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Egils Siliņš
Egils Siliņš (born 14 December 1961) is a Latvian bass-baritone. He graduated from the Latvian Academy of Music and made his operatic debut at the Latvian National Opera in 1988. He has won multiple international singing competitions and since November 5, 2019, he is Chairman of the Board of the Latvian National Opera, Latvian National Opera and Ballet. Early life and education Siliņš was born in the Latvian city of Līgatne. He attended the Latvian Academy of Music and completed his education under professors Gurijs Antipovs and Leonīds Vīgners. Career Siliņš made his debut on the opera stage at the Latvian National Opera in 1988 as the title role in Arrigo Boito, Boito's Mefistofele. He has won multiple international singing competitions, the Grand Music Award and is the recipient of the Order of the Three Stars, Latvian Order of the Three Stars. He was a soloist at the Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurt Opera (1990–1993), the Theater Basel, Basel Opera (1993–1996), the Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bass-baritone
A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing three Wagnerian roles: the title role in ''Der fliegende Holländer'', Wotan/Der Wanderer in the ''Ring Cycle'' and Hans Sachs in '' Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg''. Wagner labelled these roles as ''Hoher Bass'' ("high bass")—see fach for more details. The bass-baritone voice is distinguished by two attributes. First, it must be capable of singing comfortably in a baritonal tessitura. Secondly, however, it needs to have the ripely resonant lower range typically associated with the bass voice. For example, the role of Wotan in ''Die Walküre'' covers the range from F2 (the F at the bottom of the bass clef) to F4 (the F above middle C), but only infrequently descends beyond C3 (the C below middle C). Bass-baritones are typically divide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |