Xabier Anduaga

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Xabier Anduaga is a Spanish operatic tenor. He was both joint first prize winner of the Operalia competition held in Prague in 2019 and joint recipient of the prize for zarzuela there. [1]

Biography

Xabier Anduaga was born in 1995 in San Sebastián, Spain and studied at the Musikene College of Music. [2] In 2016 he participated in the Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro where he appeared in the featured role of Cavalier Belfiore in Rossini's opera Il viaggio a Reims . [2] He made his professional debut in staged opera at the Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao as the Prince in Rossini's La Cenerentola in 2016. [3] He subsequently appeared in Rossini's Le siège de Corinthe and other roles at the Rossini Opera Festival [2] Anduaga has performed the leading role of the Conte Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia of Rossini in St. Petersburg, Rouen, Beijing, Parma, Paris and Naples. [2] On April 14, 2023, Anduaga made his house debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Nemorino in L'Elisir d'Amore

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References

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