Die Nacht der 5 Tenöre

In the organizer's words:

A true celebration of opera awaits fans of classical music in Germany in December and January. DIE NACHT DER 5 TENÖRE will be going on tour again next winter. Over 20 dates in some of the country's most beautiful concert halls are on the agenda. With their new program "Melodie per milioni", they will take visitors on a journey through the most beautiful songs from the most famous operas. Arias and melodies that have inspired millions for centuries.

For over 20 years, the five tenors have been delighting thousands of guests at their classical music concert series with their passion for classical music. Every year at the turn of the year, five of the most powerful tenors embark on a tour to bring the fascination of opera to many German cities.

Luigi Frattola, Orfeo Zanetti, Vincenzo Sanso, Alejo Ruiz and Emil Pavlov are normally only seen in the most prestigious opera houses, from La Scala in Milan to the Semperoper in Dresden and the Vienna State Opera. Now there is a unique opportunity to experience them live in over 20 cities in Germany and immerse yourself in the world of Tosca, Aida, Rigoletto, Otello, Turandot, La Traviata, Carmen and many more.

The Plovdiv Symphonic Orchestra under the direction of Nayden Todorov will accompany them on their tour. And the conductor is another star of this ensemble. He is regarded as the best conductor in Eastern Europe, has performed at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and the Klagenfurt Summer Festival, toured Japan with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, worked with opera stars such as Placido Domingo, Raina Kabaivanska, Angela Gheorghiu, Sonya Yoncheva, Juan Diego Florez, Paul Badura-Skoda and Sarah Chang and has even been Minister of Culture in Bulgaria. Founded in 1997, the Plovdiv Symphonic Orchestra has now completed over 1,000 live performances in Europe alone and has worked with renowned artists such as Roger Hodgson (formerly Supertramp) and Anastacia in the many years of its existence.

With their new program "Melodie per milioni", "Die Nacht der 5 Tenöre" is preparing a whole evening full of musical highlights. The repertoire presents arias from well-known operas such as "Aida", "Nabucco", "Tosca", "Carmen" and "La Traviata" as well as "Der Zigeunerbaron". Famous Italian canzonas are also included, which makes for a fascinating mixture.

The tenors and the orchestra will be supported by Andrea Hörkens. The soprano, who is celebrated throughout Europe, will host the concert evening. As in the previous year, Marc Marshall will once again be a star guest. He will be performing on the dates from 31.12.2024.

Marc Marshall was born in Baden-Baden in 1963 as the son of entertainer Tony Marshall. At the age of six, Marc traveled to Chicago for six weeks with his father, who was still unknown at the time, and performed there every evening as part of his
US club tour with him on stage. After leaving school, Marc Marshall studied jazz in Los Angeles in 1982 and deepened his second passion, classical music. He completed his studies as a baritone at the State University of Music in Karlsruhe. It was there that the father of two met Jay Alexander in 1993 during an operetta production. Their successful singing career as the classical pop duo Marshall & Alexander has taken the two exceptional artists to the most beautiful stages and to top positions in the charts since 1998. As part of the tour, Marc Marshall performs solo, as a duet with Andrea Hörkens and together with all the tenors.

The new production THE NIGHT OF THE 5 TENORS "Melodie per milioni" will fascinate audiences, whether they are experienced opera connoisseurs or classical music beginners. Melodies that have thrilled millions for centuries, beautifully intoned by five tenors with magical voices.

VINCENZO SANSO
Vincenzo Sanso studied singing at the "L. Refice" conservatory in Frosinone and obtained his diploma with the highest grade. He completed his studies in Rome with the maestri Carlo di Giacomo and Luciano Bettarini. He won first prize at the following singing competitions: International Singing Competition in Ercolano, Mattia Battistini in Rieti, Tito Schipa in Lecce and "Laboratorio Lirico" in Alessandria. He made his debut in the opera "Rigoletto" in 1985 in the role of the Duke of Mantua. His stellar career has taken him to the Arena di Verona, the Bologna and Cagliari city theaters and the Massimo Theater in Palermo, among others. He has toured extensively abroad in France, England, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece, Austria, Korea and Japan. In these countries, he has sung the leading roles in the following operas: "Barbiere di Siviglia", "Madame Butterfly", "Tosca", "La Boheme", "Don Pasquale", "Elisir d'amore", "Lucia di Lammermoor", "Rigoletto" and "La Traviata". His repertoire also includes baroque operas. In Rimini, he performed the opera "Maximilian Kolbe" by D. Probst and E. lonesco for the first time worldwide. After the CD recording in 1991, he was awarded the "Orfeo d'oro" prize, the "Prix Massenet" prize and the "Prix international de l'Academie Nationale du Disque Lirique". The CD recording was also broadcast by the television station "France 3". Sacred music has played a major role in his career. He has performed the "Requiem" by W.A. Mozart, the "St. Matthew Passion" by J.S. Bach, the "Petite Messe Solemnesse" and "Stabat Mater" by Rossini, the "IX. Symphony" and "Christus am Ölberge" by L.v. Beethoven. He recently completed a successful tour in Korea and Spain and is now back on stage with his colleagues for "The Night of the 5 Tenors".

LUIGI FRATOLLA
Luigi Fratolla graduated with honors from the "Nicolini" Conservatory of Music in Piacenza in 1991. He made his debut in the same year in the opera "La Boheme" in the role of "Rodolfo". He won the "Mattia Battistini" singing competition in Rome. In 1992, he completed a postgraduate course in singing with Maestro Aldo Protti. In 1993, Luigi Frattola was engaged in South Africa for the role of "Cavaradossi" in the opera Tosca. He toured as "Radames" in the opera Aida in the summer of 1998. His singing ventures have taken him to many European cities, including the Teatro Calderon, Madrid, Holland Park Theatre, London, Festspielhaus Salzburg and the National Theatre in Athens. In the summer of 2000, he sang the role of "Radames" in the opera Aida and "Ismael" in the opera Nabucco at the Opera di Verona. In the summer of 2001, he was engaged for the entire season at the Arena di Verona to rapturous acclaim from the audience. From 2002 to 2012 he performed all over the world: Brazil, China, USA, Spain, Norway, Sweden, France, Great Britain, etc. His repertoire as "Tenore spinto" includes many operas by Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Bizet, Mascagni, Leoncavallo and Saint-Saens. Luigi Frattola is highly esteemed by experts and audiences alike for his very broad repertoire, which ranges from the music of the 17th century to the veristic operas of our time. He is now one of the most sought-after tenors in Italy and will once again accompany the "Night of the 5 Tenors" tour this year.

ORFEO ZANETTI
Orfeo Zanetti was born in Citadella (Pauda) in 1960. He studied singing with Maestro Marcello del Monaco and then with the tenors Danilo Cestari and Pier Miranda Ferraro. In 1987 he won his first singing competition at As.Li.Co in Milan, which takes place at La Scala in Milan. In 1989 he won the Verdi voice competition in Busseto (Parma). In 1987 he made his debut in the opera "Werther" by Massenet. He was then engaged by Milan's La Scala to sing the operas "Don Carlos", "Salome", "I Troiani" and "Lucrezia Borgia". At the Regio Theater in Parma, he sang the role of the tenor in "Un ballo in maschera" by Verdi and "The Bajazzo" by Ruggero Leoncavallo. Orfeo Zanetti appeared with Cecilia Gasdia at the Seoul Opera Theater (Korea) in the leading tenor role of "La Boheme" by Giacomo Puccini. In 2009 and 2010, he made guest appearances in China, Japan and Indonesia, thus expanding his international career. Just in time for "The Night of the 5 Tenors", the star tenor will accompany the gala, as he has done several times in recent years.

EMIL PAVLOV
Emil Pavlov was born in Bulgaria. He graduated from high school in his home town of Veliko Tarnova, where he studied clarinet at music school. He completed his studies in opera singing at the National Academy of Music in Sofia. The internationally acclaimed opera diva Krassimira Stoyanova can be described as his most important singing teacher and mentor. He comes from a family of musicians and is a third-generation tenor. He has won numerous national and international singing competitions. His wide-ranging repertoire has earned him a contract as a soloist at the Sofia National Opera, where he sings the major Iyrian roles in his voice fach. He is a welcome soloist on international opera stages.

ALEJO RUIZ
There's a hint of something! Perhaps the best description for the young German-Argentine spinto tenor Alejo Ruiz with his velvety and radiant baritone color. Alejo attended the conservatory in Buenos Aires, where he devoted himself to singing alongside guitar and violin, eventually devoting himself entirely to it. Further training took him to London with Laura Sarti, to Hamburg with Mark Tucker and to Berlin with Peter Tomek and Raminta Lampsatis. After working together, a change of voice to spinto tenor emerged. He has mastered the roles of Rodolfo, Max, Radames, Cavaradossi, Alfredo, Don Carlo, Barinkay, Octavio and Danilo. Since fall 2021, he has been studying classical operetta at the MUK Vienna. Alejo Ruiz made his debut in Germany with Cascada in Léhar's "The Merry Widow". He sang Tamino ("Die Zauberflöte" / Mozart) at the Opernwerkstatt am Rhein, followed by Max ("Der Freischütz" / von Weber) in a production at the Berlin Sacred Opera. His breakthrough came in 2021 when he won first prize at the Lithuanian International Opera Competition and the associated "JonAs MeKas Scholarship" Kaunas - Vienna - New York. He wowed the jury and the audience with his warm, full-bodied and brilliantly conducted tenor and enormous stage presence. And this stage presence, coupled with charm and personality, has since been experienced by audiences in Lithuania, Berlin, Braunschweig and Vienna as well as on numerous stages in Austria.

Organizer: DeMi Promotion GmbH & Co KG