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Donald Litaker

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The tenor Donald Litaker has sung leading roles in all of Europe as well as in the USA, Israel, Japan, South America, and South Africa. His repertoire includes all of the major tenor roles of Mozart and many major roles of Wagner, Verdi, Strauss, and Mahler. In much demand is his extensive french repertoire. He is a well known interpreter of 20th century music.

He has sung in the Salzburg Festival, Maggio Musicale, Holland Festival, International Festival of Radio France, Paris Festival, Svjatoslav Richter Festival, and Ludwigsburg Festival. He has collaborated with important conductors such as Rudolf Barshai, Serge Baudo, Gary Bertini, Michael Boder, Franz Brüggen, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Aldo Ceccato, Riccardo Chailly, Sergiu Comissiona, Jonathan Darlington, Ivan Fischer, Lawrence Foster, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Hans Graf, Theodor Guschelbauer, Bernard Haitink, Pedro Halffter, Philippe Herreweghe, Eliahu Imbal, Paavo Järvi, Marek Janowski, Armin Jordan, Emmanuel Krivine, Gustav Kuhn, Jan Latham Koenig, Alain Lombard, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Kurt Masur, Kent Nagano, Garcia Navarro, John Nelson, Eiji Oue, Seiji Ozawa, Antonio Pappano, Michel Plasson, David Shallon, Leonard Slatkin, Evgeny Svetlanov and Edo de Waart.

Numerous recordings as well as radio and television productions document his extensive accomplishments. He enjoys an international reputation not only as an engaged opera singer and concert performer but also as a distinguished pedagogue. He has given master classes at the Rubin Academy in Tel Aviv, at the Israel Vocal Arts Institute in Jaffa, at the Grieg Academy (University of Bergen), and at the Daniel Ferro Vocal Program in Greve, Italy. He is tenured professor of voice at the University of Music in Karlsruhe, Germany. His students have come from over 25 countries. They have won numerous prizes in international voice competitions (e.g. Belvedere in Vienna, Viñas in Barcelona, ARD in Munich, Mendelssohn in Berlin, Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Bertelsmann “New Voices “, and the International Wagner Competition in Bayreuth). They appear on major stages wordwide (Bavarian State Opera, Berliner Philharmonic, Deutsche Oper Berlin, La Fenice, Glyndebourne, Göteborg Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Kennedy Center, Metropolitan Opera Lincoln Center, La Monnaie, Opéra de Monte Carlo, Norwegian National Opera, Opéra de Paris, Zurich Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Salzburg Festival, San Francisco Opera, Semper Opera Dresden, State Opera Hamburg, Berlin State Opera “Unter der Linden”, Theater an der Wien, Théâtre de Champs- Elysées, Théâtre de Châtelet, Theatro Colón Buenos Aires, Teatro di San Carlo Napoli and the Vienna State Opera).

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Der Tenor Donald Litaker sang führende Rollen in ganz Europa sowie in USA, Israel, Japan, Südamerika und Südafrika. Zu seinem Repertoire gehören alle großen Tenorpartien von Mozart und viele Hauptpartien bei Wagner, Verdi, Strauss und Mahler. Gefragt ist ebenfalls sein umfangreiches französisches Repertoire.

Auch hat er sich als Interpret der Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts profiliert. Donald Litaker war unter anderem Gast bei den Salzburger Festspielen, dem Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, dem Holland Festival, dem Festival International de Radio France, dem Festival de Paris, dem Svjatoslav Richter Festival und den Ludwigsburger Festspielen. Bisher hat er u.a. mit so bedeutenden Dirigenten wie Rudolf Barshai, Serge Baudo, Gary Bertini, Michael Boder, Franz Brüggen, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Aldo Ceccato, Riccardo Chailly, Sergiu Comissiona, Ivan Fischer, Lawrence Foster, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Hans Graf, Theodor Guschelbauer, Bernard Haitink, Pedro Halffter, Philippe Herreweghe, Eliahu Imbal, Paavo Järvi, Marek Janowski, Armin Jordan, Emmanuel Krivine, Gustav Kuhn, Jan Latham Koenig, Alain Lombard, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Kurt Masur, Kent Nagano, Garcia Navarro, John Nelson, Eiji Oue, Seiji Ozawa, Antonio Pappano, Michel Plasson, David Shallon, Leonard Slatkin, Evgeny Svetlanov und Edo de Waart zusammengearbeitet.

Seit 1997 leitet der Tenor Donald Litaker eine Gesangsklasse an der Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe, wohin er als Professor für Gesang berufen wurde. Studierende kamen bisher aus über 25 verschiedenen Ländern. Zahlreiche seiner Studierenden sind bereits als Preisträger bei internationalen Wettbewerben ausgezeichnet worden (u.a. Belvedere in Wien, Viñas in Barcelona, ARD in München, Mendelssohn in Berlin, Concours Reine Elisabeth in Brüssel, Internationaler Gesangswettbewerb für Wagnerstimmen in Bayreuth und Bertelsmann “Neue Stimmen”). Sie singen an bedeutenden Bühnen weltweit (u.a. Bayerische Staatsoper, Berliner Philharmonie, Deutsche Oper Berlin, La Fenice, Glyndeboune, Göteborg Oper, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Kennedy Center, Metropolitan Opera Lincoln Center, La Monnaie, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Norwegian National Opera, Opéra de Paris, Oper Zürich, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Salzburger Festspiele, San Francisco Opera, Semper Oper Dresden, Staatsoper Hamburg, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Theater an der Wien, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Théâtre du Châtelet, Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Teatro di San Carlo Napoli und Wiener Staatsoper).

Donald Litaker gab Meisterklassen an der Rubin-Academy in Tel Aviv, am Israel Vocal Arts Institute in Jaffa, an der Grieg-Academy der Universität Bergen in Norwegen und beim Daniel Ferro Vocal Program in Greve in Italien.

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