Levy Sekgapane

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Levy Sekgapane
Born
Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa
GenresOpera
OccupationOpera singer (tenor)
Years active2013–present
Websitelevysekgapane.com

Levy Sekgapane is a South-African operatic and Bel canto tenor whose repertoire includes roles in works by G. Rossini, G. Donizetti, W. A. Mozart, J. S. Bach. Sekgapane was named the 30 Under 30 Europe 2018: Arts & Culture by Forbes magazine.[1]

Early life

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Sekgapane was born in Kroonstad, South Africa.[2] He graduated from the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town.[2]

Participation in international vocal competitions

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Sekgapane obtained the 1st prize at the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition[3] as well as the 1st prize at the Montserrat Caballé International Singing Competition in 2015. In the summer of 2017, he won the 1st prize at Plácido Domingo's Operalia, the World Opera Competition.[4]

Artistic activity

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The singer's stage activity began in Chemnitz, Germany in 2014 when he sang the role of Don Ramiro in Rossini's La Cenerentola.[5] During the season 2015/16, he became a member of the Young Ensemble of Semperoper in Dresden.[6]

The following season he performed the roles of Don Ramiro, Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia) and Lindoro, at Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Bavarian State Opera, Hamburg State Opera and Aalto-Musiktheater Essen.[7] He also appeared at Royal Opera Copenhagen as Il Conte di Libenskof in a new production of Rossini's Il Viaggio a Reims (2017).[8] Levy Sekgapane also performed at opera festivals such as the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro,[9] the Whitsun Festival at State Theatre Wiesbaden,[10] the international Donizetti Opera festival in Bergamo, Glyndebourne Festival, Salzburg Festival and Wexford Festival Opera.[11]

On the concert stage, he gave his debut at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg singing at New Year's Eve gala. He took part in a concert dedicated to Maria Callas at Theatre Champs-Élysées in Paris and performed in the AIDS Gala concert hosted annually at Deutsche Oper Berlin to support HIV and AIDS.[citation needed]

Repertoire

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Opera roles

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Role Opera Composer Location
Count Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia

(The Barber of Seville)

G. Rossini 2019 - Teatro Massimo di Palermo[12]

2019 - Glyndebourne Opera House[13]

2019 - Opéra National de Bordeaux[14]

2019 - Ópera Nacional de Chile, Santiago[15]

2018 - Ópera de Las Palmas[16]

2018 - Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino[17]

2018 - Opéra National de Paris[18]

2017/18 - Den Norske Opera, Oslo[19]

2016/17 - Aalto-Musiktheater Essen[7]

2016/17 - Deutsche Oper Berlin[20]

2016 - Semperoper Dresden[21]

Don Ramiro La Cenerentola G. Rossini 2020 - Bayerische Staatsoper, München

2019 - Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège[22]

2017 - Bayerische Staatsoper, München[23]

2016 - Staatsoper Hamburg[24]

Selimo Adina G. Rossini 2019 - Wexford Festival Opera[25]

2018 - Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro[26]

Conte di Libenskof Il viaggio a Reims G. Rossini 2017 - Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona[27]

2017 - Royal Danish Opera, København[28]

Arbace Idomeneo W. A. Mozart 2019 - Salzburger Festspiele[29]
Guido Enrico di Borgogna G. Donizetti 2018 - Teatro Donizetti Bergamo[30]
Don Narciso Il turco in Italia G. Rossini 2018 - Staatsoper Hamburg[31]
Ernesto Don Pasquale G. Donizetti 2018/19 - Latvian National Opera, Riga[32]

2022 - Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari[33]

Nemorino L'elisir d'amore G. Donizetti 2017/18 - Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden[34]
Lindoro L'italiana in Algeri G. Rossini 2017 - Teatro Massimo di Palermo[35]
Albazar Il turco in Italia G. Rossini 2016 - Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro[36]

Concerts, recitals

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Year Event Orchestra, conductor, pianist Location
2019 Messa di Gloria, G. Rossini[37] Insula orchestra, Speranza Scappucci, La Seine Musicale, Paris
2019 Machaidze & Sekgapane – Italian operatic gems concert[38] Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Patrick Lange Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen
2019 "Korchak and friends" concert for the 40th birthday of Dmitry Korczak[39] Musica Viva Orchestra, Dmitry Korchak / Konstantin Chudovsky Moscow Concert Hall Zaryadye (Зарядье)
2018 Maria Callas: The tribute concert[40] Lamoureux Orchestra, Yvan Cassar Theatre Champs-Élysées, Paris
2018 Riga Opera Festival Gala Concert[41] Latvian National Opera Orchestra, Ozoliņš / Vaicis / Veismanis Latvian National Opera, Riga
2017 New Year's Eve gala concert with Olga Peretyatko[42] NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, James Conlon Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
2017 Duet Gala Concert[43] Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Tim Murray Artscape Opera House, Artscape Theatre Centre, Cape Town
2017 Recital at La Motte Wine Estate[44] Albie van Schalkwyk (piano) La Motte Wine Estate, Cape Town
2017 Recital at the CPH Opera Festival[citation needed] Leif Greibe (piano) Børssalen, Copenhagen
2016 23 Festive Opera Gala (for the German AIDS Foundation)[citation needed] [information needed] Deutsche Oper, Berlin
2016 Rossini Gala, the Verdi Symphonic Season[45] Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Jader Bignamini Auditorium di Milano, Milan

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