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Ensemble - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Leonardo Sini

Leonardo Sini

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Der italienische Dirigent Leonardo Sini ist einer der vielversprechendsten Dirigenten seiner Generation. Er wurde 1990 in Sassari geboren und begann sein Musikstudium am Conservatorio di Musica "L. Canepa", das er 2009 mit Bestnoten abschloss. Später setzte er sein Studium an der Royal Academy of Music in London fort, wo er 2013 seinen Master-Abschluss machte.

In London begann er sein Dirigier-Studium bei Sian Edwards und hatte die Möglichkeit, verschiedene Orchester zu dirigieren, darunter die Southbank Sinfonia, mit der er in der renommierten Royal Festival Hall auftrat. 2017 schloss er sein Dirigierstudium mit dem National Master of Orchestral Conducting ab, einem exklusiven Kurs des Königlichen Konservatoriums von Den Haag und des Conservatorium von Amsterdam, wo er bei Jac van Steen, Ed Spanjaard und Kenneth Montgomery studierte. Während seines Studiums nahm er an wichtigen Meisterkursen mit verschiedenen Dirigenten teil, darunter Daniele Gatti am Konservatorium von Amsterdam und Gianluigi Gelmetti an der Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena.

Im Dezember 2017 gewann er den Ersten Preis des prestigeträchtigen Maestro Solti International Conducting Competition, infolge dessen sich die Aufmerksamkeit der Musikwelt auf ihn richtete: So dirigierte er das Orchester der Ungarischen Staatsoper, das Gyori Philharmonic Orchestra und trat in einem Galakonzert mit dem Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra auf. In der Saison 2019 gab er sein Debüt an der Oper in Budapest mit LE VILLI und „Messa di Gloria“ von Puccini.

Es folgten Debüts an der Opera Lombardia, wo er LA SONNAMBULA in Como, Cremona, Pavia sowie am Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo dirigierte. Ende 2019 gab er sein Debüt am Teatro Carlo Felice in Genua mit LA BOHEME.

In der Saison 2020 dirigiert er die Saisoneröffnung am Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari mit UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, gab er sein Debüt beim Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florenz mit LA TRAVIATA und in Sassari mit GIANNI SCHICCHI.

Zu seinen jüngsten Engagements gehören IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA in Reggio Emilia und Modena, L‘ELISIR D'AMORE in Paris, TURANDOT an der Opera Australia, LA BOHEME an der Semperoper Dresden, IL TRITTICO an der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, EDGAR in Budapest, DON PASQUALE in Padua und Treviso sowie AIDA an der Deutschen Oper Berlin, wo er am 22. Januar 2022 sein Hausdebüt feiert.

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DEC

Adventskalender in der Tischlerei: Das 5. Fensterchen

Today in the Tischlerei: ‘Rossini, Liszt and more’
with Kangyoon Shine Lee (tenor) and Songyeon Catarina Kim (piano)
5pm / Tischlerei
Duration: approx. 25 minutes / free admission

The evening begins with musical declarations of love: love is illuminated in all its facets – from the idealised, the yearning to the devoted and the melancholy – in three songs by Franz Liszt and an aria from Rossini's IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Franz Liszt's ‘Enfant, si j'etais roi’ (‘Child, if I were king’) and ‘Oh! Quand je dors’ (‘Oh! When I sleep’) are settings of poems by Victor Hugo. In the first, the beloved is given everything imaginable – but it can never be enough. The second poem describes a nocturnal vision of the beloved, who appears like an angel, kisses the sleeping person and fills them with heavenly love. Liszt's ‘Liebestraum Nr. 3’ (‘Oh dear, as long as you can love’) is one of a series of three songs that Liszt later arranged in a purely instrumental form and which became emblematic of romantic piano music. The original text was written by Ferdinand Freiligrath and deals with the transience of love and the resulting need to cherish and cultivate it in the here and now. You will hear the Korean pianist Songyeon Catarina Kim at the piano. She then lovingly accompanies our ensemble member Kangyoon Shine Lee in an aria that he will sing again on our main stage from 31 March 2025, when he takes on the role of Count Almaviva in Katharina Thalbach's production of Rossini's IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: the cavatina ‘Ecco, ridente in cielo’. In it, Almaviva sings about the beauty of the morning and his ardent love for Rosina – it is a lyrical and romantic beginning to an otherwise predominantly comedic opera. It is followed by the song ‘La danza’ from Rossini's collection of songs ‘Les soirées musicales’, published about 20 years later, which describes the joyful hustle and bustle of a Neapolitan festival. The musical basis for this song is the tarantella, a fast, rhythmic folk dance from southern Italy. The programme will conclude with a contemplative Christmas favourite, ‘O Holy Night’.

Lyric tenor Kangyoon Shine Lee was born in Seoul. He first graduated from the Korea National University of Arts before studying with Kammersänger Prof. Roman Trekel at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin from 2022. In 2021, Kangyoon Shine Lee won the Belvedere Competition and received an engagement at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He made his house debut on 27 December 2022 as Almaviva in Rossini's IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA and also sang in DAS WUNDER DER HELIANE. In the 2024/25 season, he will be part of the ensemble here at the theatre and can be heard in roles such as Tamino in Mozart's MAGIC FLUTE and the children's version THE FAIRY TALE OF THE MAGIC FLUTE, as Count von Lerma / DON CARLO, Cavalier Belfiore / IL VIAGGIO A REIMS, Malcolm / MACBETH, Walther von der Vogelweide / TANNHÄUSER and Pang / TURANDOT.

The South Korean pianist Songyeon Catarina Kim studied piano at Kyunghee University in Seoul. She has won numerous Korean and international competitions. Since 2021, she has been studying Lied interpretation with Prof. Wolfram Rieger at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin. She is currently studying chamber music with Prof. Wolfram Rieger as part of her concert exam. During her studies, she was a répétiteur in lessons with KS Prof. Roman Trekel, Prof. Anna Korondi, KS Prof. Ewa Wolak, Prof. Martin Bruns and Prof. Christine Schäfer, as well as a répétiteur in masterclasses with KS Brigitte Fassbaender and KS Prof. Thomas Quasthoff. She has also worked as a répétiteur for scenic instruction at the Immling Festival, the Darmstadt Theatre and the Erfurt Theatre. In the 2024/25 season, she will work as a répétiteur at IMMMERMEEEHR at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.