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The Spanish baritone, Elías Benito Arranz, graduated from the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in Madrid. He then joined La Monnaie – CMRE Opera Studio in Brussels under the guidance of José Van Dam, and completed his vocal studies in 2014 with a Master in Opera.
In 2020, Elías Arranz made his debut at Wiener Konzerthaus as Atlante in the world’s première in modern times of Hidalgo’s Las Fortunas de Andrómeda y Perseo. Before Covid crisis he also performed Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle at the magnificent Gaudi’s Palau Güell in Barcelona. The opening of 2019-2020 season included the haendelian roles of Melisso and Argante in Switzerland, George Frideric Handel's Messiah in Auditori de Barcelona and Girona, as well as Papageno at Gran Teatre del Liceu. Also in 2019, he was back to Halle Händelfestspiele, and made his debut as Sulpice in Donizetti's La fille du Régiment (Andorra Lírica) and Germont in Verdi's Traviata (Como).
Elías Arranz has already made his debut in Théatre des Champs Elysées in Paris, as Lesbo in G.F. Handel's Agrippina with Ann Hallenberg, Vivica Genaux, Carlos Mena and “Al Ayre Español” conducted by Eduardo López Banzo. In spring 2018, he performed for the first time at Halle Händelfestspiele, as Marte in Il Parnasso in festa with Lautten Compagney Berlin and Wolfgang Katschner.
Other performed operatic roles Elías Arranz has performed include Marcello in G. Puccini's La bohème (Canada/Spain), Belcore in G. Donizetti L'Elisir d'amore (Italy, Spain), Escamillo in Georges Bizet's Carmen (Prinzregententheater, München), Conte d'Almaviva in W.A. Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro (Germany/Spain), Papageno in W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (UK/Spain) or Uberto in Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's La serva padrona (Festival de l’Été Mosan, Belgium).
On the concert platform, Elías Arranz is increasingly in demand. He has sung J.S. Bach's main oratorios under conductors such as Trevor Pinnock, Juan José Mena or Klaas Stok, among others. He has performed as a soloist in concert halls and festivals in the UK, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, USA, Spain, France and Mexico with repertoire ranging from the early baroque to world premieres by living composers.
Forthcoming engagements for 2020-2021 season include the role of Daedalus from Dove’s The Monster in the Maze in the new production of Gran Teatre del Liceu directed by Paco Azorín, a European Tour as Melisso in G.F. Handel's Alcina, or W.A. Mozart's Requiem with Camera Musicae Orchestra and Salvador Mas, among other projects. |
