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5 unusual facts about Rolando Villazón


Emmanuelle Haïm

Monteverdi, Il Combatimento Di Tancredi I Clorinda with Rolando Villazón etc. al. (2006, Virgin Classics)

Rolando Villazón

He has recorded four solo CDs with Virgin Classics and is additionally featured, along with Patrizia Ciofi and Topi Lehtipuu, on the recording of Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by Claudio Monteverdi, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm.

He was raised in Fuentes de Satélite, a suburban area of Greater Mexico City, Mexico.

Duets featuring Rolando Villazón and Anna Netrebko CD; bonus edition with DVD (March 2007), Deutsche Grammophon

In recent years, Villazon has undertaken a number of Mozart tenor roles both in concert and in operatic performances, notably Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni at Baden Baden Fest, the role of Alessandro in Mozart's 'Il re pastore' under William Christie at Zurich Opera House.



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