Gaston Rivero

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Gaston Rivero
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Gaston Rivero as Manrico in Il trovatore
Born (1978-02-06) 6 February 1978 (age 47)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Education
OccupationOperatic tenor
Website www.gastonrivero.com

Gaston Rivero (born February 6, 1978) is an Uruguayan-US American operatic tenor from Argentina.

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Life and education

Rivero was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [1] He grew up in the Abasto district of the neighbourhood of Balvanera,[ citation needed ] in a musical family. His grandfather Ramón Olivera was a violinist at the Sodre Theater in Montevideo, Uruguay, [2] and his father Carlos Rivero was a tenor at Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. [1] Rivero was interested in soccer as a teenager, [1] and showed talent in singing at the age of 14. [1] At age 19 he appeared in a concert with music by Jacques Offenbach at the Auditorio Del Pilar in Buenos Aires. [3] He worked as an assistant in a law firm and studied in the evenings at the National Conservatory of Music Carlos Lopez Buchardo. [1] After applying for a position in the Teatro Colón choir three times without success, he moved to New York with a stipend in 2001. [1] He participated in numerous competitions (see Awards), [4] winning stipends and monetary prizes that enabled him to continue his education in New York, [1] [4] where conductor Eugene Kohn became his teacher and mentor. [4] He studied at the Music Conservatory of Westchester community music school [5] and the Renata Scotto Opera Academy in New York. [6]

Career

Rivero made his concert debut at Carnegie Hall in December 2002, [7] and joined the cast of Baz Luhrmann's production of La bohème on Broadway [8] as understudy for the role of Rodolfo in the same year, [2] resulting in his Broadway theatre debut in 2003. [9] Rivero's opera debut followed in 2004 in La Gioconda with the Opera Orchestra of New York under Eve Queler. [10] He made his European debut in 2005, performing the role of B.F. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at the Staatstheater Nürnberg. [1] In 2020 Rivero appeared in an abbridged version of Il trovatore at the Leipzig Opera, wich was performed without a live audience and live streamed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [11] From 2021 till 2024 Rivero was a lecturer in the summer program Lotte Lehmann Akademie in Perleberg, Germany. [8]

List of Performances
Venue/CompanyYearProductionRole
Opera Orchestra of New York 2003La GiocondaPrimo cantatore
2004La Fanciulla del WestTrin
LakmeHadji
Wichita Grand Opera2006La traviataAlfredo
2015Don CarlosDon Carlos
2007L'amore dei tre reFlaminio
Staatstheater Nürnberg 2005Madama ButterflyB. F. Pinkerton
2012Il trovatoreManrico
El Paso Opera2006La traviataAlfredo
Lyric Opera of San Antonio
Knoxville Opera CarmenDon Jose
Opera Carolina 2007Romeo et JulietteRomeo
Westfield Symphony OrchestraMadama ButterflyB.F. Pinkerton
PortOpera Romeo et JulietteRomeo
Auditorio Zaragoza CarmenDon Jose
2008La traviataAlfredo
2009Il trovatoreManrico
2010La bohèmeRodolfo
Opéra de Lausanne 2008CarmenDon Jose
Palm Beach Opera La traviataAlfredo
Deutsche Oper Berlin 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014CarmenDon Jose
2010CassandraAgamemnon
2011La bohèmeRodolfo
Marie VictoireCloriviere
2018Cavalleria rusticanaTuriddu
NabuccoIsmaele
Festival de Sédières2009ToscaMario Cavaradossi
Staatstheater Darmstadt 2010La bohèmeRodolfo
2024OtelloOtello
Stadttheater Klagenfurt 2010AidaRadames
Il trovatoreManrico
Verdi Requiem
2011ToscaMario Cavaradossi
Theater Freiburg Manon LescautDes Grieux
Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb Il trovatoreManrico
Grand Théatre/Opéra National de Bordeaux Il trovatoreManrico
Teatro Solís de MontevideoCavalleria RusticanaTuriddu
2013MacbethMacduff
Hungarian State Opera Budapest2011, 2012MefistofeleFaust
2011, 2025 Manon Lescaut Des Grieux
2012Verdi Requiem
2013Madama ButterflyB.F. Pinkerton
2013, 2021Don CarlosDon Carlos
2018, 2019, 2025 La fanciulla del West Dick Johnson
Grand Théatre de Genève 2012, 2014Der RosenkavalierEin Sänger
Oper Graz 2011, 2013 to 2022 Tosca Mario Cavaradossi
2012Manon LescautDes Grieux
2014, 2015ToscaMario Cavaradossi
Oper Leipzig 2012 to 2016, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024La bohèmeRodolfo
2012 to 2014 La traviata Alfredo
2012, 2014 Der Rosenkavalier Ein Sänger
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 Nabucco Ismaele
2015 Manon Lescaut Des Grieux
2015 to 2017 Madama Butterfly B.F. Pinkerton
2017, 2019Don CarlosDon Carlos
2018 to 2020 La fanciulla del West Dick Johnson
2018 Turandot Calaf
2019 to 2021CarmenDon Jose
2020 Il trovatore Manrico [11]
Staatstheater Kassel 2013ToscaMario Cavaradossi
Staatstheater Mainz Mefistofele Faust
Staatstheater Hannover CarmenDon Jose
Grand Theatre, Warsaw Don CarlosDon Carlos
Teatro Massimo di PalermoNabuccoIsmaele
Staatsoper Berlin Il trovatoreManrico [12]
2014Don CarlosDon Carlos
2015 Macbeth Macduff
2016 Simon Boccanegra Gabriele Adorno
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz 2014AidaRadames
Menuhin Festival Gstaad 2014CarmenDon Jose
Aalto Musiktheater Essen 2014Manon LescautDes Grieux
2015Luisa MillerRodolfo
2016ToscaMario Cavaradossi [13]
2016, 2018AidaRadames
2017, 2018 Il trovatore Manrico
2019 Otello Otello [13]
2022Don CarlosDon Carlos
New National Theatre Tokyo 2014CarmenDon Jose
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 2014La traviataAlfredo
Latvian National Opera 2015 Manon Lescaut Des Grieux
2024AidaRadames
Don CarlosDon Carlos
2024, 2025TurandotCalaf
Israeli Opera 2014La bohèmeRodolfo
2016Romeo et JulietteRomeo
MacbethMacduff
2017FaustFaust
Staatstheater Stuttgart 2015 Luisa Miller Rodolfo
Slovak National Theatre La bohèmeRodolfo
Lithuanian City OperaIl trovatoreManrico
Opéra national de Paris Bastille 2016AidaRadames
Opéra de Monte-Carlo 2016 Nabucco Ismaele
Warsaw Philharmonic 2016CarmenDon Jose
Sugi Opera Seoul Arts Center2016CarmenDon Jose
Opéra National du Rhin Strasbourg 2016Don CarlosDon Carlos
Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Bruxelles 2017AidaRadames
Opéra de Toulon 2017Un Ballo in MascheraRiccardo
Royal Opera House Muscat 2017AidaRadames
National Theatre Mannheim 2017Madama ButterflyB.F. Pinkerton
2018TurandotCalaf
Verona Arena 2017AidaRadames
Teatro Regio Torino 2018TurandotCalaf
2023AidaRadames
Savonlinna Opera Festival 2018Madama ButterflyB.F. Pinkerton
2022AidaRadames
Teatro Filarmonico Verona 2018Manon LescautDes Grieux
Teatro Verdi Trieste 2019CarmenDon Jose
Opera Ostfold2019Il trovatoreManrico
Teatro Verdi di Padova2019TurandotCalaf
National Theater Prague 2020AidaRadames
Teatro Massimo Bellini 2020CarmenDon Jose
2022La bohèmeMarcello
Teatro Pergolesi di Jesi2022Il trovatoreManrico
Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre 2022, 2024Don CarlosDon Carlos
2023AidaRadames [14]
2024TurandotCalaf
Teatro Sociale di Rovigo2023Il trovatoreManrico
Teatro Mario del Monaco Treviso2023Il trovatoreManrico
Teatro Coccia di Novara2023Il trovatoreManrico
Teatro Petruzzelli Bari 2024ToscaMario Cavaradossi
Cologne Opera 2024 Un ballo in maschera Ricardo [15]
Zurich Opera House 2025 Manon Lescaut Des Grieux [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kurt Vlach (October 4, 2012). "Gaston Rivero: "Lieber große Rollen an mittleren Häusern als kleine Rollen an großen"". onlinemerker.com (in Austrian German). Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Gaston Rivero. "About the artist". onesoulstudios.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2004. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Past Appearances – Offenbachiana". onesoulstudios.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2004.
  4. 1 2 3 Tiziano Thomas Dossena (February 26, 2014). "Interview with the tenor Gaston Rivero". operamylove.com. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Our History". musicconservatory.org. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Uruguay: Gaston Rivero". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  7. ↑ "Past Appearances – Weil Recital Hall". onesoulstudios.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2004.
  8. 1 2 "Lotte Lehmann Akademie, Perleberg – Gaston Rivero". lottelehmann-perleberg.de (in German). Archived from the original on September 20, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Past Appearances – Broadway". Archived from the original on June 11, 2004.
  10. 1 2 Cohn Dutcher Associates (July 1, 2008). "Vidda Recital Awards Series with Tenor Gaston Rivero" (PDF). operaorchestrany.org. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-06. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  11. 1 2 Claudia Behn (December 9, 2020). "Oper Leipzig: „Il trovatore" am 06.12.2020 -Livestream-". opernmagazin.de (in German).
  12. ↑ A.J. Goldmann (December 4, 2013). "Opera News - Il trovatore". operanews.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016.
  13. 1 2 "Gaston Rivero". theater-essen.de (in German). Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  14. ↑ Francisco Salazar (2023-06-03). "Kristine Opolais, Gaston Rivero, & Justina Gringytė Lead Lithuanian National Opera's 2023-24 Season". operawire.com. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  15. ↑ Lauren McQuistin (2024-04-24). "Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera at Oper Köln". gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  16. ↑ Laura Servidei (February 27, 2025). "Opernhaus Zürich 2024-25 Review: Manon Lescaut". operawire.com. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  17. ↑ Gaston Rivero. "Gaston Rivero CD". gastonrivero.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Gaston Rivero: Gaston Rivero - Tenor". Archived from the original on June 5, 2004.
  19. ↑ "2003 Laureates". ibla.org.
  20. ↑ "Opera Index Vocal Competition Previous Winners". Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  21. ↑ "Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition – Previous Winners". Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  22. ↑ "BBC - BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, 2005 - The Final - Uruguay: Gaston Rivero". bbc.co.uk.
  23. ↑ "Past Winners 2005 International Vocal Competition". liciaalbanesepuccinifnd.org. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  24. ↑ "Past Winners 2006 International Vocal Competition". liciaalbanesepuccinifnd.org. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  25. 1 2 3 "Holiday Party 2013: Bios". monc.com. December 9, 2013. Archived from the original on October 6, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Foundation – Past Winners". Archived from the original on January 3, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Vocal Competition Archives". giuliogari.org. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  28. ↑ "Dos sopranos se alzaron con el triunfo". elperiodicodearagon.com (in Spanish). September 16, 2007.
  29. ↑ "Vidda Recital Award Series – The Opera Orchestra of New York" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-16. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  30. ↑ "2008 Competition Winners". georgelondon.org. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008.
  31. ↑ "Past Winners". The Opera Foundation. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  32. ↑ "Belvedere Singing Competition – Prize Winners". www.belvedere-competition.com.
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