Hailed as a “remarkable Spinto tenor” Gaston Rivero is worldwide recognized for his dynamic stage presence, dark timbre and wide range of flexibility. During the 2002-2003 season he joined the ensemble of the Baz Luhrmann’s production of Puccini’s La Boheme on Broadway in New York City.
Company credits includes Manrico in Il Trovatore, the title role in Don Carlo, Gabriele Adorno in Simon Boccanegra and Macduff in Macbeth at Staatsoper Berlin; Radames in Aida at Opéra National de Paris Bastille, Arena di Verona, Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie Bruxelles and The Royal Opera House Muscat, Radames in Aida and Calaf in Turandot at Teatro Regio Torino, Ismaele in Nabucco at Opera de Monte Carlo, Manrico in Il Trovatore and Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca at Oper Leipzig, Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana, Don Jose in Carmen and Rodolfo in La Bohème at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Don Jose in Carmen at New National Theater Tokyo, the Singer in Der Rosenkavalier at Grand Théâtre de Genève, Ismaele in Nabucco at Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Ricardo in Un Ballo in Maschera at Oper Köln, Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut at Opernhaus Zürich, the Hungarian State Opera Budapest and Teatro Filarmonico di Verona, the title role in Otello at Aalto Musiktheater Essen, Staatstheatre Darmstadt, Rodolfo in Luisa Miller at Staatstheater Stuttgart, the title role in Faust and Romeo et Juliette at the Israeli Opera Tel Aviv, Don Jose in Carmen at Teatro Verdi di Trieste and Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, Manrico in Il Trovatore at Opera Ostfold Norway.
Gaston Rivero worked with Regie and film directors Baz Luhrmann, Philipp Stölzl, Johannes Schaaf. His career began in earnest when his early mentor the conductor Eugene Kohn recognized his talent, trained him privately and helped launch his career. Since then Gaston Rivero collaborated worldwide with renowned conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Ulf Schirmer, Daniel Oren and Gianandrea Noseda.
In 2021 became a member of the voice teachers team of the Lotte Lehmann’s Akademie in Perleberg, Brandenburg, Germany. The Academy each year transforms the German city into an international meeting point for Opera.This prestigious position allow Mr. Rivero to join a passionate community of mentors preparing emerging opera singers for professional work while sharing with them essential expertise, experience, support, and motivation for a lasting professional career in Opera.
Upcoming engagements include the role of Radames in Aida and the title role in Don Carlo at the Lithuanian National Opera, Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut at Oper Köln, the title role in Verdi’s Otello at Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, B.F.Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly with the Auckland Philharmonia and the role of Dick Johnson in La Fanciulla del West at the Hungarian State Opera Budapest.
Julie Cherrier Hoffmann, Soprano & Frédéric Chaslin, Conductor
A. J. Goldmann, Opera News, 4 December 2013
“Gaston Rivero…was exciting and fresh as Manrico. He held his own against the production’s more seasoned singers with a youthful voice that projected both daring and vulnerability.“
