GermánOlvera
Representation
About Germán
The Mexican baritone Germán Olvera made his operatic debut at the Mexican National Opera (Palacio de bellas artes) in 2013 as Escamillo (Carmen). He subsequently studied at the Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo in Valencia where he made his European debut jumping in as Lescaut (Manon Lescaut) conducted by Domingo.
In 2019 Germán joined the ensemble at Staatsoper Hannover where his roles have included Count Almaviva, Don Giovanni, Escamillo, Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Belcore (L’elisir d’amore), Marcello (La bohème) and Anthony (Sweeney Todd).
Recent highlights include his debut at Glyndebourne Festival Opera as Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro); a house and role debut at the Royal Opera House Muscat as Guglielmo (Così fan tutte); Ping (Turandot) at Teatro Real Madrid and De Nederlandse Opera; Fernando (Entre Sevilla y Triana ) at the Oviedo Zarzuela Festival, and upcoming performances as Malatesta (Don Pasquale) at Opéra National de Lorraine.
He has also performed in two world premieres: Don Rodrigo (El Caballero de Olmedo) at Teatro de la Zarzuela Madrid, and Boxer (Animal Farm) at De Nederlandse Opera. On the concert platform, he made his debut at the 2023 BBC Proms Festival as baritone soloist in Orff’s Carmina Burana. He recently sang and recorded Belfiore (Un giorno di Regno) and Dżares (Paria) with Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante at the Chopin Festival in Warsaw.
Representation
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Selected Repertoire
| Bellini | I Puritani (Riccardo) |
|---|---|
| Bizet | Carmen (Escamillo) • Les Pecheurs des Perles (Zurga) |
| Debussy | Pelleas et Melisande (Pelleas) |
| Donizetti | Don Pasquale (Malatesta) • L’elisir d’amore (Belcore) |
| Gounod | Faust (Valentin) • Romeo et Juliette (Mercutio) |
| J. Strauss | Die Fledermaus (Eisenstein) |
| Leoncavallo | I Pagliacci (Silvio) |
| Massenet | Cherubin (Count) • Werther (Albert) |
| Mozart | Così fan tutte (Guglielmo) • Le nozze di Figaro (Count Almaviva) |
| Puccini | Gianni Schicchi • La Bohème (Marcello) • Manon Lescaut • Turandot (Ping) |
| Raskatov | Animal Farm (Boxer) |
| Rossini | Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro) • Il turco in Italia (Don Geronio) • Le Comte Ory • La Cenerentola (Dandini) |
| Verdi | Falstaff (Ford) |
News
Press
The Merry Widow (Lehár)
Glyndebourne Opera FestivalJun 2024Olvera is magnificent as Danilo, witty, utterly charismatic, constantly swivelling between awareness and self-delusion. It’s a performance of great insight and finesse,
- Tim Ashley, The Guardian
- 10 June 2024
the strongest vocal contribution comes from Germán Olvera, playing Count Danilo, her former lover whose lingering (and reciprocated) infatuation provides the emotional fulcrum of the work
- Barry Millington, The Standard
- 10 June 2024
Danielle de Niese is … sounding great and well matched with Germán Olvera as Danilo, the best singer on stage.
- Nicholas Kenyon, The Telegraph
- 10 June 2024
She is paired with Germán Olvera as a fine Danilo, who imposes with his proud, bronzed baritone, allied to an unusually brooding take on the role, which he turns to great advantage by the end.
- Richard Fairman, Financial Times
- 11 June 2024
Danielle de Niese [as Hanna] is a consummate realisation, ideally matched by the stylish matinee-idol persona of German Olvera’s Danilo, his baritone an exceptional instrument.
- George Hall, The Stage
- 10 June 2024