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DR. HERNAN PELAYO

Baritone

EDUCATION:                 University of Santiago, Chile PhD. Studied - Music, Pedigogy, Stage Direction,

                                     Philosophy. Theology

VOCAL TRAINING:        National Conservatory of Music - Santiago, Chile. -Voice,

                                     Composition, Solfeggio.

 VOCAL COACHES:        Carlos Marino, Chile - Leading Tenor from N.Y. Metropolitan, La Scala, Milan.
                                     Beniamino Gigli, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Leading Tenor Superstar - La

                                     Scala. Milan,

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Numerous Concerts and Operas with:

La Scala Opera Company,Milan                                Town Hall, New York               

City Hall Theatre, .Hong Kong                                   Alice Tully Hall. Lincoln Center, N. Y.     

Carnegie Hall, New York                                           San Francisco Opera

New York City Opera, N.Y.                                       Hollywood Palladium                        

Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara                                  Teatro Municipal de Chile

Oakland University, Detroit, Michigan                         The Crocker Art Museum

Wilshire Ebell Theater, Los Angeles                           Detroit Institute of Art                       

Palacio De Bellas Artes, Mexico                                Mc Farlin Auditorium, Dallas, Texas

Teatro Nacional, Caracas. Venezuela                         Teatro Colon de Bogota, Colombia

Dade County Auditorium, Miami                                Teatro Municipal, Lima, Peru

Music Center Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles            Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipai, Taiwan

 

FESTIVALS:                                                        SYMPHONIES:

Santa Barbara Bowl Summer Music Festival            Miami Symphony, 

University of Miami Miami Beach Festival                 Long Beach Symphony

Palm Springs Festival                                             New York Concord Symphony

New York Opera Festival,...Canada                         Vina del Mar, Chile S.A.

....... AND MANY OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD

 

NIGHT CLUBS: 

LAS VEGAS:

Dunes. Sahara, Las Vegas Convention Center with the Las Vegas Philharmonic

PUERTO RICO:

San Juan, Puerto Rico Hilton Hotel

CHILE:

Casino de Vina del Mar, Chile

 

REPERTOIRE:       

OPERA ROLES PERFORMED

Rigoletto .............. Rigoletto        Il Trovatore…......Conde de Luna      Cavalleria Rusticana……... ....Alfio

Pagliacci .....…  Tonio, Silvio        Tosca…….……………...Scarpia      La Vie Breve……………………...

La Traviata ………...Germont        Luisa Fernanda ……….....Vida I      Los Gavi lanes………...……...Juan

LaBoheme………….Marcello        Un Ballo in Maschera .....Renato     The Passion According to St. John

Barber of Seville……...Figaro        Aida .................……..Amonasro     Marina.............................. Rogue

Macbeth…………….Macbeth       Carmen………………...Escamillo  

Madame Butterfly……Consul        Andre Chenier ………..... Gerard

LaViuda Alegre(Merry Widow)…… Danilo

EXTENSIVE CONCERT REPERTOIRE IN :
ENGLISH, SPANISH, ITALIAN, HEBREW, SANSKRIT, FRENCH, RUSSIAN, GERMAN, PORTUGESE

 

OTHER QUALIFICATION:

Experience in radio & T.V. : Acting, performing directing

T.V.Commercials: Gallo Wine

Pacific Telephone

Motion Pictures in South America

Conducted Master Classes and Lectures in Voice in U.S. China & Russia

I.C.A.P. ( Intercultural Awareness Program) with L.A. Unified School

District , Introducing  Children to Opera

FORMER DIRECTOR OF KFAC OPERA WORKSHOP

 

AWARDS:

HAS RECEIVED AWARDS INTERNATIONALLY FOR VOICE AND HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS FROM THE FOLLOWING:

Mayor Tom Bradley. Los Angeles, California          President and Mrs. Augusto Pinochet, Chile, South Am
Mayor Sam Yorty, Los Angeles, California             President Carlos Bolagno. San Salvador, Central Ameri
President Odria, Peru, South America                   President Arturo Alessandri, Chile, South America
President Eduardo Frei, Chile, South America        President Arvens, Guatemala, Central America
President Carlos Ibanez, Chile. South America       President Arias, Panama, Central America  

 

Has had songs dedicated to him by composers, including: Manna-Zucca and Ernesto Lecuona  

 

Listed in the following Publications: Musical America, 1982 page 425

Who's Who of California, 1981-1982, 13th Edition
International Who's Who of Intellectuals, Cambridge, England 1982-1983

 

MOST RECENT PERFORMANCES:        

Georg Ots Festival, Tallen, Estonia. U.S.S.R. - March, 1990
Carnegie Hall Concert, New York, New York - October. 1994