Atalla Ayan and Rafael Andrade

ATALLA AYAN tenor
RAFAEL ANDRADE piano

Tenor Atalla Ayan, from the state of Pará, is one of the best-known Brazilian voices in the international opera scene. “He is a find: he has a warm, rounded tone with a quality that calls to mind the young Plácido Domingo”: that is how The New York Times defined Atalla Ayan. Since then, Atalla’s international career has brought him to some of the most prestigious stages on the planet. In the second semester of 2015, Atalla Ayan will perform at the Teatro alla Scala, in Milan, as Nemorino. 

With a BA in piano from the Universidade de São Paulo (UNESP), Rafael Andrade studied under the guidance of professors Marisa Lacorte and Marizilda Hein, and currently works as a pianist at the São Paulo Municipal Theater. Rafael Andrade lived in Valencia (Spain), where he participated at the Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo, at Palau de Les Arts. He then moved to Washington DC (USA), where he participated in the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program under the guidance of conductor Louis Salemno.

SCHUMANN Dichterliebe 
TOSTI Non t’amo pi
TOSTI Aprile
MASSENET Pourquoi me reveiller
HENRIQUE Exaltação
HENRIQUE Minha Terra