Download César Torruella, Baritone

CÉSAR TORRUELLA
BARITONE
ADDRESS:
8990 RICHMOND AVE. APT. 503
HOUSTON, TX 77063
WEBSITE: WWW.CESARTORRUELLA.COM
EMAIL: [email protected]
TELEPHONE: 787-800-8889
Biography:
Acclaimed for his “charisma” in Bel Canto roles,
Baritone César Torruella is a finalist in the 2014
Montserrat Caballé International Singing Competition in
Zaragoza, Spain. His great successful interpretations
include roles like Beaupertuis in Nino Rota’s Il cappello
di paglia di Firenze, Leporello in Don Giovanni, Don
Alfonso in Così fan Tutte, and the title roles in Don
Pasquale and Gianni Schicchi. Mr. Torruella is praised
for his “perfect comedic timing and dramatic chops” in
Verdi’s Falstaff performed in New York, Houston and
Puerto Rico.
His Buffo (comic) repertoire is distinguished with
performances as Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore, Don
Pasquale, and Dottor Bartolo in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di
Siviglia. Other credits includes Don Giovanni (Salzburg,
Austria), Don Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro (Opera New
Hampshire), Monsieur Javelinot and Thierry in
Poulenc’s Les dialogues des Carmelites and
Alcindoro/Benoit in La Bohème, both performed in Tel
Aviv, Israel. Recent engagements in the 2014-15 season
included his signature roles: Dottor Bartolo, the villain
Coppélius in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann, and
his debut as Colline in La Bohème for Teatro de la Ópera de Puerto Rico.
2015-16 Season engagements include his return as Dulcamara, and his debut as Don Magnifico
in Rossini's La Cenerentola at the Granada Theater in Santa Barbara, California. Other
engagements include appearances as Don Alfonso in Mozart's Così fan tutte in a concert
version with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, and a USA Premiere, in Atlanta of a comic
opera by Mexican composer Juan de Trigos.
The Puerto Rican buffo/baritone own a bachelor's degree from the Conservatorio de Música de
Puerto Rico where he participated actively on the Opera Workshop with performances as the
Sprecher in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Don Ignigo Gómez in L’heure Espagnole by Maurice
Ravel, Der Lautsprecher in Viktor Ullmann’s Der Keiser von Atlantis and Superintendent Budd
in Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring. Mr. Torruella holds a master’s degree from the University
of Houston Moores School of Music.