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The Argentinian tenor, Juan Francisco Gatell, began his musical studies at the age of nine at the Conservatorio de Música Gilardi in his hometown before continuing his training at the Conservatorio Arturo Soria in Madrid. His career took off in 2004 after he won the Caruso Award Le voci nuove dalla lirica, promoted by the Italian Associazione Museo Enrico Caruso with the final concert at Sala Grande del Teatro Dal Verme in Milan. Performances followed with his debut in Boris Godunov, L’Innocente in Florence under Byckov. In 2005, he took first prize at the 7th Concorso Città di Pistoia, and in 2006, he won 1st Prize in the ASLICO competition as Don Ottavio inW.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni. In 2015, he won the Aureliano Pertile Prize awarded by the Amici della Musica “Beppe Valpreda.”
Acclaimed as one of the most interesting among his generation, Juan Francisco Gatell's voice has been called luminous, seductive, elegant, and agile, his acting dramatic and sensitive. He has appeared on opera and concert stages throughout Europe, and in North and South America and performed with the most important Orchestra Conductors and Stage Directors. His repertoire of choice includes: Tamino in W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Don Ottavio in W.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni, Ferrando in W.A. Mozart's Così fan tutte, Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Conte d’Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Nemorino in Elisir d’Amore, Cavaliere Belfiore in Viaggio a Reims, Idreno in Semiramide, Fenton in Falstaff.
Juan Francisco Gatell's highlights include his highly celebrated debuts as Alessandro Magno in W.A. Mozart's Il Re Pastore and Tom Rakewell in Igor Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress at La Fenice in Venice, as Demetrio in Rossini’s Demetrio e Polibio at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro where he was invited for three editions as Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, performed too at the Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman, in Buenos Aires and in Vienna among others. His Don Ottavio in Igor Stravinsky Don Giovanni was acclaimed in La Scala, Washington, Tokyo or Beijing, his Falstaff in Los Angeles, Parma and Valencia and his Così fan tutte in Madrid, Florence and Brussels. His most recent appearances were in W.A. Mozart's Zaide (Gomatz) at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva) at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and Falstaff (Fenton) at Palau de Les Arts in Valencia.
His recordings includes: on DVD, Tybalt in Charles Gounod's Romeo et Juliette at the Salzburg Festival, in Il burbero di buon cuore (Dynamic), Don Pasquale (Arthaus-Musik) conducted by Riccardo Muti, Il viaggio a Reims at La Scala (Vox Imago) and Il Barbiere di Siviglia in concert with the Rossini Opera Festival; on CD, Otello with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Riccardo Muti which won the 2014 International Opera Award, Don Pasquale (Arthaus-Musik) conducted by Riccardo Muti, W.A. Mozart's Requiem with the Orchestra della Toscana in Siena (Accademia Musicale Chigiana), and I Pagliacci conducted by Bartoletti recorded live at the Teatro Carlo Felice.
Juan Francisco Gatell makes his home in Barcelona, Spain with his wife Paula and two children, Francisco and Júlia. |
