Edgardo Rocha

Edgardo Rocha was born in Rivera, Uruguay, where he graduated in piano, studied choral-orchestral conducting at the University of the Republic and began his voice preparation with Beatriz Pazos and Raquel Pierotti. He moved 2008 to Italy, where he studied with the prestigious tenor Salvatore Fisichella and attended the Rossini-Master Classes of the tenor Rockwell Blake and of the baritone Alessandro Corbelli. He is the winner of several singing competitions including the 51th Competition of Young Musicians of the Uruguay, Maria Callas International Singing Competition in Sao Paulo, (Brazil), Giulio Neri Competition in Siena (Italy) and the First Stage Competition in Cesena, (Italy), where he debuted the role of Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini. The artist sustains a rich conc