Juan Francisco Gatell
(tenor, Spain)
EDUCATION AND WORK
Acclaimed as one of the most interesting among his generation, Argentinian Juan Francisco Gatell’s voice has been called luminous, seductive, elegant, and agile, his acting dramatic and sensitive. He has appeared on opera and concert stages throughout Europe, and in North and South America, including Teatro alla Scala, Teatro la Fenice, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Théâtre Champs-Élysées, Vienna Staatsoper, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro Real di Madrid, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Opera Bastille, LA Opera, New National Theatre Tokio, Salzburg Festival, Rossini Opera Festival, Festival Aix en Provence.
He has performed under the most important Orchestra Conductors and Stage Directors, such as: Roberto Abbado, James Conlon, Daniele Gatti, Riccardo Muti, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Damiano Michieletto, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Luca Ronconi, Graham Vick, Barrie Kosky.
RECOGNITION
In 2015, he was awarded the Aureliano Pertile Award.
REPERTOIRE
Tamino (Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte”)
Ferrando (Mozart’s “Così fan tutte”)
Don Ottavio (Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”)
Gomatz (Mozart’s “Zaide”)
Belfiore (Rossini’s “Il viaggio a Reims”)
Conte d’Almaviva (Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia”)
Idreno (Rossini’s “Semiramide”)
Paolo Erisso (Rossini’s “Maometto II”)
Rodrigo (Rossini’s “La donna del lago”)
Nemorino (Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’amore”)
Ernesto (Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale”)
Fenton (Verdi’s “Falstaff”)
Giasone (Mayr’s “Medea in Corinth”)
Orfeo (Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice”)
Admeto (Gluck’s “Alceste”)
Oreste (Gluck’s “Iphigénie en Tauride”)
Tenor (Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier”)
Prunier (Puccini’s “La rondine”)