Madame Butterfly; Puccini.
Vladimir Galouzine was Born in Robtsowsk, in 1957. Galouzine studied singing at the Conservatory of Novosibirsk . That's with the Novosibirsk Opera , in 1981 , that he will make his debut by singing Musical Comedy. After eight years of hoping to sing Opera , assignments came with his debut in Iolantha , then Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi) , Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) and Andrei Khovansky.
The following year , Valdimir moved to St Petersburg where he sang in the Chamber Opera of St Petersburg . Then, Valery Gergiev invited him to become a member of the Kirov Opera . There , he interpreted
the leading tenor roles of the Russian repertoire , Grigori (Boris Godunov) , Sadko , Grichka ( Invisible City of Kitesh) , Vladimir (Igor) and Sergej (Lady Macbeth of Mtsenk) as well as those from the Italian repertoire: Radames (Aida) , Don Carlos, Cavaradossi (Tosca) and of course his great Otello.In 1993 he sang his favorite role,Hermann,in The Queen of Spades.
Vladimir Galouzine made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in the Kirov's productions of the Queen of Spades & Boris Godunov . This collaboration led him to record on the Phillips Label Sadko ,
Khovanschina ,The Gambler , Boris Godunov , The Maid of Pskov and The Fiery Angel.
In 1994 , VLADIMIR became a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company with Sergej in Lady Macbeth of Mtsenk.
Manuel Lanza was born in Santander (Spain) in 1965. He made his professional debut in 1990 at the Teatro de la Zarzuela with "La del manojo de rosas ".In 1992, he first appeared at the Rossini Opera Festival in "La scala di seta", and in 1993 he made his first appearance at the Met, in "La Bohème". Further milestones in Lanza's career were, in 1995, his performance in "Il barbiere di Siviglia", in the Vienna Staatsoper, and, in 1996, " Les troyens " at La Scala in Milan. Since his debut, Manuel Lanza has been invited to the major auditoria of Europe and America, playing the main baritone roles in a repertory of over thirty works, and under the aegis of master conductors like Colin Davis, Lorin Maazel and Richard Bonynge, among others.
He is admired by both opera-lovers and critics for the warm timbre of his voice, impeccable diction, phrasing and acting. Memorable productions he performed in include " Il barbiere di Siviglia" in Vienna, Madrid, Zurich,Mexico City, Miami, Oviedo, Santander, Las Palmas and Tenerife; "Lucia di Lammermoor" in Vienna, Berlin, Madrid, Trieste and Las Palmas; "La Bohème" in New York, Vienn , Paris, Barcelona, Munich, Florence, Parma ,Bilbao, Oviedo; Manon in Milan, Madrid and Vienna; " Faust" in Milan, Bilbao, Pittsburgh ,Las Palmas and Santander; " Romeo et Juliette " in Salzburg and Washington; " I Pagliacci " in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Vienna and Santander; Traviata " in Vienna, Munich and Pittsburgh ; "L´elisir d´amore " in Milan, Vienna, Mexico City, Chicago and Santander; "I puritani" in Vienna and Santander; "Falstaff" in Madrid, Zurich, Oviedo and Minorca; "Le nozze di Figaro" in Barcelona, Bilbao, Caracas, Oviedo and Santander; "Don Pasquale" in Madrid,Bilbao and Las Palmas; "Madama Butterfly" in Vienna and Pittsburgh; "Cosi fan tutte" in Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao.