Hector Lopez Mendozatenor
Hector Lopez Mendoza began his musical studies at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City as cellist with Sona Poshotian, as saxophonist with Joel David Katz and as singer with Francisco Araiza and Irma Gonzalez. He also studied conducting at the conservatory. Mendoza received a scholarship from SIVAM International Society of Values of Mexican Art, which allowed him to work with Maestros Renata Scotto, Enrique Patrón, Teresa Rodriguez, Nico Castel, Denise Massé, Joan Dornemann. He sung in Mexico, USA, Spain and Italy, under the baton of such conductors as Maestros Placido Domingo, Enrique Patrón, Alfredo Silipigni, Enrique Ricci, Cristian Mandeal, Christian Badea.
In 2003 he was the winner of the national singing competition „Carlo Morelli”, and received a scholarship for studying in POPI (Portland Opera Performance Institute) with Tito Capobianco, Justino Diaz, Shirley Verrett, Daniel Orlando, David Lofton. He studied with Dante Mazzola, Enza Ferrari, Umberto Finazzi, Marco Gandini from the Academia alla Scala, preparing his repertoire. In 2004 Ludovic Spiess, famous Romanian tenor, asked Mr. Lopez to collaborate with the National Opera of Bucharest. Since then he has been part of the ensemble of that opera house. His European debut was in Verdi’s Traviata, at the same theatre. He also collaborated with the National Opera in Chisinau, the Opera na Zamku in Szcecin, Poland, Radio Bucharest Orchestra, Filarmonica George Enescu and others. In Bucarest he studied with Mr. Spiess and Cornel Stavru, another great Romanian tenor. He has visited the master classes of Viorica Cortez, Ion Piso, Ionel Pantea, Eduard Tumagian, Nelly Miricioiu, Kaludi Kaludov and others. His vocal teacher is Sorina Munteanu.
His repertoire includes:
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (Ferrando), Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Belmonte, Pedrillo)
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo), L'elisir d'amore (Nemorino), Roberto Devereaux (Roberto)
Verdi: Traviata (Alfredo), I due Foscari (Jacopo Foscari), Alzira (Zamoro), Rigoletto (Il duca), I Masnadieri (Carlo), Macbeth (MacDuff), Un Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo), Nabucco (Ismaele), Aida (Radames), Il Trovatore (Manrico), Ernani (Ernani), Attila (Foresto)
Boito: Mefistofele (Faust)
Gounod: Faust (Faust), Roméo e Juliette (Roméo)
Puccini: La Bohéme (Rodolfo), Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton), Tosca (Mario Cavaradossi), Il Tabarro (Luigi), Turandot (Calaf)
Bizet: Carmen (Don José)
Massenet: Werther (Werther), Manon (Des Grieux)
Delibes: Lakmé (Gerald)
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (Faust)
He also sang in Verdi’s and Mozart’s Requiem, Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Haydn’s Die Jahreszeiten.
Performance at the Opera Festival:
17. 06. 2016
» Bizet: Carmen
