Celso Albelo

Biography: Celso Albelo was born in Santa Cruz, Tenerife, and studied at the Conservatorio Superior de Musica in his hometown as well as at the Escula Superior de Canto Reina Sofia in Madrid. He completed further studies with Carlo Bergonzi. In 2006, he made his debut as Duca in Rigoletto in Bussetto. A number of important debuts followed – he appeared in Pagliacci in La Scala, in La sonnambula at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, in L´elisir d´amore at La Fenice in Venice, sang in Rossini´sStabat Mater at the Rossini festival in Pesaro. Further appearances lead the singer to places of great importance to the operatic scene, such as Trieste, Genoa, Bologna, Madrid, Las Palmas, Oviedo, Zurich, Baden-Baden, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Tokyo. He performed in operas such as Don Pasquale, I puritani, Maria Stuarda, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Juive, Rigoletto, Guillaume Tell, Lakmé, Gianni Schicchi, La Fille du régiment. Celso Albelo received numerous significant awards and prizes. As he is also a very popular concert singer, he is a welcome guest star at international concerts. He made his debut in 2012 as Nemorino at the Wiener Staatsoper and also sang Elvino (LaSonnambula) and the title role in Roberto Devereux.   http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/home/kuenstler/saengerinnen/Albelo.en.php