FULL Murat Karahan: A Turk at the Heart of Opera Documentary Verona 2019
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Murat Karahan: A Turk at the Heart of Opera
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: Arena di Verona Italy
- Recorded: 2019
- Type: Other
- Singers: Murat Karahan
- Conductor: various
- Orchestra: Orchestra dell'Arena di Verona
- Chorus: Coro dell'Arena di Verona
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: TRT
- Date Published: 2019
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The documentary “A Turk at the Heart of Opera: Murat Karahan”, in which we will watch the story of master tenor Murat Karahan,
starring Tosca, Carmen and Aida, from Turkey to the capital of opera, Italy.
Turkish tenor Murat Karahan is a 2003 graduate of Bilkent University: Department of Music and Performing Arts. That same year he gained admission to the Ankara State Opera and Ballet. He then also began his master’s degree program at Bilkent University, Institution of Music and Performing Arts. In 2005 he traveled to Rome at the invitation of Italian Conductor Marco Berdondini, who served as guest conductor of the Ankara Opera. He successfully completed his Master’s degree in 2005, and was then admitted into the doctorate program. In 2005 he became a soloist at the Ankara State Opera and Ballet. Until 2013 he has performed there the parts of Ottavio, Edgardo, Alfredo, Elvino, Duca di Mantova, Cavaradossi, Rodolfo among others. 2009-2010, Murat Karahan took master classes from Renata Scotto, Anna Vandi and Cesare Scarton at the Academia di Santa Cecilia, where he also studied with Professor Bruno Cagli. In 2010 he received his Doctorate in Musical Arts