Levent BAKIRCI recently made his debut with Teatro La Fenice in the concert “Omaggio a Stravinsky” under the baton of Markus Stenz at Basilica San Marco, with Teatro Carlo Felice Genova in the concert “Da Ponte and friends” at Teatro Olimpico Vicenza, as “Rigoletto” at Bühnen Halle, at Festival del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino as “Il prigioniero” by Luigi Dallapiccola conducted by Michael Boder, at Teatro Municipale Santiago de Chile as “Don Giovanni”, at Festival Verdi Parma as “Barone Kelbar” in “Un giorno di regno”, at Festival del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino as “Graf von Gloucester” in the piece “Lear” by Aribert Reimann with Fabio Luisi, at Seiji Ozawa Festival in “Eugene Onegin” directed by Fabio Luisi, with Orquestra Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico as “Alberich” in the piece “Das Rheingold”, at Staatstheater Nürnberg as “Lescaut” in the piece “Manon” by Massenet, at Teatr Wielki Warsaw as “Captain Ahap” in Moby Dick, as “Mercuzio” in the “Romeo et Juliette” by Gounod with Münchener Rundfunk under the baton of Keri Lynn Wilson, at Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse in “Il Prigioniero” by Luigi Dallapiccola.
He was a member of the ensemble at the Staatstheater Nürnberg from 2015 till september 2018 where his roles were Zurga in Les pêcheurs de perles, the title role of Don Giovanni , Marcello in La Bohème, Il conte d’Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Escamillo in Carmen, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Taddeo in L’Italiana in Algeri, Donner in Das Rheingold, Andrey Shchelkalov in Boris Godunov.
Future engagements are Frank in Die Fledermaus at Teatro Carlo Felice Genova under the baton of Fabio Luisi and Rigoletto (title role) at Bühnen Halle.
He collaborated with several conductors of our time like Michael Boder, Alvise Casellati, Tito Ceccherini, Fabio Luisi, Markus Stenz, Keri Lynn Wilson and stage directors like Calixto Bieto, Aurelien Bory, Robert Carsen, Mariame Clement, Massimo Gasparon, Paolo Gavazzeni, Tatjana Gürbaca, Michael Hampe, Peter Konwitchny, Piero Maranghi,Pier Luigi Pizzi, Laura Scozzi, Lydia Steier, Keith Warner.
Levent was a prize winner in Aslico competition and semi finalist in Operalia, Competizione dell’opera Dresden, Neue Stimmen, Belvedere.
From 2008 till 2011 he was engaged by Theater Bremen, where his repertoire included roles such as Don Giovanni, Eugene Onegin, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Ping in Turandot and Dr.Falke in Die Fledermaus.
Other appearances have included Cahit in Gegen die Wand at Oper Stuttgart, Cecco in Il mondo della luna at Teatro Verdi Trieste, Eugene Onegin and Dr.Falke in Die Fledermaus at Theater Bielefeld, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Theater Aachen, Eugene Onegin at Theater Koblenz and NWD Philarmonie, Marcello in La Bohéme at Theater Magdeburg, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor in IVAI Tel Aviv, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore and Starek in Jenufa at Istanbul State Opera and Un mandarino in Turandot at Ankara State Opera, Andrey Shchelkalov in Boris Godunov at Theater Lübeck.
He was a member of the Academy of vocal arts (AVA Philadelphia) and Accademia d’arte lirica Osimo. Levent is a graduate of Mechanical engineering department of Middle East Technical University Ankara.
Future Engagements:
The Death of Klinghoffer Mamoud Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 2026
Die Fledermaus Frank New National Opera Tokyo 2026
Stage experience:
Der Junge Lord Der Sekretär Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 2025
Il prigioniero Il prigioniero Luzerner Theater 2025
La vita é sogno Don Arias Teatro La Fenice 2024
Die Zauberflöte Papageno Teatro delle Muse Ancona 2023
Die Fledermaus Frank Teatro Carlo Felice Genova 2023
Rosmunda (concert) Alboino Teatro La Fenice 2023
Ein Traumspiel Der Advokat Bühnen Halle 2022
Manru Urok Bühnen Halle 2022
Rigoletto Rigoletto Bühnen Halle 2022
L’Italiana in Algeri Taddeo Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern 2021
Da Ponte concert Baritone solo Teatro Carlo Felice Genova 2021
Baritone soloist Canticum Sacrum Teatro La Fenice Venezia 2021
Lescaut Manon Staatstheater Nürnberg
Alberich Das Rheingold Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México
Eugene Onegin Eugene Onegin Seiji Ozawa Festival 2019
Graf von Gloster Lear Festival Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 2019
Il Barone di Kelbar Un giorno di regno Festival Verdi Parma 2018
Il prigioniero Il prigioniero Festival Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 2018
Don Giovanni Don Giovanni Teatro municipale Santiago de Chile 2018
Papageno Die Zauberflöte Staatstheater Nürnberg 2017
Marcello La Bohéme Staatstheater Nürnberg 2017
Mercutio Roméo et Juliette Münchner Rundfunkorchester 2017
Captain Ahap Moby Dick Teatr Wielki Warsaw 2017
Donner Das Rheingold Staatstheater Nürnberg 2017
Taddeo L’Italiana in Algeri Staatstheater Nürnberg 2017
Andrei Shchelkalov Boris Godunov Staatstheater Nürnberg 2016
Ein Strafling Don Juan Aus einem Totenhaus Janacek Festival Brno 2016
Don Giovanni Don Giovanni Staatstheater Nürnberg 2016
Zurga Les pêcheurs de perles Staatstheater Nürnberg 2016
Marcello La Bohéme Theater Magdeburg 2016
Ein Strafling Don Juan Aus einem Totenhaus Staatstheater Nürnberg 2016
Escamillo Carmen Staatstheater Nürnberg 2016
Dr.Falke Die Fledermaus Staatsheater Nürnberg 2015
Marcello La Bohéme Staatstheater Nürnberg 2015
Il prigioniero Il prigioniero Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse 2015
Il conte d’Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro Staatstheater Nürnberg 2015
Eugene Onegin Eugene Onegin Theater Koblenz 2015
Eugene Onegin Eugene Onegin NWD Orchester 2014
Figaro Il barbiere di Siviglia Theater Aachen 2014
Fremder Seelentore Wienmodern 2013
Different roles Orlando Theater Bielefeld 2013
Eugene Onegin Eugene Onegin Theater Bielefeld 2013
Schlemil Les Contes d’Hoffmann Theater Bielefeld 2013
Dr.Falke Die Fledermaus Theater Bielefeld 2013
Cahit Gegen die Wand Oper Stuttgart 2011
Sharpless Madama Butterfly Theater Bremen 2011
Ping Turandot Theater Bremen 2010
Eugene Onegin Eugene Onegin Theater Bremen 2010
Figaro Il barbiere di Siviglia Theater Bremen 2010
Don Giovanni Don Giovanni Theater Bremen 2010
Dr.Falke Die Fledermaus Theater Bremen 2009
Cahit Gegen die Wand Theater Bremen 2008
Enrico Lucia di Lammermoor IVAI Tel Aviv 2008
Fürst Ottokar Der Freischütz AVA 2007
Cecco Il mondo delle luna Teatro Verdi Trieste 2006
Belcore L’elisir d’amore Staatsoper Istanbul 2004
Starek Jenufa Staatsoper Istanbul 2004
Yamadori Madama Butterfly Staatsoper Istanbul 2004
Yamadori Madama Butterfly Aspendos Oper Festival 2004
Marchese d’Obiny La Traviata Staatsoper Istanbul 2004
Marcehe d’Obiny La Traviata Staatsoper Ankara 2003
Un mandarino Turandot Staatsoper Ankara 2002
Musical education:
2005 Accademia d’Arte Lirica Osimo Italien
2006-2008 Academy of vocal arts AVA Philadelphia USA
Competitions:
2002 Idoneo cantante “Aslico”
2006 Semi finalist “Operalia”
2007 Semi finalist “Neue Stimmen”
2008 Semi finalist “Competizione dell’opera”
2005 Finalist “Maria Kraja Wettbewerb”
Languages:
English (fluent), Italienisch (fluent), Deutsch (fluent)
Coaches:
Alessandro Amoretti, Fabio Centanni, Anna Champert, John Dawson, Joan Dornemann, Mark Ensley, Thomas Eitler , Robert Gonnella, Luke Hausner, Benton Hess, Harriet Lawson, Yulia Levin, David Lofton, Daniel Orlando, Ettore Papadia, Loris Perego, Eytan Pessen, Sophie Raynaud, Richard Raub, Rojelio Riojas, Simone Savina, Elisabetta Di Stefano, Felice Venanzoni
Conductors:
Michael Boder, Filippo Maria Bressan, Tito Ceccherini, Attilio Cremonesi, Gustav Kuhn, Francesco Lanzillotta, Fabio Luisi, Christhopher Macatsoris, Daniel Montane, Paul Nadler, Francesco Pasqualetti, Antonio Pirolli, Guido Johannes Rumstadt, Markus Stenz, Keri Lynn Wilson
Stage directors:
Lotta de Beer , Calixto Bieto, Aurelien Bory, Robert Carsen, Neco Celik, Mariame Clement, Pierre Constant, Massimo Gasparon, Tatjana Gürbaca, Michael Hampe, Gino Landi, Peter Konwitchny, Joshua Major, Helen Malkowsky , Andrea Moses, John Norris, Peter Pawlik , Pier Luigi Pizzi, Christian Schüller, Laura Scozzi, Virgilio Sieni, Lidia Steier, Michael Sturm