Asude Karayavuz
"Mezzo Asude Karayavuz as Rosina was elegant and perky, a perfectionist in the vocal aspect and very resolute on stage, she showed herself at her best with an ample vocal range and a very settled and flexible voice from bottom to top."
Biography
Mezzo soprano Asude Karayavuz a tru bel canto singer with a dark voice, which extends from the most gorgeous low notes to easy clear high notes and a powerful coloratura, has sang in main opera houses such as the Teatro alla Scala, Arena di Verona, Teatro Real Madrid, theTeatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Palau de les Arts, Opera Oviedo, Teatro Sao Carlo di Napoli, Ravinia Festival, Wexford Festival, roles that include Adalgisa inNorma,the title role ofCarmen, Suzuki inMadama Butterfly,LaCenerentola,Rosina inil Barbieri di Siviglia, Isabella inL’italiana in Algieri,Carmenat the Istanbul Opera, with distinguished coductors such as Giovanni Antonini, Gürer Aykal, Andrea Battistoni, Giorgio Bernasconi, Jordi Bernacer Valdés, Myung-hun Chung Rengim Gökmen Marco Guidarini Julian Kovatchev. Vachtang Machavariani, Riccardo Muti, Antonio Pirolli, Renato Palumbo, Giacomo Sagripanti, Nicola Valentini, Alberto Zedda, Rodula Gatinou, Ronato Bonajuto, Sergio Alapont José María Moreno Valiente stage directors that include Emilio Sagi, Joan Anton Recci, la Sra. Muti, Damiano Michieletto, Leonardo Muscato, Radula Gaitanou, among others.
In the 2022-2023 season she sang the role of Adalgisa inNormaat the Teatro Fraschini di Brescia, Teatro di Pisa, Opera di Lobardia and the Teatro Ponchieli di Cremona, the title roleLa Cenerentolaat the Teatro Lírico di Cagliari, Carmen inLa Tragédie de Carmenat the Teatro Sociale di Rovigo. In 2023-2024 season she performed the role of Suzuki inMadama Butterflywith the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Teatro Fraschini di Paviathe Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona, and the National Opera of Estonia, the role of Calbo inIl Maomettoby Rossini with the Istanbul State Opera, theRequiem of Pergolesiin a staged production of Joan Anton Rechi at the MusicAnd Festival in Andorra,Beethoven´s 9th Symphonywith the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra, and she performs the title role inCarmenin an avantgard production by Stage Director Wu Tsang, Sophia Al-Maria and composer Andrew Yee at the Zürich Schauspiel House. She then traveled to Bogotá to sing the alto part inVerdi Requiemwith the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia.
Asude Karayavus sang Adalgisa inNormaat the Ravinia Festival, Contessa in Mercadante'sIl Due Figaroat the Teatro Real Madrid, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and the Salzburg Festival, the title rol inAlcesteat the Teatro Comunale di Ferrara,Carmenat the Teatro from Ankara State, the title role inL'italiana in Algieriat the Palau de les Arts in Valencia,Zanettoat the Teatro Filarmónico di Verona, Rosina inIl Barbieri di Sivigliawith the Oviedo Opera, Suzuki inMadama Butterflywith Opera Colombia, Meg inFalstaffwith the Malaga Opera, BaronessIl capello di Pagliadi Firenze at the Teatro Verdi di Trieste, Clorinda inil Combattimento di Tancredi and Cherubino inLe Nozze di Figaroat La Scala di Milano Pipetto/Il Musico inLe convenienze e inconvenienze Teatraliat the Wexford Festival, and Mercedes inCarmenat the Arena di Verona and Lola inCavaleria Rusticanaat the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli.
In the oratorio repertory, she has sangThe St Matthew Passionwith the Borusan Sanat Symphony,Verdi's Requiemwith the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, theStart Mater by Pergolesiwith the Orchestra all Sscala di Milano and the MusicAnd Festival in Andorra in a staged production by stage directorJoan Anton Rechi.
Born in Istanbul, she graduated from the Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory of Fine Arts. The second prize winner of the Siemens National Opera Competition, she was invited to sing at the Summer Mozart Festival where she studied with Edith Mathis, Kurt Widmer and Edda Moser. She subsequently received she was awarded a place with her at the Accademia Teatro de la Scala, where she studied with Leyla Gencer, Mirella Freni, Luciana Serra, Renato Bruson, Luigi Alva and Vincenzo Scalera. She received the Grand Prix Leyla Gencer from L' Académie Disque du Lyrique. Andante Magazine named her Best Female Opera Singer and Best Musician of the Year and she received the Suna Korad Special Award for Best Female Opera Singer of the Year from the Semiha Berksoy Foundation.
January 2025