Celso Albelo (born 17 November 1976) is a Spanish operatic

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. He has sung leading roles in many

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s including

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), the

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), Teatro

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Biography

Born in

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, he got his firsts singing lessons from Pilar Castro Palazon, he continued at the Conservatorio Superior de Música in his home town with Isabel García Soto and at the Queen Sofía College of Music in Madrid with Tom Krause and Manuel Cid. He later perfected his training with Carlo Bergonzi at the Busseto Academy. In 2006, he debuted as Duca di Mantova in ''Rigoletto'' (Verdi) in Busseto, singing alongside

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. From then on he has been invited to perform by La Scala in Milan (''Pagliacci'', ''Don Pasquale''), the Fenice in Venice (''L'elisir d'amore'', ''Rigoletto''), the

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in Pesaro (''Stabat Mater''), the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (''Guillaume Tell''), the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste (''Don Pasquale'', ''Les pêcheurs de perles'', ''Maria Stuarda''), the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa (''Don Pasquale''), the

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(''I Puritani''), the Verdi Theatre in

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(''Lucia di Lammermoor'', ''I Puritani''), the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari (''Falstaff'', ''L'elisir d'amore''), the Terme of Caracalla in Rome (''Rigoletto''), the

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in Catania (''Maria Stuarda''), the

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in Madrid (''Rigoletto''), the

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Opera Festival in Las Palmas, Canary Islands (''La Sonnambula'', ''L'elisir d'amore''), the Teatro Campoamor in

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, the La Coruña Opera Festival (''Rigoletto'', ''Don Pasquale'', ''I Puritani'', ''La fille du régiment''), the Castell de Peralada International Music Festival (''Don Pasquale''), Zurich Opera House (''Rigoletto'', ''Don Pasquale'', ''La Juive'', ''Gianni Schicchi'', ''Maria Stuarda''), the

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(''I Puritani''), the Baden-Baden Festival (''La Sonnambula'' in concert format), Tokyo Opera House (''Lakmé''), Montecarlo Opera (''Rigoletto'') and

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(''L'elisir d'amore''). Recently he has sung at the

in London (''La Sonnambula''), at

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(''La fille du régiment'' ), at the Wiener Staatsoper (''L'elisir d'amore'', ''La sonnambula'') and at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin (''Lucia di Lammermoor''Mundo Clásico
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Prizes

Celso Albelo has been awarded the Opera Actual Prize 2008, the Opera Oscar bestowed by the Arena di Verona Foundation (2010-2012) and the Teatro Campoamor National Prize for Opera 2010-2012. He has been awarded the Medalla de Oro de Canarias 2013, the Giuseppe Lugo Award 2013 in Italy, the Premio Codalario in 2014 and the Premio Taburiente in 2017.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Albelo, Celso 1976 births Living people People from Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spanish operatic tenors Singers from the Canary Islands 21st-century Spanish male opera singers