General Management excluding France
Chrisni Mendis
chrisni@onlystage.co.uk

Carlos Natale is considered by critics one of the best “bel canto” opera tenors. His elegant timbre and his impeccable musicality makes him an ideal interpreter of the works of Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini.

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he studied at the High Institute of art of “Teatro Colon”. After his debut in the Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires (Argentina) he was invited by the most prominent theatres of the world including: Opera of Rome, Opéra Comique of Paris, Teatro Comunale of Bologna, Royal Opera of Versailles, Teatro Filarmonico of Verona, Theatre du Capitole of Toulouse, Teatro Verdi of Trieste, Teatro Malibran of Venice, Victoria Hall of Genève, Opera of Fribourg, Royal Opera of Wallonie-Belgium, Opera of Rouen-Normandy, Teatro Massimo of Palermo, Wiener Saal of Salzburg, Opéra of Marseille, Opera of Lausanne, Rossini Opera Festival in Wildbad, Opera of Nice, Théâtre de La Monnaie of Bruxelles, Chorégies d’Orange Festival, and more.

His actorial skills and his vocal versatility allow him to sing a large repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music. He has performed more than 20 opera principal roles including: Rossini’s "La cenerentola" (Don Ramiro), Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” (Don Ottavio), Mozart’s "La finta giardiniera" (Il contino Belfiore), Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” (Ferrando), Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” (Ernesto), Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” (Nemorino), Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment” (Tonio), Strauss’s “Die lustige Witwe” (Camille de Rossillon) , Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” (Rinuccio), Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” (Almaviva), Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeri” (Lindoro), Verdi’s “Falstaff” (Fenton), Mozart’s “Die zauberflote” (Tamino), Gluck’s “Paride ed Elena” (Paride), Berio’s “Un re in ascolto” (Regista), Leo’s “L’olimpiade” (Clistene), Haydn’s “Orlando Paladino” (Orlando), Delibes’s “Lakmè” (Gerald), Mozart’s “Die Entfuhrung aus dem serail“ (Belmonte), Gounod’s “Faust” (Faust), Boesmans’s “On pourge bebe” (Choullioux), Ravel’s “L’heure espagnole” (Gonzalve), Ligeti’s “Le grand macabre” (Piet the Pot)...

Among the co-protagonist roles he has played: “Guillaume Tell” (Ruodi), "Romeo et Juliette" (Tybalt) , "I Pagliacci" (Arlecchino), "The midsummer night’s dreams" (Flute) , "Aufstieg und fall der Stadt Mahagonny" (Fatty), "Die Entführung aus dem serail" (Pedrillo), "Lucia di Lammermoor" (Lord Arturo), "Turandot" (Pong), “I Capuleti e i Montecchi” (Tebaldo) “Der Rossenkavalier” (Il tenore italiano), “Les huguenots” (Tavannes), “Macbeth” (Macduff), “Ariadne aux Naxos” (Brighella)…

His discography includes “L’Assassinio nella cattedrale” (Sony Classical), “Il ratto dal serraglio” (Bongiovanni), “Le Disgrazie d’Amore” (Hypérion Records), “Il vespro siciliano” (Naxos).

He has sung solistic roles in lyrical symphonic repertoire including 9th Symphony of Beethoven, Carmina Burana, Handel’s "The Messiah", Puccini’s "Messa di Gloria", Mozart’s "Messa d 'incoronation ", "Mass in C Minor ", Mascagni’s Missa di Gloria, and more.

He is winner of several competitions: prize of the Rome Opera "Nuove voci 2005" at the Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires, "Turandot Competition 2009" organized by the Fondazione Arena di Verona, "Lied Price" in the International Competition Gesangswettbewerb Gut-Immling 2010 (Germany) and the scholarship Bayreuther Festspiele 2010.

He has collaborated with renowned conductors and directors including: Gianluca Gelmetti, John Neschling, Antonio Pirolli, Marco Guidarini, Filippo Maria Bressan, Donato Renzetti, Krzysztof Penderecki, Jonathan Webb, Steuart Bedford, Alain Antinoglu, Eric Vigie, Stefano Vizioli, Andrea Cigni, David Lescaut, Jose Miguel Peres-Sierra, Michele Spotti, Mikael Hampe, Gianfranco De Bosio, Juraj Valčuha, Paul Curran, Jean-Louis Grinda, Claudio Scimone, Adreas Spering, Antonino Fogliani, Paolo Gavazzeni, Pier Luigi Pizzi and many others.