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Baritone

Emmanuel Franco

Mexico

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"Emmanuel contributed impeccable musicianship and masterful acting timing. 
Franco's charismatic personality connected strongly with the audience. 
His vocal production is faultless.”
    - Opera News


Mexican-Dutch baritone Emmanuel Franco has been celebrated as a complete artist, with outstanding acting skills and a bright voice for Bel Canto repertoire.

Franco recently he made hi debut at Teatro Filarmonico di Verona, as Germano in La Scala di Seta, as well at
Fondazione Teatro Coccia in Novara as Dandini in La Cenerentola, under the baton of maestro Antonino Fogliani.

He was part of Wexford Festival Opera (2019) in Ireland, as Mustafa in Adina by G. Rossini, and as Camillo in the world premier of La Cucina by Andrew Synnott.

Emmanuel has become a regular guest artist at the Rossini in Wildbad Bel Canto Opera Festival in Bad Wildbad, Germany, where he has performed in several productions, as Il Barone Macacco in I Tre Gobbi, the Gran Sacerdote in Zelmira, Albertone in Romilda e Costanza, the Sergent Joli-Coeur in Le Philtre, Buralicchio in L’Equivoco Stravagante, Aliprando in Matilde di Shabran and il Califo in Adina.
He has collaborated with NAXOS Music Records for the recording of several titles, working with renowned conductors like Luciano Acocella, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra and Gianluigi Gelmetti.

In Pamplona, Spain, he performed as Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore with AGAO Fundación Baluarte.
He made his German debut at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, performing Il Conte in Le Nozze di Figaro, with the Badische Staatskapelle.

Emmanuel was a member of the Opera Studio from Opéra national du Rhin (2015-17) in Strasbourg, France. Some highlights during his time in Strasbourg include his performances as Le Marchand Ambulant and the Dwarf Pic in Blanche-Neige, Der Zweiter Nazarener in Salome, Bruschino Padre in Il Signor Bruschino, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia by G. Paisiello and Le Fou in the new production of Cendrillon. He also performed as the Gran Sacerdote in Idomeneo, Slook in La Cambiale di Matrimonio and one of the Deputati Fiamminghi in Robert Carsen’s new production of Don Carlo, under the baton of Daniele Callegari.

In Mexico Emmanuel has performed as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with Tijuana Opera Company, Don Parmenione in L’Ocassione fa il ladro with ProOpera, and Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore with Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México.

Career highlights in the United States include his performances as Ping in Turandot and Manuel in La Vida Breve with West Bay Opera, and Prince Yamadori in Madama Butterfly with Livermore Valley Opera.

Emmanuel’s concert and oratorio repertoire include works like Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen by G. Mahler, Carmina Burana by C. Orff, Weihnachtsoratorium by J. S. Bach, Requiem and Krönungsmesse by W. A. Mozart, and Misa Tango by Luis Bakalov.

Born in Tijuana, Mexico, Emmanuel received his Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and his Master’s degree from the Dutch National Opera Academy.
 
Upcoming engagements include Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Fondazione Teatro Coccia, Lamparilla in El Barberillo de Lavapies with the Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Bruschino Padre in Il Signor Bruschino at the 2023 edition of the Rossini in Wildbad Belcanto Opera Festival.

English

IL SIGNOR BRUSCHINO
by Gioachino Rossini

Aria Bruschino Padre: Ho la testa ..

Rossini in Wildbad Belcanto Opera Festival
Bad Wildbad, Germany 
2023

Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: José Miguel Pérez Sierra


Rossini in

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Aria Bruschino - Il Signor Bruschino - G. Rossini - Rossini in Wildbad 2023

LA CENERENTOLA - Gioachino Rossini
Aria Dandini - Come un’apertura ne’ giorni d’aprile

Dandini - Emmanuel Franco
Don Ramiro - Chuan Wang
Don Magnifico - Simone Alberghini
Tisbe - Caterina Dellaere
Clorinda - Maria Eleonora Caminada

Conductor: Antonino Fogliani
Staging: Teresa Gargano

Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana 
Coro del Teatro Coccia
Teatro Coccia 
Novara, Italia 
January 2022

Aria Dandini - La Cenerentola - G. Rossini - Teatro Coccia 2022

The Marriage of Figaro

Il Conte di Almaviva

Così fan tutte

Guglielmo

The Silent Serenade

Andrea Coclé

Idomeneo

Gran Sacerdote di Nettuno

The Marriage Contract

Slook

Cinderella

Nasturzio

Snow White

Fahrender Händler

Signor Bruschino

Bruschino padre

Salome

2. Nazarener

Figaro

The Rape of Lucretia

Junius

The Curious Misunderstanding

Buralicchio

The Elixir of Love

Belcore

La Cucina

Camillo

Adina

Mustafà

Matilde of Shabran

Aliprando

Romilda e Costanza

Albertone

The Silken Ladder

Germano

The Barber of Seville

Master Peter's Puppet Show

Don Quixote

Dandini

Il Califfo

The Electro-magnetic Singing Lesson

Toccato

Gianni Schicchi

Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Madame Butterfly

Il principe Yamadori

The Cloak

Michele

Le Marchand ambulant/Nain Pic

"The Three Hunchbacks"

Barone Macacco

directing cooperation

The Love Potion

Joli-Cœur

Semistage Einrichtung

Co Director

Don Pasquale

Carlino/Un notaro

Il barone Macacco

Pinellino

The Italian Girl in Algiers

Taddeo

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