Close Encounter with Baritone Gregorio Gonzalez
Musical Merit Foundation winner in 2000
Gregorio's Close Encounters
performances took place:
Wednesday, October 13, 2010:
Hoover HS - Laura Williams, teacher
Thursday October 14, 2010:
SCPA (School for the Creative and Performing Arts) - Mitzi
Lizarraga, principal
Patrick Henry HS - Carol Fleming, teacher
Friday October 15, 2010:
CPMA (School for the Creative, Performing and Media Arts)
- Sara Spafford, teacher
Gregorio's Bio
“The night’s major discovery” and “Definitely
a rising star” is some of the critical acclaim created
by Gregorio’s performances. Gregorio recently sang at
the Nederlandse Opera in I Puritani and La Traviata, and
has also sung at Amsterdam’s Concert Gebouw in
concert versions of Donizetti’s Poliuto and Verdi’s Othello.
He has also sung in Vienna at Theater an der Wien, and
for Opera de Panamá to celebrate the One Hundred Anniversary
of the Teatro Nacional. This year, Gregorio comes back
to Theater an der Wien to portray
the role of Di Cosimo for the European world premier of
Daniel Catán’s Il Postino, which will have its world premiere
at Los Angeles Opera, also with Gregorio’s participation.
Gregorio’s appearances in the U.S. include Lucia di Lammermoor
at Virginia Opera; at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, in Street
Scene; singing in Luisa Fernanda at Los Angeles Opera,
and at their 20th Anniversary Gala Concert celebrated
with Plácido Domingo. During his three-season residency
at Los Angeles Opera, Gregorio created the roles of Count
Obolenski and Avdeev in the World premiere of Nicholas
and Alexandra, and also sang in over a dozen productions
including La Bohème, Carmen, Romeo et Juliette, Il Barbiere
di Siviglia, La Fanciulla del West, Madama Butterfly,
and Le Nozze di Figaro. Gregorio has performed throughout
the US for other companies such as Connecticut Opera,
Des Moines Metro Opera, San Diego Opera, San Diego Comic
Opera, Moonlight Amphitheatre, and at the Ojai International
Festival under the direction of Maestro Kent Nagano. Gregorio
has also performed in his native México for Opera de Tijuana
and the Vive La Magia Festival in Guanajuato. He sang
the part of Harasta in the BBC’s Spanish and Catalán languages
animated film versions of the opera The Cunning Little
Vixen by Janacek, which was released on DVD and televised
throughout Spain.
On the concert stage, Mr. González has performed various
repertory from Handel to Daniel Catán.
Gregorio has been distinguished as a finalist in competitions
such as Plácido Domingo’s Operalia World Singer Competition,
The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, The
Francisco Viñas Competition and by winning 1st place at
the Gerda Lissner,
Violetta Dupont, Palm Springs Opera Guild, La Jolla Symphony
and Chorus Young Artists, and Virginia Hawk Competitions.
He has received additional awards from The Licia Albanese-Puccini
Foundation, The Young Patronesses of the Opera Competition,
The Loren L. Zachary Society, The San Diego Musical Merit
Foundation, and The Leni FeBland Foundation.
Gregorio has worked with internationally
acclaimed conductors such as Kent Nagano, Mstislav Rostropovich,
Edoardo Müller, and Nicola Luisotti; and directors such
as Collin Graham, Marthe Keller, Robert Wilson, Emilio
Sagi and Willy Decker. He has sung onstage with personalities
such as Plácido Domingo, Roberto Alagna, Rolando Villazón,
Frederica Von Stade, and Anna Netrebko, to name a few.
email: gregorio.gonzalez@mac.com
web: www.gregoriogonzalez.com
tel: USA +1 (858) 736-9207
