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Antonio Nagore as Cavaradossi in Tosca: Arizona Opera

Since making his professional debut with the Arizona Opera in 1985, Antonio Nagore has risen to become one of America’s most exciting tenors.  He possesses a voice described as “the legato of Gedda, his power of Domingo” (American Record Guide: September/October 1995).  He commands a repertoire of well over over 40 roles, includes Don José in Carmen, Werther in Werther, Hoffmann in Les contes d’Hoffmann, Rodolfo in La Bohéme, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Calaf in Turandot, Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana, Pollione in Norma, and Radames in Aida.

He received his Master’s Degree in Music Performance from the University of Arizona, where he also studied composition and conducting.  He also has been a finalist in the San Francisco Opera Merola Auditions.

A consummate recitalist, Mr. Nagore has sung in concert and oratorio with many orchestras in the United States and Europe, including the Tucson Symphony, Riverside Symphony, Chattanooga Symphony & Opera, Kalamazoo Symphony, Netherlands Pilharmonic, Orcestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Ulster Orchestra, Dutch Radio Orchestra (TROS), Trondheim Symphony, and Radio France Orchestra. 

In all, Mr. Nagore has performed with over 60 opera houses, orchestras, and symphonies across North America, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. 

Last season, he won great praise as Radames at Opera Carolina during its production of the acclaimed masterpiece Aida.  Mr. Nagore next appeared with The Israeli Opera Tel Aviv-Yafo in one of his signatures roles, Calaf, in Turandot.  He then finished the 2007 - 2008 Season in Annapolis, Maryland, with a debut to Annapolis Chamber Orchestra in the tour de force role as Radames in Aida. 

A resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, Mr. Nagore continues to create greater inroads as a world-class American tenor.  During the 2008 - 2009 Season, Mr. Nagore is scheduled to make many appearances throughout the United States and Internationally in an orchestral concert tour of “Viva Verdi!”- a musical tribute to the great composer Giuseppe Verdi.  He will make a return engagement to the Fresno Grand Opera, in a three tenor concert, entitled “Tribute to Mario Lanza”, to celebrate the anniversary of the great tenor’s birth. 

Committed to preserving the tradition of music and preparing the next generation of musicians for their own fulfilling and successful careers, Mr. Nagore keeps a very active private voice studio in his home in Antioch, California and in Fresno, California with many talented local-area professionals and up-and-coming singer/actors.

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Tenor Antonio Nagore, of Tucson, Arizona, was influenced at an early age by the beauty of the human voice.  With guidance from his father, himself a tenor, he began singing as a member of local church and school choirs, and occasionally as a concert soloist. 

In 1981, Mr. Nagore earned a Bachelor’s degree in Theory and Composition with minors in voice and conducting from the University of Arizona School of Music under Mr. Jerold Siena (voice), Dr. Robert Muczynski (composition), and Dr. Robert Pritchard (conducting).  For his stage debut, he performed the role of Don Basilio in the U of A Opera Theater prodAntonio Nagore as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly: Seattle Operauction of Le Nozze di Figaro.

After graduation, he became Music Director at SS. Peter and Paul Church and taught music classes at the Church’s elementary school while conducting the choir.  He also gave private singing lessons in a small voice studio.  

After five years as Music Director, Mr. Nagore returned to the U of A to earn his Master’s in Voice Performance.  While there, he starred in 12 productions, including Alfredo (La Traviata), Don José (Carmen), and Nemorino (L’elisir d’Amore).

While pursuing his Master’s, Mr. Nagore came to the attention of then-Arizona Opera Executive Director Glynn Ross, who began casting him in small roles.  While there, he gained valuable experience and critical acclaim for his work in such operas as L’Elisir d’Amore and Lakmé before moving to New York City in 1992.  

Since his professional debut, he has performed more than 30 different roles with over 60 opera houses, orchestras, and symphonies across North America, the Middle East, and Europe.  He also has earned a reputation for filling in on a moments notice in 19 productions in 25 years, including Lakmé and L’elisir d’Amore (Arizona Opera), Tosca and La Traviata (Den Norske Opera), Il Trovatore (Oper Frankfurt am Main and Opera Australia), Tosca (Covent Garden), and his international debut in La Bohéme (Bath City Opera).

Last season, he won great praise as Radames for Opera Carolina, in his company debut, during its production of the acclaimed masterpiece Aida.  He next appeared, with great acclaim, in The Israeli Opera Tel Aviv-Yafo production of Turandot as Calaf.  He then finished the 2007 - 2008 Season in Annapolis, Maryland, with a very successful debut to the Annapolis Chamber Orchestra as Radames, a role that is quickly becoming a tour de force for Mr. Nagore, in a concert version of Aida.  

A resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, Mr. Nagore continues to create greater inroads as a world-class American tenor.  During the 2008 - 2009 Season, Mr. Nagore is scheduled to make many appearances throughout the United States and Internationally in an orchestral concert tour of “Viva Verdi!”- a musical tribute to the great composer Giuseppe Verdi.  He will make a return engagement to the Fresno Grand Opera, in a three tenor concert, entitled “Tribute to Mario Lanza”, to celebrate the anniversary of the great tenor’s birth.

Still committed to preserving the tradition of music and preparing the next generation of musicians for their own fulfilling and successful careers, Mr. Nagore keeps a very active private voice studio in his home in Antioch, California and in Fresno, California with many talented local-area professionals and up-and-coming opera singer/actors.

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