Manuel Fuentes combines singing, repertoire and musical training with tenor Jose Semper. The winner of the I Alicante International Lyrics Competition was declared a three-time champion in 2019, receiving the First Prize, the Audience Award and the Best Spanish Singer Award at the VII Alfredo Kraus International Voice Competition. Awarded in 2020 Placido Domingo Award As the best Spanish singer at the Viñas Tenor International Singing Competition, she also won the Castell de Peralada Festival Prize and the Fundació Ferrer i Salat Prize.
Fuentes debuted in the world of zarzuela in 2020 with farinellirelated to Thomas Bretoninside Zarzuela Theater (Madrid). His first role as an opera singer was Ferrando (Il Trovatore) at the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Opera. Later she represented him at Teatre Principal in Palma. Other relevant roles in the opera repertoire include: Sir Giorgio Valton (I am Puritani), Sparafucille (Rigoletto), Choline (the bohemian), Raimondo Bidebent (Lucia di Lammermoor) and Sam (A Ball in Maschera), who represented The great theaters of the Spanish territory.
on his behalf George Celenza combined the role pianist repertoire with the singer’s repertoire since the beginning of his professional career. He was a regular repertoire at the Luis D’Annunzio Conservatory in Pescara, where he accompanied teacher Antonella Muscente’s lectures. He worked as a repertory pianist in the Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento per Cantanti of the Teatro Marrucino in Chieti, Italy. soprano Alexandra Lazic and tenor Bruno Pelagatti.
As a singer, she also has an extensive career and received various awards: He won the XVII Mirna Lacambra Competition for his role as Papageno in Die Zauberflöte and made his debut at the Teatro de Farándula in Sabadell. In the same year, she was a finalist in the Antonio Cesti International Baroque Opera Singing Competition held in Innsbruck to sing at the Concorso di Basciano and under the direction of Mº David Bates and the stage direction of Stefano Vizioli. .