Carlos Álvarez

Biography

KS Carlos Álvarez was born in Málaga and studied at the conservatoire in his hometown. He made his debut as a singer in 1990. Since then, his international career has brought him to La Scala, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Paris, Amsterdam, San Francisco, the Hamburg State Opera and the Bavarian State Opera, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Arena di Verona, the Zurich Opera House, the Opera House Bonn, Brussels, Valencia, the Salzburg Festival and the New Yorker Met. He made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1995 as Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia). Further roles at the Vienna State Opera include Germont (La traviata), Riccardo (I puritani), Posa (Don Carlo), Sulpice (La Fille du régiment), Carlo Gérard (Andrea Chénier), Don Carlo (Ernani), Don Carlos (La forza del destino), Stankar (Stiffelio), duke of Nottingham (Roberto Devereux), Alphonse XI. (La Favorite), Escamillo (Carmen), Ford (Falstaff) as well as leading roles in Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro. In 2007 Carlos Álvarez was awarded the honorary title for singers in Austria “Kammersänger”.          http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/home/kuenstler/saengerinnen/Alvarez1.en.php

Known For

Don Giovanni

as Don Giovanni

Madama Butterfly - Teatro alla Scala

as Sharpless

Mozart: Don Giovanni

as Don Giovanni

Tosca - Teatro Real

as Barón Scarpia

Viva la Mamma!

as Mamma Agata

The Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly

as SHARPLESS

Le Nozze di Figaro

as Figaro

I Puritani

as Sir Riccardo Forth

Verdi: Otello

as Jago

Carmen (Arena di Verona)

as Escamillo