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Sergio Blázquez

Mexican tenor Sergio Blazquez studied voice at a conservatoire in Monterrey. He frequented numerous master lessons given by world-renowned singers such as Justino Diaz, Leo Nucci, Sherril Milnes and Frank Corsaro; at present he studies voice at César Ulloa. Sergio Blazquez has obtained a number of awards, among others the National Council Auditions from the Metropolitan Opera (2004), first price in the Classical Singer Contest Award in New York (2005) and in July 2006 he reached the semi-final of the Belvedere International Contest in Vienna. Sergio Blazquez started his career in the Monterrey Opera (Mexico), where he played the following roles: Ernesto (Don Pasquale), Edmondo (Manon Lescaut), Nemorino (The Elixir of Love), Alfredo (La traviata) and Rodolfo (La Bohème). Besides, he sang the role of Alfredo (La traviata), Rodolfo (La Bohème) and Nemorino (The Elixir of Love) in Opéra de Montauban near Paris.

In 2004 he sang Romeo (Romeo and Juliet) in Tel Aviv and Don José (Carmen) in the San Antonio Opera in Texas. At the beginning of the 2005/06 season Sergio Blazquez became a member of the Revier Gelsenkirchen Theatre Company, in May 2007 he became a soloist in Staatstheater Mainz, where he appeared among others in the role of Edgard (Lucia di Lammermoor), Singer (Rosenkavalier) and Rodolfo (La Bohème).

Photographs: Sergio Blázquez

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