Dominique Moralez (Tenor)
Moralez recently made debuts at the Grand Theatre de Reims and Opera de Vichy as Cavaliere Belfiore in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims, in Beijing as Tenor Soloist in Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha's Wedding Feast at the Forbidden City Concert Hall with the International Festival Chorus, and as guest soloist with the Umberto Giordano Quintet at the Korea Foundation Concert Hall in Seoul, Korea in a concert including arias of Donizetti and Rossini. Moralez made his Japanese stage debut in 2006 with Fujiwara Opera as Cavaliere Belfiore in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims with Maestro Alberto Zedda at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, and his Singapore Lyric Opera debut as Count Almaviva in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Esplanade Theater in 2007. Moralez made his Opera Hong Kong debut as Roméo in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette with Maestro Paolo Olmi and stage director Paul-Emile Fourny. Moralez returned to Fujiwara Opera to appear as Count Almaviva in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia and as Alfredo Germont in Verdi's La Traviata with Maestro Shuya Okatsu at Teatro Giglio Showa Kanagawa, and during the Kanagawa Arts Festival at Kenmin Hall Yokohama. Moralez made his Japanese television debut as Tamino in 11 nationwide broadcast performances of the 2001 France 3 production of Mozart's Die Zauberflote on Sky TV Network affiliate Theater TV, broadcast in December 2006 and 2007.
Upcoming performances in 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 seasons include debuts at Opéra National de Montpellier, Opéra National de Lorraine, Opéra de Nice, Opéra Théâtre de Saint-Étienne, Opéra Toulouse, Opéra de Marseille, and Opéra National de Bordeaux as Cavaliere Belfiore in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims. Moralez also makes his Opéra de Nice debut as Count Almaviva in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia in 2009, and returns to Emerald City Opera as Nemorino in Donizetti's L'Elisir d'amore. In December 2008 Moralez appears with Maestro Henry Shek in a concert of Bernstein and Big Band repertoire to benefit the Hong Kong Anti Cancer Society, and returns to the Hong Kong Bach Choir as soloist in Ramirez's Misa Criolla. Also in December 2008, Moralez makes his Manila debut at the Phil Am Auditorium in a concert to benefit the SOS Children's Village of the Phillipines. Moralez appears with Opera Lirica Italiana in Toronto and New York City in March 2008 debuting his rock opera single BLAME from his upcoming opera ETHRA.
