ARTIST

ARTIST

Azer Zada(Tenor)

Born in Baku, Azer Zada debuted his vocal career in 2009 as a soloist at the
Azerbaijani State Opera. After moving to Italy, he enrolled in the Accademia
d’Arte Lirica of Osimo, attending masterclasses with the late Magda Oliviero,
Raina Kabaivanska, Renata Scotto and Renato Bruson. He is awarded
numerous prices in competitions as Concorso Lirico Internazionale di Portofino
and the First Prize in Concorso Voci Verdiane.

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In 2014, he was admitted to the prestigious Accademia Teatro alla Scala. As a
student of Accademia, he was regularly engaged at Teatro alla Scala for roles
in Turandot, Rigoletto, Aida, Don Carlo, La Traviata and I Due Foscari under
conductors as Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Chailly, Nello Santi and Myung-Whun
Chung.
In 2016, he made his debut as Macduff/Macbeth at Teatro Giuseppe Verdi
(Salerno) under Daniel Oren. Later that year, he performed Verdi’s Messa di
Requiem under Jader Benjamini with the Orchestra e Coro Sinfonico della Verdi
at the Auditorium di Largo Mahler and at the Festival de La Chaise-Dieux.
The season 2017/18 marked the debut of Zada’s solo career and many role
debuts. He performed Don José/Carmen in Teatro Coccia (Novara) and Teatro
Vittorio Emmanuelle (Messina) as well as Rodolfo/La Bohème in Fano, Chieti
and Ascoli Piceno. Later that season, he made his house debut at Teatro La
Fenice (Venice) in La Bohème and Pinkerton/Madama Butterfly. The lyric
season ends with performances of Carmen at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari. During
the summer, he was invited as Cavaradossi/Tosca to the Soirées Lyriques in
Sanxay and Luglio Musicale Trapanese.
During the 2018/19 season, Zada returns to Teatro La Fenice as
Pinkerton/Madama Butterfly, followed by his role debut as Ismaele/Nabucco in
Teatro Verdi (Padova). At Teatro Reggio Emilia, he returned to the role of
Cavaradossi/Tosca, followed by his debut as Alfredo/La Traviata at Teatro
Petruzzelli (Bari). Later, he performed La Bohème at the Azerbaijan State
Opera and Messa di Requiem at Heydar Aliyev Center. He has his first solo
concerts at Baku State Philharmonic Hall and in the Great Hall of Moscow
Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Next, he made his Bolshoi Theatre debut in La
Traviata, and performs Madama Butterfly at Moscow Philharmonic Hall. At the
end of the season, he returned to Trapani (Sicilia) for performances of Carmen.
Zada began his 2019/2020 season with performances of Tosca at Teatro La
Fenice, followed by his role debut as Radamès/Aida at the Teatro Alighieri. He
returned to the role of Rodolfo/La Bohème at Bolshoi Theatre and Teatro
Municipale di Piacenza and debuted in Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci at
Ravenna Festival, under the baton of M° Riccardo Muti.
Highlights of the 2020/21 season includes the role of Radamès in Aida at the
Arena di Verona, in occasion of the opera’s 150° anniversary under M°Riccardo
Muti and his debut at Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Lisbon) in La Wally. He
returned to Bolshoi Theatre for performances of La Bohème and Tosca and
performed Carmen at Soirées Lyriques de Sanxay.
For the 2021/22 season, he will interpret the roles of Pollione in Bellini’s Norma
at the Teatro Massimo di Bellini, Alfredo/La Traviata at Teatro Marrucino di
Chieti and Ismaele/Nabucco at the Ravenna Festival, Rodolfo of la Bohème at
Toulouse.
Later this year, Naxos will release his first solo album.
in the next season, he has important debuts, such as Adriana Lecouvreur at
Teatro Regio di Parma, Foresto/Attila in Bari, Il Trovatore at Teatro Sao Carlos
Lisboa, Riccardo/Un Ballo in maschera with Maestro Riccardo Muti in Tokyo.
He will make his debut at the Berlin Staatsoper with Aida.
PARTICIPATING PERFORMANCES

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Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Main Hall

Italian Opera Academy in Tokyo vol.3
Riccardo Muti Conducts "Un ballo in maschera"(Concert Style/With Subtitles)

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Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Main Hall

Italian Opera Academy in Tokyo vol.3
Riccardo Muti Conducts "Un ballo in maschera"(Concert Style/With Subtitles)

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