After the success at the Zaragoza Auditorium with the Reino de Aragón Orchestra, tenor Ştefan von Korch continues his international journey, making his debut in Palermo on July 26 in Carmina Burana
Ştefan von Korch. will debut on July 26 in Palermo in CARMINA BURANA Photo source Ştefan von Korch
Ştefan von Korch considered the standard voice for the tenor line in Romania
About the scheduled appearance in Palermo Ştefan von Korch says that “It will be a sound experience of great intensity, which I am honored to share with such a select audience as the one from the opera’s homeland – Italy. It is a demanding but highly rewarding work, with superb solo and choral lines and overwhelmingly rich orchestral arrangements, that remains in the memory of any viewer.”
The concert will take place on July 26 at 9:15 p.m. and will bring together, under the baton of conductor Linhan Cui, Stefan von Korch – tenor, Celin Mun – soprano, Stepan Drobit – baritone, Kristina Miller – piano, Alexander Yakovlev – piano, Palermo Classica Ensemble – percussion, Polifonico del Balzo Choir – Choir Master Vincenzo Pillitteri. The event is part of the Palermo Classica concert series, which takes place between July 26 and September 20 at the Complesso Monumentalo dello Steri.
With a career on the rise, nationally and internationally, Ştefan von Korch carried out this summer a new collaboration with the Reino de Aragon orchestra from Spain, he will perform on July 5 with soprano Irina Baiant at Maria Radna Open Air, and in the spring he performed on the stage of the Târgu-Mureş Philharmonic, the symphonic vocal work Stabat Mater, one of the jewels of G. Rossini’s repertoire, considered a demonstration of virtuosity for any tenor.
Since the beginning of the year, on a national level, she has performed at the Iaşi Opera, in the sparkling role of Camille de Jolidon, in The Merry Widow 2.0 directed by Andrei Șerban and at the Romanian Opera in Timisoara in the production of The Merry Widow by Mario Di Carlo.
In the course of 2023, the tenor made the hearts of the spectators vibrate with masterful interpretations of the score specific to his voice in Carmina Burana, for which he is considered a standard, and he was the only Romanian soloist in a tour of 27 cities in China.
Other milestones in his career include famous roles in operas and operettas presented on the biggest stages in Romania: “The Barber of Seville”, “The Elixir of Love” and “Falstaff” (Bucharest National Opera), “Rigoletto,” “The Merry Widow” and “The Merry Widow 2.0” (Iasi National Opera), “I Puritani” (national premiere) “Rigoletto” and “The Barber of Seville” (Romanian Opera Cluj-Napoca) and others.
In 2022, he completed his repertoire with the titular role in the European premiere of the show “Traiano in Dacia” by Giuseppe Nicolini, staged at the Romanian Opera in Cluj-Napoca.
His record also includes roles in 3 absolute national premieres: the opera “I Puritani” at the Romanian Opera in Cluj-Napoca (2016) where he performed the highest score written for a male voice, the opera “La Sonnambula,” by Vicenzo Bellini (2018). and the presence on the stage of the Radio Hall in Bucharest in the absolute national premiere of the vocal-symphonic work “Messa di Gloria” by Rossini (2019).
