Dominic Barberi
Bass from England - 28 years old
Dominic graduated with Distinction in his Performance Masters from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2014, having studied there under Stephen Robertson.
After graduating he worked with Opera North for a year before joining the Berlin Staatsoper International Opera Studio, kindly supported by the Liz Mohn Music Foundation. Roles have included Pietro (Simon Boccanegra) and Barone Douphol (La Traviata) under the baton of Daniel Barenboim and Tom (Un Ballo in Maschera). Highlights of the 2016-17 season include the role of Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) and Colline (La Bohème).
Dominic has appeared throughout the United Kingdom as a guest soloist in works including Handel’s Messiah, Tippet’s A Child of our Time, Haydn’s Creation, Mozart’s Requiem, Dvo艡ák’s Stabat Mater and Mendelssohn’s Elijah. In 2017-18 amongst other projects, he’s particularly looking forward to singing in a new composition: Luther Oratorio by Daniel Pacitti in the Berlin Philarmonie, and undertaking the role of Alvise Badoero in La Gioconda at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck.
Repertoire
| Main prize rep | Concert 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Leave me, loathsome light | Semele | Handel |
| Vous qui faites l鈥檈ndormie | Faust | Gounod |
| Vecchia zimarra | La boh猫me | Puccini |
| Si, morir ella de! ... Ombre di mia prosapia | La Gioconda | Ponchielli |
| Song prize | Recital | |
|---|---|---|
| Dream valley | 3 songs of William Blake Op 20 No 12 | Quilter |
| Gruppe aus dem Tartarus | D583 | Schubert |
| Der Tambour | M枚rike-Lieder No 5 | Wolf |
| Alles endet, was entstehet | Michelangelo Lieder No 2 | Wolf |
| The foggy, foggy dew | Trad arr Britten |
