Simón Orfila

Born in Alaior (Menorca), he began singing with the Mahón (Menorca) Opera Chorus at the age of sixteen. He studied singing with Maty Pinkas in Bulgaria and later studied at the Reina Sofia School of Music in Madrid, becoming a pupil of Alfredo Kraus, with whom he studied until his death. He participated in numerous recitals and concerts in Spain (Menorca, Mallorca, Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Alicante) and also in Helsinborg (Sweden) and Toulouse (France).

He has sung several roles in Palma de Mallorca, Mahón, Teatro San Carlos in Lisbon, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona (Norma, Turandot, Lucia di Lammermoor, Le nozze di Figaro in Robert Carsen's production, Un ballo in maschera, I Puritani, Samson et Dalila with José Carreras, La Bohème, La clemenza di Tito, La Favorite, Don Giovanni, Il viaggio a Reims, Maria Stuarda, L'elisir d'amore, La Gazzetta, Semiramide, La Cenerentola, L'arbore di Diana and Anna Bolena).

He has sung in Oviedo (Anna Bolena, Tosca, Le Nozze di Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Don Giovanni), Las Palmas (Le Nozze di Figaro, I Puritani, Lucrezia Borgia), Tokyo (Norma),Teatro Real in Madrid (La Cenerentola, Le Nozze di Figaro, Il Viaggio a Reims, L'Arbore di Diana), Deutsche Oper Berlin (Le Nozze di Figaro and Norma), San Sebastián (La Donna del Lago), Naples (La Bohème, La Cenerentola, Socrate immaginario, Le nozze di Figaro with Jeffrey Tate, Don Giovanni), Turin (La Cenerentola and Don Giovanni), La Coruña (Le comte Ory, Adelaide di Borgogna), Genoa (La Cenerentola), Florence (Il barbiere di Siviglia, L'italiana in Algeri), Milan (Socrateimmaginario and Il viaggio a Reims), Bologna (L'italiana in Algeri), Montpellier (La Cenerentola, Semiramide and Goyescas), Munich (Norma), Menorca (I Puritani and L'italiana in Algeri), Santiago de Chile (Le nozze di Figaro), Tel Aviv (Don Giovanni), Ginevra (La Cenerentola), Lima (Norma).

Among his appearances: Lucia di Lammermoor in Bilbao, Seville and Oviedo, La donna del lago in Paris, Milan and London, Linda di Chamounix at the Liceu in Barcelona, Guillaume Tell in Pesaro and Bologna, Carmen in Bogota, Don Giovanni in Menorca. Recent engagements include: Norma in Barcelona, Madrid and Las Palmas, L'elisir d'amore in Brussels, Onegin in Mallorca, Don Carlo at the Escurial, Le nozze di Figaro in Parma, Anna Bolena in Seville, Don Giovanni (Leporello) in Bilbao, Palermo and Barcelona, Carmen in Novara, China, Rome and Barcelona, La Favorite in Madrid, Fausta Tenerife, La donna del lago and Stabat Mater in Liège, Il turco in Italia in Oviedo, L'italiana in Algeri in Barcelona, Semiramide in Bilbao, Giovanna d'Arco in Madrid, Turandot in Palermo, Rigoletto in Macerata and Tenerife, Ernani in Novara and Pisa, Lucia di Lammermoor in Oviedo.

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