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Presentation of the 2nd Edition of Cascais Opera

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24th OCTOBER
Portugal Embassy in Paris
6:00 PM
Reception Tasting of Carcavelos wines and Cascais Areias (biscuits)
6:30 PM
Presentation of the 2nd edition of Cascais Opera – International Vocal Competition José Augusto Duarte – Ambassador Jorge Chaminé – President of European Music Center Alexandra Maurício – General Director of Cascais Opera
7:00 PM
Concert
1.Sílvia Sequeira
Richard Wagner Dich teure Halle – Tannhäuser
2. Haesu Kim
Giacomo Puccini Che gelida manina – La Bohème
3. Anna Erokhina, Haesu Kim
Georges Bizet Près des remparts de Séville – Carmen
4. Anna Erokhina
Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Voi lo sapete
5. Oleh Lebedyev
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo – Così fan tutte
6. Teresa Sales Rebordão
Joly Braga Santos I. O Céu, a terra, o Vento sossegado – Três Sonetos de Camões
7. Teresa Sales Rebordão
Jacques Offenbach Vois sous l’archet frèmissant – Les Contes d’Hoffmann
8. Sílvia Sequeira, Teresa Sales Rebordão
Jacques Offenbach Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour (Barcarolle) – Les Contes d’Hoffmann
9. Sílvia Sequeira, Anna Erokhina, Haesu Kim, Oleh Lebedyev
Giuseppe Verdi Un dì, si ben rammentomi / Bella figlia dell’ amore – Rigoletto
10. Tutti: Sílvia Sequeira, Anna Erokhina, Teresa Sales Rebordão, Haesu Kim, Oleh Lebedyev
Johann Strauß II Im Feuerstrom der Reben (Champagner-Lied) Die Fledermaus
25th OCTOBER
3:00 PM
Presentation of the 2nd edition of Cascais Opera – International Vocal Competition Jorge Chaminé – President of European Music Center Sergei Leiferkus and Adriano Jordão – Artistic Directors of Cascais Opera
3:30 PM
Concert
1. Anna Erokhina, Haesu Kim
Georges Bizet Près des remparts de Séville – Carmen
2. Anna Erokhina
Georges Bizet L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) – Carmen
3. Haesu Kim
Giacomo Puccini Che gelida manina – La Bohème
4. Teresa Sales Rebordão
Johann Strauß II Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein – Die Fledermaus
5. Oleh Lebedyev
Giaochino Rossini Largo al factotum – Il Barbiere di Siviglia
6. Teresa Sales Rebordão, Oleh Lebedyev
Franz Léhar Lippen schweigen – Die lustige Witwe
7. Tutti: Anna Erokhina, Teresa Sales Rebordão, Haesu Kim, Oleh Lebedyev
Johann Strauß II Im Feuerstrom der Reben (Champagner-Lied) – Die Fledermaus
4:00 PM
Offering of João Guilherme Ripper’s score
4:30 PM
Jorge Chaminé: Visit to the Villa Viardot, Maison Bizet and Tourgueniev Dacha Museum


Oleh Lebedyev

Ukrainian baritone Oleh Lebedyev based in Germany. 

In the 2019/2021 season he was a part of the Centre Perfeccionament Placido Domingo at the Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía (Spain). He attended master classes with Placido Domingo, Carlo Rizzi, Roger Vignoles, Stefano Montanari, Peter Berne, Carlos Chausson, Eytan Pessen and Raúl Gimenez, etc.

His repertoire includes roles such as Conte Almaviva (»Le Nozze di Figaro«), Belcore (»L’Elisir d’amore«), Dandini (»La Cenerentola«), Malatesta (»Don Pasquale«), Cavaliere Belfiore (»Un giorno di regno«), Bob (»The old maid and the thief«), Le Gendarme (»Les Mamelles de Tiresias«), Enrico (»L’Isola Disabitata«), Moralès, Dancaïre, Samuel , Silvano , Baron Douphol, Marchese, Graf Lamoral, Mr. Bosun (» Billy Budd«), Don Fabrizio (»Il tutore burlato«), etc. 2021 – Teatro Real Special Prize at the Concorso Lirico Ottavio Ziino (Rome). In 2022 – first prize at the Premiere Opera Foundation Competition (New York, USA). 2024 – Finalist and a winner of Eva Kleinitz award at Concorso Lirico Portofino, Italy. Finalist and Engagement Prize winner at IVC s-Hertogenbosch Competition 2024.

He has appeared on the stages of the Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia, Teatro Real Madrid, Aalto-Theater Essen, Theater Bonn, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Oper Wuppertal, Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen, Oper im Steinbruch, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, etc. In March 2024 performed at Palais de Musique et Congress in Strasbourg under the baton of Oksana Lyniv. In 2024 he appears as Conte Almaviva in tour by Israel with Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, alas as Dandini in La Cenerentola in Theater Hagen (Status: 2024)


Sílvia Sequeira

Silvia Sequeira, was the winner of the CICLO Lousada competition in 2024, in April of that same year she won the 1st prize and the Público prize in the Cascais Opera competition in Portugal, and the 3rd prize, the Wagner prize and the Público prize in the “Concurso Tenor Viñas” in Barcelona.  She debuted as ‘Suor Angélica’ in December 2023 in the Netherlands, in September of that year she also debuted as ‘Donna Elvira’-Don Giovanni, in Portugal at the Óbidos Opera Festival and ‘Maria Stuarda’ in the Dutch National Opera’s production in May 2023. She was the winner of the ‘Klara’ public prize at the “Queen Elisabeth Competition” in Belgium; ‘ARIA’ winner; won 2nd prize, best dramatic voice, special prize, and audience prize in the “Ebe Stignani Competition”; 3rd prize in the “Vinceró Competition”; public prize in the “Ciclo Lousada” competition;  and Public Awards at the “IVC” in 2022. In 2021 she won 2nd prize in the Portuguese Rotary Foundation Competition, that summer she premiered the role “Micaela” from the opera “Carmen” by G. Bizet, in Weikersheim, Germany, directed by Elijah Grandy.   She made her international debut in 2019 with “Zanetto”, an opera by P. Mascagni with the role ‘Silvia’ at the Maastricht Conservatory.


Anna Erokhina

Anna Erokhina is a Russian-Ukrainian mezzo-soprano.

Born in Crimea, Ukraine, she studied opera singing at the Simferopol Music College (2010-2013) and the Saint Petersburg State Conservatory under Evgeniya Gorokhovskaya, graduating in 2018.

Her previous roles include Olga in Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky), Laura in Iolanta (Tchaikovsky), and Athamas in Semele (Händel). 

In 2019, Anna joined the Finnish National Opera’s singers’ department, debuting in CircOpera 2.0 in 2022. Her mainstage work in the 2023/2024 season includes Olga in Eugene Onegin, Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and also covering the role of Flosshilde in Götterdämmerung.

In 2023, Anna debuted at the Opéra de Baugé festival in France, performing Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana. She was a finalist in the Elizabeth Connell Prize International Singing Competition in London and the “Maria Kraja” International Festival of Operatic Singers in Tirana, Albania. 

In 2024, she won 3rd Prize at the Cascais Opera International Vocal Competition (Portugal), was a finalist in the Leyla Gencer Voice Competition (Turkey), and received the Finalist Prize at the Zenith Opera Competition (Germany). 

Her recent roles include Mercedes in Carmen and performing Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été, Op. 7, at Opéra de Baugé in July 2024.


Haesu Kim

Tenor Haesu Kim was born in South Korea in 1991 and completed his vocal studies at Chung-Ang University from 2010 to 2016. In 2014, he performed as Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore, followed a year later by the role of Duca in Verdi’s Rigoletto. From October 2017 to February 2020, he studied under Ursula Targler-Sell at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt. His solo repertoire includes works by Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, and Donizetti. In 2018, as part of the Frankfurt Opera House’s “Oper für Kinder,” he appeared as Don Ramiro in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, and a year later performed as Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Bohème, as well as in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem in 2019. Furthering his studies, he joined the class of Christoph Hans Bergmann at the Mainz University of Music in 2020, preparing for his concert exam. He was a member of the International Opera Studio of the National Theater Mannheim from the 2021/22 to 2022/23 seasons. In 2024, Haesu Kim was a finalist in the Cascais Opera Competition.


Teresa Sales Rebordão 

Teresa Sales Rebordão is a Portuguese lyric mezzo-soprano. Currently based in Vienna, she is a member of the opera studio of the Wiener Staatsoper since the season 2024/25.

Teresa is a prizewinner in various competitions, including the International Singing Competition Cascais Ópera 2024, where she received a prize-contract with the Marvão International Music Festival. In the field of song, she received the Song Award at the Vocallis Festival 2021 in the Netherlands. 

Teresa made her debut at the Theatre Aachen as Witwe in Pasticcio Ombra Felice in 2021. She performed in the same theatre the following seasons with the roles of Stewardess (Flight) and Frau Pfeil (Der Schauspieldirektor). During her studies, she also performed the roles Annio (La Clemenza di Tito), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), La messagiera (L’Orfeo) and L’enfant (L’enfant et les sortiléges). 

Born in Lisbon, Teresa began her vocal studies at the Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa. She went on to study at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, where she completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree with distinction, under the guidance of Claudia Kunz-Eisenlohr. In Germany, she discovered a great interest in German Lied and worked regularly with Ulrich Eisenlohr and Bernd Gaube. Teresa currently studies with Romana Noack.


Alessandro Pratico

Alessandro Praticò was born in Reggio, Calabria and earned his degree in piano and piano accompaniment at the Francesco Cilea conservatory in 2017. He performs regularly as a soloist in numerous festivals in Europe and, since 2011, he has worked as a vocal coach in the following productions: La Traviata, Rigoletto, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, L’Arlesienne, La Bohème, Die Zauberflöte, Un ballo in maschera, Noye’s Fludde, Andrea Chénier, Carmen, Simon Boccanegra, Le nozze di Figaro, Reigen, and Gianni Schicchi under the baton of conductors like Donato Renzetti, David Crescenzi, Maxime Pascal, Matteo Beltrami, and Thomas Roesner. He was selected as one of the five best students at the Francesco Cilea Conservatory in Reggio Calabria to give concerts at Expo Milan in 2015. In the spring of 2018, he participated in the masterclasses of Philippe Jordan at the Collège de France and the Bastille Amphitheatre. He has worked with numerous singers, including Luciana D’Intino, Dolora Zajick, Elina Garanča, Lucio Gallo, Donata D’Annunzio Lombardi, and Mihaela Marcu. He also expanded his repertoire as a soloist under the guidance of Alexander Hintchev. A vocal coach at the Nuovo Teatro Comunale in Sassari in 2016 then at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari in 2017, he also became the principal assistant to conductor David Crescenzi. In July 2018, he joined the team of professionals for the Premiere Opera International Summer Program in Urbania (Italy) which aims to develop the talents of opera singers and instrumentalists. Alessandro Praticò joined the Paris Opera Academy in September 2017.

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