Martín Nusspaumer | |
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Background information | |
Born | Juan Lacaze, Colonia, Uruguay |
Occupation | Opera singer |
Martín Nusspaumer is a Uruguayan operatic tenor. [1]
Nusspaumer was born in Juan Lacaze, Uruguay. [2] He studied in Montevideo [3] at the Municipal School of Music and National School of Lyrical Art and received an artist diploma from the School of the Arts in Charleston, South Carolina. [4] He graduated from the Florida Grand Opera's Young Artist Program [5] and was a finalist in the Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition and the Southern Region Auditions of the Metropolitan Opera. [6]
Nusspaumer has performed as a soloist with orchestras and opera companies including Miami Symphony, [7] Charleston Symphony, [8] Ankara's Presidential Symphony Orchestra, [9] Odessa Philharmonic, [10] Orchestra Firenze, Philharmonic of Montevideo, [11] the South Florida Symphony Orchestra [12] and Istanbul Symphony Orchestra. [13]
Nusspaumer has had principal roles in operas including La bohème , [14] Carmen , [15] Lucia di Lammermoor , [16] La traviata , [17] Madama Butterfly , [18] Eugene Onegin , [19] La battaglia di Legnano , [20] Don Giovanni , [21] "Thais , [22] Nabucco , [23] and L'elisir d'amore . He is also active in the zarzuela genre including Luisa Fernanda , [24] La tabernera del puerto , [25] Katiuska, la mujer rusa by Pablo Sorozábal, [26] and Cecilia Valdés [27] and has promoted this genre around the United States. [28] [29] [30] [31]
His performances have drawn accolades for powerful top notes, earning a reputation as a tenor with a clarion notes. [32] [33]
Nusspaumer resides in South Florida with his wife, mezzo-soprano María Antúnez, [34] [35] and daughter Amelia [36] [37]