Mijn zangrecital bestaat uit werk van G. F. Händel, L. van Beethoven, Manuel de Falla en Giuseppe Verdi.

Van de eerste breng ik twee aria's uit het oratorium Samson. De aria 'Total eclipse' waarin Samson zich over zijn blindheid beklaagt en de aria 'Thus when the sun'.
Een tweede set liederen zijn van de hand van Beethoven: ‘Adelaide’, ‘Trocknet nicht, trocknet nicht’ (gedicht van Goethe) en ‘Es war einmal ein König’.
Van Manuel de Falla breng ik Las Siete Canciones Populares Españolas, zeven prachtig getoonzette populaire spreekwoorden.
Eindigen doe ik met Verdi, meer bepaald zijn ‘composizione da camera per voce e pianoforte’.

Bio / Credits

Alejandro Fonte is a Musician, Singer and Conductor graduated from the Conservatory of La Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Post grade in singing from Conservatory del Liceu of Barcelona (Spain). Master in Music from School of Arts Gent (Belgium).

He has won the First prize in the National Singing Competition hosted by Philharmonic Orchestra of Bogota. Alejandro has performed as a soloist with Opera of Colombia, Opera Vlaanderen, Opera Zuid of Holland and Festival San Lorenzo de El Escorial in Spain, La Jove Companya d’Opera of Conservatori Liceu of Barcelona, Jaime Manzur’s Zarzuela Company, Philharmonic Orchestra of Bogotá and National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia. He has studied with teachers such as Mariella Devia, Jaume Aragall, Gregory Kunde, Gidon Saks, Carlos Chausson and Marcos Pujol

He has performed in Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Colombia in theaters such as Saló dels Miralls (Gran Teatre del Liceu), Minardschouwburg (Gent), Vlaamse Opera (Antwerpen), Opera Theater of Colombia, Teatro de Bellas Artes of Bogotá, among others under the baton of conductors such as Gustavo Dudamel, Alejandro Posada, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Felipe Aguirre, Francisco Rettig and with stage director such as Calixto Bieito, Joan Antón Rechi and David Alden

My singing recital consists of four parts, with pieces by composers G.F. Händel, L. van Beethoven, Manuel de Falla and Giuseppe Verdi.
The first part presents the two arias of the oratorio Samson: ‘Total eclipse’, in which Samson bewails his loss of sight and ‘Thus when the sun’.
The Beethoven segment includes the lieder ‘Adelaide’, ‘Trocknet nicht, trocknet nicht’ (poem by Goethe) and ‘Es war einmal ein König’.
In the third part, I will perform Las Siete Canciones Populares Españolas, seven popular sayings beautifully set to music by Spanish composer Manuel de Falla.
The final set includes several songs by Verdi and published under the title ‘composizione da camera per voce e pianoforte’.