Percy Martinez
Tenor
This young Peruvian tenor is quickly making his presence known as a strong Lyric Tenor with much power in his voice. He was praised as, “…an attractive lyric tenor with power” by Janos Gereben, of the San Francisco Classical Voice. Percy Martinez has performed principal roles and appeared as a featured a guest soloist with opera companies and concert orchestras in the United States and Europe. One of his recent successes was The West Bay Opera where he debuted as Des Grieux in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut , Kathleen Acuff of the Los Altos Town Crier wrote:
“The first happy note came from Martinez, making a strong company debut as Des Grieux. His rich tenor and confident delivery emphasized the foreshadowing in the first word of his opening aria – “Lamor!”. He remained a strong lyrical presence throughout the performance, and was at his best in Acts 3 and 4…” (Los Altos Town Crier)
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Mr. Martinez’s performance credits include principal roles in Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Lucia de Lammermoor, La Boheme, Faust, Idomeneo, The Merry Widow, and partial principal roles in Rigoletto, Aida, Tosca, and La Traviata. Recently, he made his New York and East Coast debut in the role of Jason in Milhaud’s Medee with Vertical Player Repertory, and his Bronx Opera debut as Don Jose in that company’s Spring 2007 production of Carmen. Upcoming engagements include his first Riccardo in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera with Pacific Repertory Opera in the Fall of 2007.
Equally at home on the concert stage, Mr. Martinez has been a featured soloist in concert performances of Handel’s The Messiah (2006 is the 5th consecutive year with the same organization), Ariel Ramirez’ Misa Criolla and Navidad Nuestra, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, Saint-Saenz” Christmas Oratorio, and numerous opera galas, benefits and fundraisers. An ardent lover of Latin-American music, especially from his native country Perú, Mr. Martinez often performs piano arrangements of popular songs from Peru (valses, huayno, tondero), Argentina (tango), México (mariachi), and from the “homeland” Spain (Zarzuela).
Mr. Martinez spent the summer of 2005 at the prestigious Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Singer Program, where he sang the role of Anatoly in scenes from Barber’s Vanessa. Also in 2005, Mr. Martinez was an Apprentice Artist at Sarasota Opera for their winner Festival, where he covered and sang the role of Federico in Verdi’s Stiffelio, and performed in scenes from Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte and Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Mr Martinez holds Performance and Teaching Diplomas from the Accademia Internazionale de Canto in Pesaro, Italy, and a Performance Diploma from the Accademia Del Teatro, Cagli, Italy.
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