Rolando Villazón

Tenor & Stage-director

Biography

Through his uniquely compelling performances, Rolando Villazón has firmly established himself as one of the music world’s most critically acclaimed and beloved stars and as one of the leading artistic voices of our day. He is heralded as “the most charming of today’s divos” (The Times) with “a wonderfully virile voice…grandezza, elegance and power” (Süddeutsche Zeitung). In his third decade as a performer, Rolando Villazón’s versatility remains peerless. In addition to operatic superstardom, he maintains successful careers as a stage director, novelist, artistic director and TV/radio personality.

Contact

Judith Neuhoff
Managing Director

+49 30 166359850
Francesca Condeluci
Associate Director, North America

+1 917 349 1443
Maria Meshcherinova
Managerial Assistant

+49 30 166359857

News

Rolando Villazón: Mozart’s Il re pastore in Budapest

Rolando Villazón joins Christina Pluhar and her ensemble L'Arpeggiata at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest for a concert performance of Mozart’s Il re pastore on April 16, 2024. Villazón presents Alessandro in Mozart’s early work alongside the soprano Emőke Baráth as Aminta.
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Rolando Villazón: Das Rheingold at the Berlin State Opera

Rolando Villazón returns to the Berlin State Opera as Loge in Wagner’s Das Rheingold on March 18 and 27, 2024. The prelude to the Ring of the Nibelung tetralogy that was staged in 2022 by Dmitri Tcherniakov also features Tomasz Konieczny as Wotan, Johannes Martin Kränzle as Albrich and Claudia Mahnke as Fricka.
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Rolando Villazón: Solo concerts in Switzerland, Monte Carlo & Germany & Star-guest at Dresden Opera Ball

The tenor presents a program featuring music by Mozart, Verdi, Massenet, Offenbach, and others, on February 17 in Andermatt and on February 24 at the Opéra de Monte Carlo, accompanied by the Swiss Orchestra under the baton of Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer. He brings the programme to Munich’s Prinzregententheater on March 11, accompanied by  the Munich Symphony Orchestra conducted by Guerassim Voronkov. Rolando Villazón is also the star guest at the 2024 Dresden Semperoper’s festive Opera Ball. 
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Pictures

Videos

Rolando Villazón: A collection of the tenor's greatest arias