Raúl Melo | Tenor

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0 bgcolor="#99cccc" background="Resources/bg.gif"> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=702> <tr valign=top> <td colspan=4></td> <td height=19></td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td rowspan=3></td> <td rowspan=3> <p><img src="Resources/item1a.gif" border=0 width=180 height=18 alt=""></td> <td colspan=2></td> <td height=9></td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td></td> <td><img src="Resources/_clear.gif" border=0 width=44 height=1 alt=""><img src="Resources/index2.gif" border=0 width=251 height=13 alt=""></td> <td height=19></td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td colspan=2></td> <td height=1></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=39><img src="Resources/_clear.gif" border=0 width=39 height=1 alt=""></td> <td width=231><img src="Resources/_clear.gif" border=0 width=231 height=1 alt=""></td> <td width=25><img src="Resources/_clear.gif" border=0 width=25 height=1 alt=""></td> <td width=341><img src="Resources/_clear.gif" border=0 width=341 height=1 alt=""></td> <td width=66 height=1><img src="Resources/_clear.gif" border=0 width=66 height=1 alt=""></td> </tr> </table> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=702> <tr valign=top> <td colspan=2></td> <td height=11></td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td></td> <td> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 bgcolor="#cc0033"> <tr> <td> <table border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=1 bgcolor="#cc0033"> <tr> <td height=371 width=646 colspan=2 valign=top bgcolor="#ffffcc"> <p><img src="Resources/melo.jpg" border=0 width=110 height=172 align=left hspace=10 vspace=10 alt=""><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">Raúl Melo, tenor</font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">Born in Havana, Cuba, and a citizen of the United States, Mr. Melo is a resident of the state of Maryland. He has a large and varied repertoire which he has performed in the U.S. and abroad, at such theaters as Berlin's Deutsche Oper and State Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Stuttgart's State opera, Düsseldorf's Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Frankfurt Opera, Dresden State Opera and in the United States at The Washington Opera, Detroit Opera, Cleveland Opera, Florida Grand, Palm Beach Opera, Minnesota Opera, Des Moines Opera, New York City Opera, Connecticut Opera, and Tri-Cities Opera, a.o.</font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">The roles he has performed most often are the Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto, Rodolfo in Puccini's La Bohème, Nemorino in Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore and the Singer in Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier,. Mr.Melo has also performed the main tenor roles in Gounod's Faust, Bizet's Carmen, Puccini's Madama Butterfly and Tosca, Verdi's La Traviata, Strauss' Die Fledermaus, Delibes' Lakmé, Verdi's Macbetto and Lehar's The Merry Widow.</font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">During the 2002-2003 season, Mr. Melo can be heard as Rodolfo in La Boheme and in Rossini's Stabat Mater with the Macao (China) Opera, as Alfredo in La Traviata with Nashville Opera and as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Connecticut Opera. His concert engagements include performances of operatic arias with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Grand Rapids and Monterey Symphonies, as well as Verdi's Requiem with Virginia and South Bend Symphonies.</font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">Recently, Mr. Melo made his debut with Seattle Opera in the role of Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera and also debuted with the Zurich State Opera as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor. He also created the role of Manno Bianchini in a world premiere opera titled Sacco and Vanzetti written by Anton Coppola for the opera in Tampa, Florida. Mr. Melo has performed several concerts with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Verdi Requiem with San Antonio Symphony, as Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera with the Palm Beach Opera. Season 2000/01 included for Mr. Melo the role of Rodolfo in La Bohème with Connecticut Opera, Alfred in Die Fledermaus with the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center and Pollione in Norma with the Fort Worth Opera. </font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">Mr. Melo, won the prize of "Best Lyric Tenor" in the 1992 Alfredo Kraus Competition.</font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"> </font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">August 2002</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height=172 width=322 valign=top bgcolor="#cccccc"> <p><a href="http://www.dispeker.com" TARGET="new"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">Thea Dispeker Inc.</font></a><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"><br>Artists Management<br>59 East 54th Street<br>Suite 81<br>New York, NY 10022</font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">Tel: (212) 421-7676<br>Fax: (212) 935-3279<br>E-mail: info@dispeker.com</font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">Laurence Wasserman </font><a href="mailto:larry@dispeker.com"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">larry@dispeker.com</font></a><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"><br>President, Director of the Vocal Division</font></td> <td height=172 width=323 valign=top bgcolor="#cccccc"> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">Opera Art SRL Di Mario Dradi<br>Via Isolata Forette 11<br>37068 Vigasio VR<br>Italy</font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">Agents:</font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">Ursula Svoboda dmartist@smile.ch<br>+43-699-17000661</font> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1">Irene Gall gall@dmartist.com<br>+390456649907<br>+390456649911<br>Fax: +390456649936</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td height=548></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=50><img src="Resources/_clear.gif" border=0 width=50 height=1 alt=""></td> <td width=650><img src="Resources/_clear.gif" border=0 width=650 height=1 alt=""></td> <td width=2 height=1><img src="Resources/_clear.gif" border=0 width=2 height=1 alt=""></td> </tr> </table> </body>