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Estonia: Juhan Tralla

Tenor - born 1974

大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World competitor

Juhan Tralla was born in Tallinn, Estonia, and graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music as a violinist in 1997. During 1998-2002 he studied singing at the Universit盲t f眉r Musik, Vienna.

Since 2000 he has been a soloist at the Vienna Volksoper, where roles include Marquis von Chateauneuf Zar und Zimmermann, Alfred Die Fledermaus, Stanislaus Der Vogelh盲ndler, and Pio La Generala.

Since 2003 he has been engaged at the Estonian National Opera, the Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow, the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, and the St盲dtische B眉hnen M眉nster. Singing roles have included Tamino (Die Zauberfl枚te), Belmonte (Die Entf眉hrung aus dem Serail), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), title role (Idomeneo), Tito (La clemenza di Tito), Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola), title role (Otello), Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Nemorino (L'elisir d'amore), Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), Rodolfo (La Boh猫me) and Alfredo (La Traviata).

As a concert singer, Juhan Tralla has worked with the Nieder枚sterreichische Tonk眉nstlerorkester, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, and many others.

His repertoire includes Bach's B minor Mass, Mozart's Requiem, Haydn's The Creation, Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, Verdi's Requiem, Puccini's Messa di Gloria, Jan谩cek's Das ewige Evangelium.

In 2003, he won the Grand Prix at the Sabin Dragoi Competition in Timisoara, Romania.

Repertoire details for Concert 3 and Recital 2:

Concert 3 - Tuesday 12 June

  • Mozart: Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni)
  • Donizetti: Tombe degli avi miei...Fra poco a me ricovero (Lucia di Lammermoor)
  • Tchaikovsky: Kuda, kuda (Eugene Onegin)

With the orchestra of WNO conducted by Carlo Rizzi

Recital 2 - Sunday 10 June

  • Schubert: Ganymed (Songs, Op 19 No 3)
  • Schumann: Widmung (Myrthen, Op 25 No 1)
  • Mart Saar: Vaikus
  • Mart Saar: Must Lind
  • Tchaikovsky: V etu lunnuju noch' (Songs, Op 73 No 3)
  • Rachmaninoff: Zdes' khorosho (12 Songs, Op 21 No 7)
  • Rachmaninoff: Ne ver', moy drug (Songs, Op 14 No 7)

Accompanist: Simon Lepper