Aldo Baldin

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Aldo Baldin
Aldo Baldin in 1980
BornJanuary 1, 1945
DiedJanuary 5, 1994
Waldbronn, Germany
Occupations
Organizations
AwardsCruz e Sousa Cultural Merit Medal (in memoriam) - Santa Catarina, Brazil (2016)[1]
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Aldo Baldin (January 1, 1945 - January 5, 1994) was a Brazilian classical tenor, known for his interpretations of music by Johann Sebastian Bach. He performed internationally and made many recordings. He was professor of voice at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe.

Education[edit]

Aldo Baldin was born in Urussanga, Santa Catarina. A child prodigy in music, he was awarded a scholarship in Brazil for studies in piano and cello. He learned singing with Heloisa Nemoto Vergara and cello with Jean-Jacques Pagnot at the Music School of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Porto Alegre. He graduated in vocal studies alongside Roberto Miranda and Eliane Sampaio from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

Conductor Karl Richter was instrumental in securing a scholarship from DAAD for Baldin to study with Martin Gründler at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt, where he received a Performing Arts degree. He continued to study with Margarethe von Winterfeldt in Berlin and participated in summer courses with Conchita Badia and Noemi Perugia in Paris.[2]

Singing career[edit]

Baldin in the role of Idamantes in Morart's Idomeneo
Edith Mathis, Baldin and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau recording Haydn's Die Schöpfung (London, 1980)

While still studying, Baldin was already active as a concert and oratorio soloist and Lied interpreter and was also in demand as a recording artist for radio and record companies.

His career as an opera singer began at the Pfalztheater in Kaiserslautern, in 1975, and soon led to the Mannheim National Theatre. In 1980, he debuted at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and, in 1981, at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. He was also hired as a guest performer at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and at other internationally known opera houses.[3] He undertook extended concert tours, which brought him to France, Holland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Israel, Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Iceland, the USA and South America. He worked with conductors such as Sir Neville Marriner, Helmuth Rilling, Herbert von Karajan, Rolf Beck, Karl Richter, Isaac Karabtchevsky and Peter Schreier. With Neville Marriner, Baldin recorded Haydn's Die Schöpfung (Philips Records - 1981 Grammy Winner[4]) and Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Le nozze di Figaro (Philips - 1986 Grammy Nomination[5]).

The great versatility of his voice enabled him to perform music from the Renaissance to contemporary. In opera, he focused on Mozart, Donizetti and Rossini; in concert, he focused on Bach's music, particularly the role of the Evangelist, but also works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Bruckner, Rossini and Verdi. Baldin's song repertoire covers not only German Lieder, but also the Spanish, Italian, and French literature, as well as songs by contemporary Brazilian composers.

Concert Repertoire[edit]

Composer[6] Works
Johann F. Agricola Christmas Cantata
Johann S. Bach St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion (Evangelist and Arien), Mass in B minor, Christmas Oratorio, Magnificat and Sacred and Secular Cantatas
Carl P. E. Bach Magnificat
Johann Bach Wie fein und lieblich Cantata
Johann C. Bach Magnificat
Johann L. Bach Die mit Tränen säen
Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Symphony No. 9, Mass in C major, Ne giorni miei felice, Christ on the Mount of Olives and Friedens Cantata
Hans G. Bertram The Rich Man and Poor Lazarus
Bizet Te Deum
Brahms Rinaldo
Britten Serenade and Les lluminations
Bruckner Te Deum and Mass No. 3
Buxtehude Magnificat
Cornelius Stabat Mater and Großer Dominus
Dvorak Requiem, Stabat Mater and Mass in D major
Gabrieli In Ecclesiis
Gounod Missa Solemnis
Händel Messiah, Judas Maccabeus, Israel in Egypt, Preis der Tonkunst, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day and Alexander's Feast
Haydn The Creation, The Seasons, Stabat Mater, Salve Regina and Masses
Honegger King David
Janacek Glagolitic Mass and Pater Noster
Kodaly Psalmus Hungaricus and Missa Brevis
Lisz Christus and Psalms 23, 110
F. Martin Golgatha and La Nativité du Jesu Christ
José Mauricio Credo and Te Deum
Mendelssohn Elias, Paulus, The First Walpurgis Night and Symphony No. 2 (Lobgesang)
Monteverdi Marian Vespers, Dixit Secondo and Canti Guenerie Amore
Mozart Requiem, Vesperae de Dominica, Vesperae solennes de confessore, Freimaurer Cantata, Davidde penitente, Concert Arias, Regina Coeli and Masses
L. Nono Sul ponte di Hiroshima
Orff Carmina Burana and Catulli Carmina
Penderecki Dies irae
Puccini Messa di Gloria
Reger Requiem-Satz and O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
Rossini Stabat Mater and Petite Messe Solennelle
Saint-Saens Christmas Oratorio
Santoro Verborgenheit and Cantata
D. Scarlatti Missa di S. Cecilia and Große Messe in D
Schubert Stabat Mater, Lazarus and Masses
Schütz Christmas Story, Resurrection History, Musikalische Exequien, Magnificat, Vater Abraham - erbarme dich mein, Symphoniae Sacrae Nr. 7, 8, 9, 10 and Psalms Nr. 23, 130, 136
Schumann Faust-Szenen, Requiem, Der Königssohn and Paradise and the Peri
Strawinsky Les Noces, Cantata, Pulcinella and Wind Mass in B minor
Telemann Der Tag des Gerichts, Jauchzet - ihr Christen, Süße Hoffnung - wenn ich frage and Psalms
K. Thomas Messe in a
Verdi Requiem
Vivaldi Magnificat

Opera Repertoire[edit]

Composer[7] Opera Role
Auber Fra Diavolo Lorenzo
Beethoven Fidelio Jaquino
Bellini La Somnambula (The Sleepwalker) Elvino
Bizet Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) Nadir
Cherubini Anacréon
Lodoïska
Anacréon
Floreski
Donizetti L'elisir d'amore
Don Pasquale
Nemorino
Ernesto
Egk Der Revisor Bobtschinskij
de Falla La Vida Breve (The Brief Life) Paco
Fortner Bluthochzeit Der Mond
Gounod Faust
Mireille
Faust
Vincent
Haydn Philemon und Baucis
L'Infedeltà Delusa (Deceit Outwitted)
Philemon
Filippo
Hindemith Cardillac Cavalier
Lortzing Zar und Zimmermann (Tsar and Carpenter) Chateauneuf (French Ambassador)
Massenet Manon
Werther
Des Grieux
Werther
Mozart The Magic Flute
The Abduction from the Seraglio
Così fan tutte (Women are like that)
Don Giovanni
Idomeneo

The Marriage of Figaro
The Clemency of Titus
La Finta Giardiniera (The Pretend Garden-Girl)
Tamino
Belmonte
Ferrando
Don Ottavio
Idamantes
Arbace
Basilio
Tito
Count Belfiore
Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor Fenton
Puccini Gianni Schicchi Rinuccio
Ravel The Child and the Spells


The Tree Frog
Wedgwood Teapot
The Little Old Man
Rossini The Barber of Seville
The Italian Girl in Algiers
Cinderella
Count Almaviva
Lindoro
Don Ramiro
J. Strauss The Flittermouse Alfred
R. Strauss The Knight of the Rose
Arabella
Italian Singer
Count Elemer
Strawinsky Oedipus Rex

Oedipus
Shepherd
Verdi La Traviata
Otello
Falstaff
Alfredo
Cassio
Fenton
Wagner The Master-Singers of Nuremberg
Tannhäuser
Tristan and Isolde

The Rhinegold

Parsifal
David
Walther von der Vogelweide
Young Sailor
Shepherd
God of Spring
Sunshine
3rd Squire
Zeller The Bird Seller Count Stanislaus

Teaching career[edit]

Baldin teaching at the Bach Academy of Buenos Aires (1993)

Among other institutions, Baldin taught at the music academies of Blumenau, Brazil, in 1975. From 1978 to 1980, he was a lecturer in vocal music at the Musikhochschule of Heidelberg and, in 1983, he became a professor at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. His students included Reginaldo Pinheiro, Fernando Portari, Roberto Saccà, Marc Marshall, Hernán Iturralde, Ulf Bästlein, Hans Christoph Begemann, Georg Heckel, Winfried Toll and Ralf Willershäuser.

Aldo Baldin died in Waldbronn, on January 5, 1994, at age 49.

Documentary[edit]

In 2011, after receiving the Research and Development of Feature Film award from the Cinemateca Catarinense, filmmaker Yves Goulart started a research on Aldo Baldin's life and career to make his biographical documentary. The film title is Aldo Baldin - A Life for Music. It is under production and expected to be released in 2024.[8]

Discography[edit]

Baldin's discography covers a wide range of recordings of oratorios, Lieder and operas on well-known labels. He used to work regularly with the world's noted conductors and orchestras and performed at international music festivals, as well as in nearly all great concert halls and opera houses in the world.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NSC Total". NSC Total.
  2. ^ "Bach Cantatas Website: Aldo Baldin". Bach Cantatas.
  3. ^ Genuit, Werner. "Werner Genuit". Werner Genuit.
  4. ^ "Grammy Awards". Grammy Awards.
  5. ^ "Grammy Awards". Grammy Awards.
  6. ^ "Spotify". Spotify.
  7. ^ "Spotify". Spotify.
  8. ^ "Goulart Filmes". Goulart Filmes.

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