Levy Sekgapane
Birthplace:
Kroonstad, South Africa
Studies:
Opera singing at the South African College of Music in Cape Town with Kamal Khan and Hanna van Niekerk
Prizes:
First prize at the Belvedere Music Competition, first prize at the Monserrat Caballé Competition in Spain, first prize at Operalia
Master classes:
With Kobie van Rensburg
Important parts:
Conte d'Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Count of Libenskof (Il Viaggio a Reims), Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola), Albazar (Il Turco in Italia), Nemorino (L'Elisir d'Amore), Ernesto (Don Pasquale), Londoro (Italiana in Algeri), Arbace (Idomeneo), Tonio (La fille du regiment), et al.
Stages:
Bavarian State Opera, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Brussels, De Nationale Opera Amsterdam, Vienna State Opera, Salzburg Festival, Los Angeles Opera, Semperoper Dresden, Cape Town Opera, , Rossini Opera Festival, Hamburg State Opera, Copenhagen Opera, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Royal Opera Copenhagen, Opéra national de Pariser, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Opera di Firenze, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Donizetti Festival, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Opéra Royal de Wallonie Liège, Glyndebourne Festival, Opéra national de Bordeaux, et al.
Cooperations with directors:
Davide Livermore, Damiano Michieletto, Silvia Paoli, Laurent Pelly, Annabel Arden, Laurent Pelly, Ted Huffmann, Peter Sellars, Silvia Paoli, et al.
Cooperations with conductors:
Kamal Khan, James Conlon, Speranza Scappucci, Thomas Søndergård, Bruno Dal Bon, Alessandro De Marchi, Alexander Joel, Roberto Abbado, Guiseppe Finzi, Andrea Battistoni, Jader Bignamini, et al.
