Mark Milhofer is an English operatic tenor, who has performed at major international opera houses, beginning his career in Italy.
11 Facts About Mark Milhofer
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Mark Milhofer studied further at the Guildhall School of Music in London.
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Mark Milhofer appeared as Giannetto in Rossini's La gazza ladra with the British Youth Opera, and was then invited to study with Renata Scotto and Leyla Gencer in Italy.
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Mark Milhofer made his international debut at the Teatro Regio in Parma in Rossini's La Cenerentola.
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Mark Milhofer appeared in Il matrimonio segreto, Donizetti's Don Pasquale, Rossini's La scala di seta and Il Turco in Italia, Puccini's La Rondine.
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Mark Milhofer performed in 20th-century operas such as Britten's Billy Budd, The Turn of the Screw and as the Madwoman in his Curlew River, and as the Magician in Menotti's The Consul.
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Mark Milhofer took part in the world premieres of Marcello Panni's The Banquet, Marco Tutino's Federico II and Alessandro Solbiati's Leggenda.
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Mark Milhofer appeared in leading roles at opera houses in Europe, such as Belmonte in Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail at the Landestheater Salzburg and in Rennes, Ramiro in La Cenerentola in Bern, Almaviva in Rossini's Der Barbier von Sevilla at the Graz Opera.
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Mark Milhofer performed the role of Ferrando in Giorgio Strehler's staging of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte in Beijing and Moscow.
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Mark Milhofer was Arnalta, Poppea's nurse, alongside Anna Prohaska as Poppea and Max Emanuel Cencic as Nerone.
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In concert, Mark Milhofer sang Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings in Rome and Parma, Orff's Carmina Burana at the Staatstheater am Gartnerplatz, in Zagreb, Monte-Carlo and Rome, Rossini's Petite messe solennelle at the Aldeburgh Festival, and Handel's Judas Maccabeus at The Proms with The King's Consort.