Tenor Murat Karahan

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MURAT KARAHAN
Tenor

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. In 2009-2010, Mr. 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. In May 2012 he started to become a regular guest in the Latvian Opera in Riga, where he performs many of the leading tenor parts like Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor) or Alfredo (La Traviata) with big success.

Murat has debuted the following roles with the Ankara State Opera
La Boheme -G.Puccini - (Rodolfo)
La Traviata - G.Verdi - (Alfredo)
Don Pasquale - G.Donizetti- (Ernesto)
Macbeth - G.Verdi - (Macduff)
Maometto Secondo -G.Rossini - (Conte Libenskof)
Die Csardasfurstin -E-Kalman - (Edwin)
Eine Nacht in Venedig -J.Strauss - (Caramello)

Die Lustige Witwe -F.Lehar - (Camille De Rosillon)
Aşk-ı Memnu -S.Ada - (Behlül)
Inanna -Ç.Işıközlü - (Dumuzi)
Requiem -W.A.Mozart- (Tenor)
Carmina Burana -C.Orf - (Tenor)
Requiem -A.L.Webber- (Tenor)
9.Symphony -L.V.Beethoven- (Tenor)

Recent and further Opera Performances:
2011-2012 Season:
Don Giovanni -W.A.Mozart- (Don Ottavio)
Lucia Di Lammermoor -G.Donizetti- (Edgardo)
La Traviata - G.Verdi - (Alfredo)
La Sonnambula -V. Bellini- (Elvino)

2012-2013 Season:
La Sonnambula -V. Bellini- (Elvino)
Lucia Di Lammermoor -G.Donizetti- (Edgardo)
Rigoletto -G. Verdi - (Duca di Mantova)
Tosca -G. Puccini - (Cavaradossi)
La Boheme -G.Puccini - (Rodolfo)
La Traviata - G.Verdi - (Alfredo)

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