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Representation
About Alexandros
Greek bass Alexandros Stavrakakis is the First Prize Winner of the 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition, and is a regular guest at Semperoper Dresden, where his roles this season include Alidoro (La Cenerentola), Filippo II (Don Carlo) and Colline (La bohème) amongst others. This season he will make his debut at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris and will return to Bayerische Staatsoper, Schloss Elmau and the Semperoper.
In seasons past, Alexandros marked his house debuts at The Metropolitan Opera, New York, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, Opera National de Bordeaux, Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, the Verbier Festival and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.
Future seasons will see his return to Semperoper Dresden and Bayerische Staatsoper, as well as house debuts at Teatro del Liceu Barcelona, Houston Grand Opera and L’Opéra national de Paris.
Representation
Season Highlights
Video
Alexandros Stavrakakis sings Alidoro's aria
Alexandros Stavrakakis sings Alidoro's aria "Là del ciel nell'arcano profondo" from Rossini's La Cenerentola Credit: Alexandros Stavrakakis
PlayingAlexandros Stavrakakis sings Vodnik's aria
Alexandros sings ''Běda! Běda!..Celý svět nedá ti nedá" from Dvořák's Rusalka at Dresden Semperoper in 2022 Credit: George Tatiras
PlayingAlexandros Stavrakakis sings Mussorgsky's "Trepak"
Alexandros Stavrakakis singing “Trepak” from Mussorgsky’s “Songs and Dances of Death” at Athens Concervatoire, ‘Aris Garoufalis’ Concert Hall in 2023, accompanied by Dimitris Vezyroglou. Credit: Alexandros Stavrakakis bass, Dimitris Vezyroglou piano
PlayingAlexandros Stavrakakis sings Mussorgsky's "The Leaves Rustled Sadly"
Alexandros Stavrakakis sings “The Leaves Rustled Sadly” at the Athens Conservatoire, ‘Aris Garoufalis’ concert hall, accompanied by Dimitris Vezyroglou. Credit: Alexandros Stavrakakis
Playing
Selected Repertoire
Bellini | La Sonnambula (Rodolfo) |
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Berlioz | Les Troyens (Ghost of Hector) |
Bizet | Carmen (Escamillo*) |
Donizetti | Lucia di Lammermoor (Raimondo Bidebent) |
Dvorak | Rusalka (Vodnik) |
Mozart | Don Giovanni (Commendatore, Masetto*) |
Prokofiev | The Love For Three Oranges (Tchelio) |
Puccini | La bohème (Colline) |
Rimsky-Korsakov | Sadko (The Varangian) |
Rossini | Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Basilio) • La Cenerentola (Alidoro) |
Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin (Gremin*) |
Tsalachouris | Ioulios Kaisaras (title role) |
Verdi | Don Carlos (Frate, Filippo II, Le Grand Inquisiteur*) • Macbeth (Banquo*) • Aida (Il Re, Ramfis*) • Otello (Lodovico*) • Falstaff (Pistola*)) |
Wagner | Tannhäuser (Landgraf Hermann*) • Parsifal (Titurel*) |
Xanthoulis | The Magic Violin (King Oratios) |
News
Press
Don Carlo
Semperoper DresdenMay 2024 - Jun 2024Greek bass Alexandros Stavrakakis took the role of King Philip II who had married princess Elisabeth. Well suited to the role, Stavrakakis was in splendid form displaying his rich, low voice that was clear and carried its weight so well. The king ruled over a large empire yet felt betrayed by his wife Elisabeth, together with his brother and the ominous power of the Inquisition. Deeply troubled and angry Stavrakakis portrayed the king to often chilling effect. Sticking in my mind was the point when the overwrought King Philip II fell to his knees, a broken man.
- Seen and Heard
- 21 May 2024
Nei panni di Filippo II Alexandros Stavrakakis potrebbe essere definito primus inter pares : la natura gli ha fatto il dono di una voce di basso eccezionale, senza esagerazione alcuna, voluminosa, profonda, virile, dal timbro prezioso che vagamente potrebbe ricordare quella del bulgaro Boris Christoff. La giovane età del cantante non ostacola un'interpretazione di sorprendente maturità; davanti ai nostri occhi appare un vero re dal quale dipendono i destini del mondo, un uomo dalla psiche complicata, un tiranno, un Nerone sì, ma dall’animo non privo di nobiltà. Il canto di Stavrakakis colpisce già nel duetto con Rodrigo, ma nella celebre aria “Ella giammai m’amò” arriva un prezioso momento di catarsi per tutti presenti in sala. La voce riempie la sala della Semperoper, nella prima parte del brano si sentono note di dolore che non possono lasciare indifferente chi le ascolta, nella seconda l'abbandono alla melodia assume una forza espressiva grandiosa. Un effetto profondo fanno un paio di frasi musicali suonate da Stavrakakis al violoncello, dettaglio che rende più umano il personaggio di Filippo II." [Translated] "In the role of Philip II, Alexandros Stavrakakis could be defined as primus inter pares: nature has given him the gift of an exceptional bass voice, without any exaggeration, voluminous, deep, virile, with a precious timbre that could vaguely recall that of the Bulgarian Boris Christoff . The singer's young age does not hinder an interpretation of surprising maturity; Before our eyes appears a true king on whom the destinies of the world depend, a man with a complicated psyche, a tyrant, a Nero yes, but with a soul not devoid of nobility. Stavrakakis' singing is already striking in the duet with Rodrigo, but in the famous aria "Ella giammai m'amò" comes a precious moment of catharsis for everyone present in the room. The voice fills the hall of the Semperoper, in the first part of the piece we hear notes of pain that cannot leave those who listen to them indifferent, in the second the abandonment to the melody takes on a grandiose expressive force. A couple of musical phrases played by Stavrakakis on the cello have a profound effect, a detail that makes the character of Philip II more human.
- Ape Musicale
- 18 May 2024