Tenor
World
Ragaa Eldin, born in Cairo, completed his musical studies at the conservatory in his hometown and had there his stage debut as a member of Cairo Opera ensemble (Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte), among other roles. In 2014 he graduated from the École Normale de Musique in Paris and in 2015 he received a scholarship at the Scuola dell’Opera of Teatro Comunale di Bologna. He also specialised attending masterclasses with Rolando Villazón and also at Savonlinna Music Academy.
He already performed on stage many leading roles such as Don Josè in Carmen, Manrico in Il trovatore, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana, Rodolfo in La bohème, Alfredo in La traviata. In the concert repertoire, he sang Dvorak’s Stabat mater and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria.
Highlights of his career are Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly and Calaf in Turandot at Deutsche Oper Berlin, his debut as Loris Ipanoff in Fedora at Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania under the baton of Daniel Oren, Duca di Mantova in Rigoletto at Wielki Teatre / Poland National Opera in Warsaw, Madama Butterfly and Ernani (title role) at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Manrico in Il trovatore at Fjodor-Schaljapin Opera Festival in Kazan, Vaudèmont in a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta at Theater Kiel, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor on tour in France with Opera Nomade, Giancarlo Facchinetti’s Viaggio musicale all’inferno at Teatro Grande in Brescia; Jérusalem at Teatro Regio in Parmafor Verdi Festival, Cavaradossi in Tosca at Teatro Coccia Novara, Madama Butterfly at Opera Carlo Felice Genoa.
In 2017 he won the First Prize as Male Singer at the Spazio Musica International Competition, been award also the opportunity to debut the role of Alfredo in La traviata. In 2018 he was member of the Puccini Festival Academy in Torre del Lago, where he received the “Best Tenor” award.
LATEST PERFORMANCES: Carmen at Cologne Opera and at Staatstheater Mainz; Turandot in Ostrava; Madama Butterfly in Kazan and at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari; Carmen at Macerata Opera Festival.
FORTHCOMING PROJECTS: Turandot in Ostrava; La forza del destino (Don Alvaro debut) at the Immling Festival; Carmen in the theatres of Opera Lombardia (Brescia, Cremona, Como, Pavia Bergamo).
