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G. Donizetti - L’elisir d’amore
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2024 Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition
Santiago Sánchez wins Second Prize
The prize-winners are:
SINGERS’ PRIZES
1st Prize
Anja Mittermüller (mezzo-soprano)
2nd Prize
Santiago Sánchez (tenor)
3rd Prize
Jonathan Eyers (baritone)
Special Prize
Mathilde Ortscheidt (mezzo-soprano)
Pianist’s Prize
Jong Sun Woo

Sergej Prokofjew (1891-1953)
Der Spieler - Salzburger Festspiele
Santiago Sánchez as Hitziger Spieler
Timur Zangiev Conductor - Peter Sellars Regiesseur
12. August - 28. August
FELSENREITSCHULE
© SF/Ruth Walz
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Eugene Onegin
Press
“Lenski is ideally cast with Santiago Sánchez. He embodies the young man’s impetuous passion as well as the premonition of death in “Kuda, kuda…” before the duel scene. An important step in an upwardly mobile tenor career”.
Ralf Siepmann - O-Ton Kulturmagazine
“Santiago Sánchez is an impetuous, youthful Lenski”
— Die Deutsche Bühne
"Santiago Sánchez gives the tragic figure of the young poet Lenski beautiful tenor colours".
Bernhard Hartmann - General Anzeiger
"Santiago Sánchez masters both the lyrical (self-) infatuation and the dramatic radiance of his young tenor. His solo arias about his love for Olga and the time after his death moved the audience. Very beautifully sung and rewarded with applause”.
— Live in der Oper
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Liedersoiree
13. November 2023
“Roter Teppich, gedimmtes Licht, Getränk und Häppchen auf dem Tisch – Bühne frei für Kunstlied!
In der neuen Soirée-Reihe zeigen unsere Ensemblemitglieder ihre Schokoladenseiten. In einzigartiger Salon-Atmosphäre im Foyer des Opernhauses findet ein intimes Zwiegespräch zwischen Künstlerin oder Künstler und Publikum statt.
Den Auftakt der Reihe gibt am 13. November der Tenor Santiago Sánchez begleitet von Elia Tagliavia am Klavier. Es erklingen u.a. Lieder von Richard Strauss, Edvard Grieg, Ottorino Respighi und Joaquín Turina. Im zweiten Teil wird der gebürtige Spanier in seiner Muttersprache eine Auswahl an musikalischen Überraschungen aus dem Bereich der leichten Muse präsentieren.
Köstlichkeiten – ein Getränk und ein Häppchen – von Restaurant Fidelio sind im Preis inbegriffen und werden in der Pause serviert.”

Die lustige Witwe
Santiago Sánchez as Camille de Rossillon
“The male cast impresses with playful agility and vocal stature, with Santiago Sánchez as Camille standing out with his instrument honed on Strauss and Belcanto roles, as well as his fresh timbre. The young Uruguayan-born tenor (…) is the positive card in the ensemble set. His duet with Valencienne in the second act is great Operetta art.”
Ralf Siepmann, O-Ton Kulturmagazine
Foto: Thilo Beu
Santiago wins 1st Prize!
15TH INTERNATIONAL MOZART COMPETITION SALZBURG
3 – 16 February 2023
Solitär | Universität Mozarteum | Mirabellplatz 1 | 5020 Salzburg
The final concert took place on Thursday (February 16th). The first prize, donated by the International Salzburg Association, is endowed with 15,000 euros.
“Born in Uruguay and raised in Spain, the tenor studied at the Mozarteum University, where he completed his Masters in Lied and Oratorio with Mario Antonio Diaz-Varas and Pauliina Tukiainen. Santiago has been a member of the ensemble at Theater Bonn since the 2020/21 season and has sung the title role in Verdi's Don Carlo, among others. He has sung in the Vienna State Opera, the Milan Scala, the Frankfurt Opera and at the Tyrolean Festival Erl, among others.”
In 2023 Santiago Sánchez will perform the Prince Alexis in Giordano’s veristic oper Siberia and Camille de Rossillon in Lehars Die lustige Witwe at Theater Bonn, as well as Alfred in Die Fledermaus in Staatstheater Saarbrücken

‘I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent, and this is what I have devoted my life to.’
Luciano Pavarotti
Past productions