Assaf Levitin, Bassbariton
Bass-Baritone Assaf Levitin joined in the season 2002-2003 the Dortmund
Opera house, directly after completing his advanced opera training at the
International Opera Studio Zurich. During his 3-year collaboration with the
Dortmund Opera House he sang various roles, including Mozart´s Figaro, Don
Alfonso and Masetto, Puccini´s Colline, Prince Gremin (Eugene Onegin) and
Baculus (Wildschütz).
During his studies at the Hochschule des Saarlandes für Musik und Theater
with Prof. Yaron Windmüller, he was granted numerous scholarships and won a
number of competitions, including the Vera Rosza-Nordell Competition,
Walter-Gieseking Competition, Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg, and was a
finalist at the Paula-Solomon-Lindberg Lied competition. Later on, he worked
under the guidance of Baritone Karoly Szilagyi.
Naturally endowed with perfect pitch and a big vocal range, he is much in
demand as an interpreter of contemporary music. His repertoire includes,
among others, Aribert Reimann´s *Entsorgt*, *Schönberg´s Ode to Napoleon
Bonaparte*, the title role in John Casken´s opera *Golem*. He also sang the
world Premiere of the operas *Seven Attempted Escapes from
Silence*(Staatsoper unter den Linden, Berlin 2005), Eckhard Meyer´s
*Das Treffen in Telgte *(Dortmund 2005) and Bernhard Lang´s *The Old Man
from the Mountains* (Schwetzinger Festspiele, 2007).
Born in Israel, Assaf Levitin devotes a significant part of his work to
Hebrew and Jewish music. Recently a double CD with Jewish A-capella songs
appeared at the label of Schott Mainz. His CD with the world premiere of
Israeli art songs of the composer Noa Blass appeared in the spring of 2005.
In 2004 he toured with a concert program with Hebrew popular songs in new
musical arrangements throughout Germany.
Born in Israel, Assaf Levitin devotes a significant part of his work to
Hebrew and Jewish music. Recently a double CD with Jewish A-capella songs
appeared at the label of Schott Mainz. His CD with the world premiere of
Israeli art songs of the composer Noa Blass appeared in the spring of 2005.
In 2004 he toured with a concert program with Hebrew popular songs in new
musical arrangements throughout Germany.
Since the beginning of the season 2005/06 Assaf Levitin works as a freelance
singer. He has since collaborated with orchestras and opera houses in
Europe, South Korea and Israel. Future projects involve festivals in Greece
and Norway, as well as debut collaborations with the Philharmonie in Colone,
Germany, a WDR radio recordings and debut opera collaboration with the opera
house in Basel.
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