SEBASTIÁN FERRADA GARRAMÓN

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Sebastián was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1978. He started his musical studies as a clarinettist in 1996. In 2000 he took singing lessons in Chile with Sergio Gomez, Myriam Singer and Gonzalo Cuadra. During this time he also had lessons with the british tenor David Rendall. In 2008 he moved to Milan, Italy, where he began singing lessons with Vincenzo Manno, who is still his teacher, in the Accademia Internazionale della Musica and Accademia del Teatro alla Scala.

Sebastián's career as a soloist started when he played the roles of Don Polidoro in Mozart's La Finta Semplice and Il Podestá in Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera for productions held in the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He then performed roles in productions of Lehar's The Merry Widow, Verdi's Il Trovatore and Don Carlo and Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus in the Teatro Municipal of Santiago, Chile.

In 2010 Sebastián started his main roles career performing Edgar in Puccini’s Edgar with the Auditorium de Valladolid, Spain, Manrico in Verdi's Il Trovatore and Radames in Verdi's Aida also in the Trentino Opera Festival. He also performed Don José in Bizet's Carmen and the soloist tenor in Verdi's Requiem. In this year he did his first recordings, performing Cecco in Haydn’s Il Mondo della Luna for Bongiovanni (conducted by G. Camerlingo) and Spiridone in Donizetti’s Il Campanelo for Kicco (Conducted by F. Ledda).

In 2011 he did his debut as B.F. Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly and sang this role in a Teatro Argentino de La Plata production conduced by Tulio Gagliardo. He also debuted Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca, singing with the Milan Conservatory and in Preggio's Music Festival where he was directed by Antonello Madau Diaz. He also sang Radames in Verdi's Aida with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Arena de Verona.

Sebastián is the winner of the 9th International Competition "Aida" of the Fondazione Arena di Verona and won the role of Radames for the 2012-13 production and tournée of Verdi's opera by the Foundation in the Teatro Filarmonico di Verona.

In 2012 he played for the first time the roles of Calaf in Puccini's Turandot, Il Duca di Mantova in Verdi's Rigoletto and Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata. Future engagements for 2012 include performances of Madame Butterfly, Tosca and Aida.