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Tijl Faveyts is a Belgian operatic bass. A current member of the Komische Oper Berlin, he has performed leading roles such as Mozart's Sarastro and Hunding in Wagner's Die Walküre and Gurnemanz [1][2][3]Parsifal at major opera houses, concert halls and festivals, and made recordings.

Life and career

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Born in Belgium, Faveyts studied voice at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, with Ralf Döring and Robert Holl.[4]

Faveyts was engaged at the Theater St. Gallen from 2005 to 2012,[5] where he appeared in roles such as Don Basilio in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Oroveso in Bellini's Norma, and the Doctor in Alban Berg's Wozzeck.[6] In 2006, he appeared as Sarastro in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, conducted by Daniel Harding, which won him international attention.[4] In 2012, he made his U.S. debut as the Doctor in Wozzeck in Berkeley, Los Angeles and New York, with the London Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.[6]

In 2013, Faveyts became a member of the ensemble at the Aalto Theatre in Essen, where he appeared in roles such as Hunding in Wagner's Die Walküre, Kezal in Smetana's Die Verkaufte Braut, Ramfis in Verdi's Aida, and Oroveso in Bellini's Norma.[7] In 2019 he joined the ensemble of the Komische Oper Berlin,[5] where he will be seen as Sarastro, Gremin in Tchaikovsky's Jewgeni Onegin, Commendatore in Mozart's Don Giovanni and Sparafucile in Verdi's Rigoletto.[8] His roles also include Osmin in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Daland in Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer, Marke in Tristan und Isolde, Fasolt and Hunding in Der Ring des Nibelungen, the title role in Donizetti's Don Pasquale, Roi de Trèfle in Prokofiev's L'amour des trois oranges, Comte des Grieux in Massenet's Manon and Orest in Elektra by Richard Strauss.[8]

As Rocco, left, after a concert performance of Fidelio, 2021

From 2015, Faveyts appeared as Fasolt and Hunding in Der Ring in Minden, Wagner's Ring cycle at the Stadttheater Minden conducted by Frank Beermann, which was completed in 2019.[5][9][10] A reviewer noted his interpretation as convincingly lyrical in voice and action.[11] Hunding is portrayed as a person with a certain social background, not an evil character, with a striking low vocal register.[12]

On 10 July 2021, he appeared as Rocco in Beethoven's Fidelio in a concert performance at the Alfred Fischer Hall in Hamm as part of the KlassikSommer Hamm festival. Beermann conducted the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, choir and soloists.[13] In January 2022 he made his house debut in the Bayerische Staatsoper München as Vanuzzi in Die schweigsame Frau.[14] In March 2022, he performed as the King in Aida at the Semperoper in Dresden conducted by Christian Thielemann.[15] In November 2022 he made his Italian operatic debut at the Teatro Pavarotti-Freni Modena and the Teatro Communale Reggio Emilia as Landgraf Hermann in Tannhäuser, conducted by Marcus Bosch.[16][17][18][19] In september 2023 he made his much acclaimed roledebut as Gurnemanz in Parsifal at the Theater Minden under the baton of Frank Beerman in an Eric Vigié production.[1][2][3] In June 2024 he made his Hungarian debut as Fasolt in Das Rheingold at the Müpa with maestro Ádám Fischer.[20][21]

Faveyts sang as a guest at the Vlaamse Opera in Ghent and Antwerp,[6] Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Theater an der Wien in Vienna, La Monnaie in Brussels, Staatsoper Stuttgart,[22] Oper Leipzig, the opera of Bilbao,[23] Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, Teatro Cervantes Malaga,[24] Theater Bonn, Opera de Lille,[25] Oper Köln, Grand Théâtre de Genève, St. Galler Festspiele,[26] Macao cultural center,[27] NCPA Kaoshiung, National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing and the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv.[4] He has worked with conductors such as Antonino Fogliani, Kent Nagano,[28] Fabio Luisi, Kazushi Ōno, Giacomo Sagripanti, Konstantin Trinks, Marc Albrecht, Daniel Harding, Christophe Eschenbach, Antonello Manacorda and Carlo Rizzi. Stage directors with whom he worked have included Stéphane Braunschweig, Barrie Kosky,[29][30] Vincent Broussard, Mariame Clément [de], Frank Castorf, Stefan Herheim, Kasper Holten and Guy Joosten [nl].[8]

In concert, Faveyts has performed at the Lincoln Center in New York City with the Philharmonia Orchestra in 2012, repeated at the Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley and the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.[4] He also appeared at the Wiener Festwochen and the Musikverein Vienna, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg,[31] Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Berlin[32][33][34] and the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, among others.[5] He has performed as a soloist in Bach's St Matthew Passion and St John Passion, Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten and Die Schöpfung, and Mozart's Requiem. In recital, he has performed Schubert's Die Winterreise.[35]

Recordings

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Faveyts recorded the role of the King in Schreker's Der Schatzgräber[36] in 2012 and the role of the Pfleger des Orest in Strauss' Elektra[37] with the Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Marc Albrecht.[38] He performed the role of the Old Man in a 2014 recording of Martinů's Ariane from the Aalto Theatre, conducted by Tomáš Netopil.[39] In a 2017 production from the Aalto of Meyerbeer's Le Prophète conducted by Giuliano Carella, he appeared as Zacharie,[40] and in 2020 he recorded the role of the Hermit in Tatjana Gürbaca's production of Weber's Der Freischütz at the Aalto conducted by Tomáš Netopil.[41] In 2018 he performed the role of Arkel in the studiorecording of Impressions de Pélleas from Marius Constant.[42] In 2010 he recorded a DVD of Puccini's La fanciulla del West[43] and in 2011 Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila with the Vlaamse Opera.[44][45]

References

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  2. ^ a b "Parsifal in Minden 2023 – Eine Gemeinschaftsproduktion des Richard Wagnerverbandes Minden, der Nordwestdeutschen Philharmonie und des Stadttheaters Minden" (in German). Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Minden, Stadttheater Minden, PARSIFAL – Richard Wagner, IOCO Kritik, 11.09.2023". IOCO (in German). 11 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "Tijl Faveyts to Perform at Lincoln Center". flandersintheusa.org. 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
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  7. ^ Schürmann, Martina (21 June 2018). "Tijl Faveyts – Der Mann für die tiefen Tonlagen". Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2019.
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  9. ^ "Minden / Wie Wagner an die Weser kam: Beifall für "Die Walküre" von Minden". Neue Westfälische (in German). 11 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  10. ^ Schulte, Christoph (12 September 2016). "Wagner-Wunder in der Provinz – "Götterdämmerung" in Minden". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2019.
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  16. ^ blogartpost (28 November 2022). "Wagner in Emilia". The.blogartpost (in Italian). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Tannhäuser | OperaLibera" (in Italian). 20 November 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  18. ^ ThemeZaa. "Convince il Tannhäuser contemporaneo a Modena". www.operateatro.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  19. ^ "IL LOGGIONE EMILIANO: TANNHÄUSER AL TEATRO COMUNALE PAVAROTTI-FRENI DI MODENA". Ieri, Oggi, Domani, Opera! (in Italian). 17 November 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  20. ^ "Müpa Wager-napok – Walhalla-projekt I. Bemelegítés: A Rajna kincse – „Köszönjük a tüzet!" Loge: Christian Franz – 2024.06.20". Mezei néző. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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  22. ^ "Dresden, Semperoper, Die verkaufte Braut – Bedrich Smetana, IOCO Kritik, 14.03.2019". IOCO Kultur im Netz Das Klassik Portal für Oper, Ballett, Operette und Musical (in German). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  23. ^ "A hard day's night!". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 26 November 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  24. ^ "Fidelio". La Opinión de Málaga (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  25. ^ "La Flûte Enchantée à Lille, ou le miroir des formes – Actualités – Ôlyrix". Olyrix.com (in French). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  26. ^ Berzins, Christian. "Der Clown wird zum Todesengel". NZZ am Sonntag (in German). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  27. ^ "Grand Opening: The Magic Flute – 33rd Macao International Music Festival". icm.gov.mo. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  28. ^ Voermans, Erik (21 November 2021). "Concerto Köln liet Das Rheingold klinken zoals Wagner het had bedoeld". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  29. ^ "Madame, wie schön klingt doch Ihr Bariton!". tagesspiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  30. ^ "Premiere als Dernière? – Offenbachs "Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein" an der Komischen Oper Berlin | nmz – neue musikzeitung". nmz.de. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  31. ^ Stäbler, Marcus (6 December 2017). "Der beliebteste Frauenvernascher der Musikgeschichte". abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  32. ^ mir.de, m i r media-Digital Agency-. "200 Jahre "Freischütz"". Konzerthaus Berlin (in German). Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  33. ^ "KULTURA-EXTRA, das online-magazin". kultura-extra.de. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  34. ^ "Gigantischer Aufwand – "Der Freischütz" im Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin | nmz – neue musikzeitung". nmz.de. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  35. ^ "Tijl Faveyts / Bass Baritone". philharmonia.co.uk. Philharmonia Orchestra. 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  36. ^ "Franz Schreker – Der Schatzgräber – Tijl Faveyts, Manuela Uhl, Raymond Very u.a., Marc Albrecht, Philharmonisches Orchester Niederlande, Chor der Niederländischen Oper". rondomagazin.de (in German). Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  37. ^ "Elektra (Live recording) von Marc Albrecht, De Nederlandse Opera Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra bei Amazon Music – Amazon.de". Amazon. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  38. ^ Clements, Dominy (January 2014). "Franz Schreker (1878-1934)/ Der Schatzgräber". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  39. ^ Kraus, Richard (October 2016). "Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) / Ariane, lyric opera in one act". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  40. ^ Steinson, Paul (August 2018). "Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) / Le Prophète". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  41. ^ "klassik.com : Aktuelle CD-Besprechung, DVD-Kritik, CD-Besprechungen, DVD-Kritiken". magazin.klassik.com. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  42. ^ Kruijff, Jan de. "CONSTANT: IMPRESSIONS DE PELLÉAS". musicalifeiten.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  43. ^ Giacomo Puccini – La Fanciulla del West, retrieved 20 December 2019
  44. ^ Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila, retrieved 20 December 2019
  45. ^ Loomis, George (5 May 2009). "A 'Samson' Who Dallies Amid the Kitsch". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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