Stefano Palatchi Ribera (born 26 March 1960), known publicly as Stefano Palatchi, is a Spanish opera singer who has sung leading bass roles in Spain and internationally and is noted for stage skills, timbre. and expressiveness. His concert repertoire includes Mozart's Requiem and Verdi's Messa da Requiem which he has sung many times.[1][2]
Un día, mientras estaba tomando clase con el maestro Puig, llegó Luis Andreu Marfà, entonces director artístico del Liceo, y me oyó cantar. Le gusté y me propuso interpretar un pequeño papel en Lohengrin de Wagner. Ese fue mi debut.
One day, as I was taking class with my teacher Puig, in came Luis Andreu Marfà, then artistic director of the Liceu, and he heard me sing. He liked me and proposed that I play a small role in Wagner's Lohengrin. That was my debut.[3]
Palatchi debuted in the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, in 1986. He also performed in Turandot, when the Liceu was reopened in 1999, following the fire which had destroyed the theatre five years earlier.
Palatchi has sung in theaters and festivals outside of Spain, including New York's Metropolitan Opera, where he made his debut in 1994 as Colline in La bohème.[7]
Activities
Palatchi supports the Clarós Foundation dedicated to the prevention of and research into acute deafness.[8] As part of his support, he recites to raise funds for the charity.[9][10]
Works
Television
Palatchi has appeared on television for opera performances,[11] including:
Palatchi has recorded for Decca, RTVE Música, Columna Música, Nightingale Classics, Koch Discover, Astrée Auvidis, Auvidis, Auvidis Valois, Sello Autor, Naxos and Opus Arte.[1]
He has expanded his repertoire into Jazz (2012), Russian Folk, and Swing (2014), the last of which has earned him the epithet "Crooner" in Spain.[13][14]