Javier Camarena - Tenor
Biography
Javier Camarena was born in Veracruz (Mexico) and studied voice at the Guanajuato University. In 2004, he won the first prize at the Carlo Morelli Singing Competition in Mexico and the Juan Oncinas award at the Francisco Viñas Competition in Barcelona in 2005. He is currently coached by Francisco Araiza.
He made his debut in 2004 in Mexico at the Palacio de Bellas Artes singing Tonio in La Fille du Régiment. In Mexico, he subsequently performed Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Nemorino (L’Elisir d’amore), Ernesto (Don Pasquale) and Dorvil (La Scala di Seta).
Since April 2007, Javier Camarena has been engaged as a soloist at the Zurich Opera, where he sang Lindoro in the new production of L’Italiana in Algeri, Almaviva in Barbiere di Siviglia of Paisiello and Rossini as well as Belfiore in Finta Giardiniera. He was also invited to sing Almaviva/Barbiere di Siviglia at the Vienna State Opera and Lindoro/Italiana in Algeri in Cologne, Dusseldorf and Dresden. He also sang the premiere of the new Barbiere di Siviglia at the Paris Opera.
His success has brought him invitations for the future seasons from the Brussels Opera (Cenerentola), the Teatro Real Madrid (Italiana in Algeri), the Paris Opera (Sonnambula and La Donna del Lago), the Vienna State Opera (Barbiere di Siviglia and Elisir d’amore) and the Metropolitan Opera (Armida and Barbiere di Siviglia).
His concert engagements included Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the Orquestra Sinfonica de Guatemala, Mozart’s Requiem with the Orquestra Sinfonica de Michoacan, various opera galas at the Palacio de Bellas Artes and a Belcanto concert with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra.
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