GASTON RIVERO (URUGUAY)

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Gaston Rivero later moved to New York. In 2003, he made his New York City debut in Puccini's La Bohème on Broadway, a production by Australian film director and producer Baz Luhrmann. Rivero made his European debut in 2005 as B.F. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at the Nürnberg State Theater. This was followed by engagements at many internationally renowned opera theaters: Manrico in Il Trovatore, the title role in Don Carlo and Macduff in Macbeth at the Berlin State Opera; Radames in Aida at the Opéra National de Paris Bastille, Arena di Verona, The Royal Opera House Muscat and Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie Bruxelles, Calaf in Turandot at the Teatro Regio Torino, Ismaele in Nabucco at the Opéra de Monte Carlo, Manrico in Il Trovatore and Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca at the Leipzig Opera, Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana, Don Jose in Carmen and Rodolfo in La Bohème at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the title role in Otello at the Aalto Musiktheater Essen, Don Jose in Carmen at the New National Theater Tokyo Singer in Der Rosenkavalier at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut and the title role in Don Carlo at the Budapest State Opera, Rodolfo in Luisa Miller at the Stuttgart State Theater, the title roles in Faust and Roméo et Juliette at the Israeli Opera Tel Aviv, Manrico in Il Trovatore at Opera Ostfold Norway, Don Jose in Carmen at Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste and Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania.

His former mentor, conductor Eugene Kohn, was  instrumental in furthering Gaston Rivero's success. Kohn recognized Rivero's talent, gave him private lessons and support at the beginning of his career. Since then, Gaston Rivero has worked with renowned conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Ulf Schirmer, Daniel Oren and Gianandrea Noseda and directors such as Baz Luhrmann, Philipp Stölzl and Johannes Schaaf.