon DVD of "Il Trovatore" alongside Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko and Daniel Barenboim. He has worked with many different film-makers such as ; Philipp Stölzl, Johannes Schaaf and Baz Luhrmann among others. Venues. Deutsche Oper Berlin: Don Jose in "Carmen" (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) – Rodolfo in "La Boheme" (2011) – Agamegnone in "Cassandra" (2010) – Cloriviere in "Maria Victoire" (2011) – Turiddu in "Cavalleria  rusticana" (2018) – Ismaele in "Nabucco" (2018) Oper Leipzig: Rodolfo in "La Boheme" (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020) – Alfredo in "La Traviata" (2012, 2013, 2014) – Mario Cavaradossi in "Tosca" (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) – Ein Sänger in "Der Rosenkavalier" (2012, 2014) – Ismaele in "Nabucco" (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018) – Des Grieux in "Manon Lescaut" (2015) – B.F. Pinkerton in "Madame Butterfly" (2015, 2016, 2017) – Don Carlo in "Don Carlo" (2017, 2019) – Dick Johnson in "La fanciulla del West" (2018, 2019, 2020) – Calaf in "Turandot" (2018) – Don Jose in Carmen (2019, 2020, 2021) – Manrico in  Il Trovatore (2020)