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Camilo Mendoza , Baritone

Colombian born international dramatic baritone, Camilo Mendoza , is the new South American operatic discovery. Having recently won 1 st Place at the 10 th anniversary of the Festival “Opera al Parque” competition in Bogota , Colombia , the Baritone was awarded the role of Tonio in I Pagliacci with two very important opera companies in the US : the Opera Company of South Jersey & The New Opera Company of St. Louis . Mr. Mendoza will be working during the 2008 – 2009 season with Maestro Robert McFarland and his studio of artists.

The young Baritone continues to perform as a soloist with Opera de Colombia along with concert engagements at The Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá. Mr. Mendoza has astounded audiences in his frequent performances with the Jaime Manzur Foundation singing the most celebrated pages of the Spanish Lyric repertoire. Recently while singing the Zarzuela Luisa Fernanda , El Nuevo Siglo wrote, “while singing his romanzas, the audience begged the Baritone for an encore of his Morena Clara (the final Act) while Camilo Mendoza held the audience on the edge of their seats.”

Mr. Mendoza began his musical education studying the flute. In a very short time, his professors learned of his undeniable vocal talent establishing him as a soloist in performances of oratorio, opera and the zarzuela literature. Prior to his graduation, Camilo Mendoza was receiving accolades of support from all critics including Maestro William Crutchfield as he stated, “Camilo Mendoza has a full, sturdy baritone voice of considerable beauty and excellent carrying power.”

FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS

Shaunard	La Bohème	Opera de Colombia	September/2008
Zio Bonzo	Madama Butterfly	Opera de Colombia	September/2008
Tonio	I Pagliacci	Opera Seabrook	October/2008
Gabriel	El Mozote (World Premiere)	Orquesta Sinfónica de Colombia	December/2008
Tonio	I Pagliacci	New Opera St. Louis	February/2009
Rigoletto	Rigoletto	Opera Seabrook	May/2009

OPERA and ZARZUELA ROLES PERFORMED

Juan	Los Gavilanes	Fundación Jaime Manzur (Bogotá, Colombia)
Vidal	Luisa Fernanda	Fundación Jaime Manzur (Bogotá, Colombia)Teatro Municipal (Cali, Colombia)
Belcore	L'elisir d'amore	Opera Tour (Boyacá, Colombia)Festival Opera al Parque (Bogotá,Colombia)
Masetto	Don Giovanni	Opera de Colombia
Montano	Otello	Opera de Colombia
Herman, Schlemil	Les Contes d'Hoffmann	Opera de Colombia
Alidoro	La Cenerentola	Opera de Colombia
Mendo	Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena	Caramoor International Music Festival (N.Y.)
Morales	Carmen	Fundación Arte Lírico (Bogotá, Colombia)
Papageno	Die Zauberfl ö te	Opera de Colombia
Un mandarino	Turandot	Opera de Colombia
Ceprano	Rigoletto	Opera de Colombia
Don Diego	El Huesped del Sevillano	Fundación Jaime Manzur
Gontran	La vie parisienne	Fundación Camarín del Carmen

ROLES PREPARED

Tonio (I Pagliacci)

High Priest (Samson et Dalila)

Escamillo (Carmen)

Enrico (Lucia di Lamermoor)

ORATORIO and CONCERT SOLOS

Requiem	Duruflé	Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá
Coronation Mass	Mozart	Orquesta Sinfónica de Colombia
Messiah	Händel	Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá
Ninth Symphony	Beethoven	Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá
Ein Deutsches Requiem	Brahms	Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá
Requiem (World Premiere)	Luis Diaz Herodier	Sinfónica Nacional del Salvador
Requiem	Fauré	Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango (Bogotá)

TRAINING

VoiceTeachers: Liliana Iordanova, Luis Girón May, Maurizio Picconi, Manuel Contreras.

Stage Directors: Jaime Manzur, Alejandro Chacón, Rolf Abderhalden, Rosetta Cucchi, Melanie Helton.

Conductors: Juan Carlos Rivas, Ricardo Jaramillo, Irwing Hoffmann, Francisco Rettig, Laurent Campellone, Will Curtchfield, Marcelo de Jesus, Giorgio Crocci.

Coaches: Will Crutchfield, Alejandro Roca.

EDUCATION

Studies of Music History and Musicological Research (Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá)

OTHER SKILLS

Musical research, arrangement, dubbing.