Full Biography
Amin Ahangaran, praised as a “full-bodied and firm bass” with a “beautiful nocturnal colour” (Opera Libera) is “indeed one of the most charming voices of his generation” (OPERA Charm Magazine). An alumnus of the Accademia del Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence, he is currently a member of the International Opera Studio (IOS) in Zurich.
His artistic training began in 2016 in his hometown of Tehran and continued in Austria, where he made his operatic debut as Sarastro in The Magic Flute. He was seen in several productions and concerts as a soloist in the Graz region. A winner of the scholarship of the 2018 American Institute of Music Studies (AIMS) and Academia Belcanto, Ahangaran participated in many prominent masterclasses. In summer 2021, the bass returned to Austria to receive another scholarship from AIMS.
In the highly anticipated 2023-24 season, Amin Ahangaran continues his tenure as a member of the Opera Studio of the Zürich Opera House, where he sees performances in La Rondine as Rabonnier and Macbeth as Medico. Later in the season, Amin Ahangaran embodies the role of Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream conducted by Duncan Ward and staged by Rainer Holzapfel. He can be heard as the Mandarin in Puccini’s masterpiece, Turandot, and towards the end of the season the young bass sings the role of Dumas in a concert performance of Andrea Chénier. Beyond the stage of Zurich, he performs the role of Don Basilio in Schaffhausen’s production of Il barbiere di Siviglia.
In 2020-2023 Ahangaran appeared as Usciere in Rigoletto with maestro Riccardo Frizza, L’ispettore in Siberia with Gianandrea Noseda, Lakai in Ariadne auf Naxos with Daniele Gatti and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with Manfred Honeck at Teatro del Maggio Musicale. He performed in Augusto Borgioli’s Messa funebre a tre voci in Prato, and in numerous concerts in historic sights of Tuscany. At the Zurich Opera House, he was heard as a soloist in the Opening Festival Gala Performance. Amin Ahangaran performed the roles of Un Commissionario in La traviata with maestro Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Zaretsky and Rotniy in Eugene Onegin with Gianandrea Noseda, Basso in Jakob Lenz with Adrian Kelly and in the final IOS gala concert. In addition to these roles, he covered Sarastro, Colline, Fafner, Timur and Nerbulone.
Highlights of 2022 include the third prize, audience award and the Rapallo Opera Festival award from “CLIP” competition in Portofino. He was awarded the third prize in the competition “Riccardo Zandonai” in Riva del Garda and performed as a finalist in the competition “Voci Verdiane” in Busetto.
© CSAM, August 2023
