Giancarlo Monsalve

Giancarlo Monsalve continued his vocal training in Italy in 2004. Born in Valparaíso and first taught at home by Nora López von Vriessen and Mario Barrientos, he studied with Mirella Freni, and later worked on the Del Monaco–Melocchi technique with Nicola Martinucci, as well as with Lando Bartolini, Dano Raffanti and Montserrat Caballé. His debut came in 2006 at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. His repertoire also includes Paolo in Paolo e Francesca. His repertoire includes spinto roles — Don José, Cavaradossi, Turiddu, with Don Carlos, Un ballo in maschera, Turandot and La forza del destino beside them — sung at Covent Garden, the Arena di Verona, the Zurich Opera and the Washington National Opera. In 2008 he was among the soloists the State Opera Rousse took to Solothurn, in a company that also included Ivaylo Dzhurov, Stilian Minchev, Irene Cerboncini and Biser Georgiev. He has also sung at the Bavarian State Opera, and added Pollione, Andrea Chenier and Otello to the spinto roles. In 2020 he set up the Old School of Singing Academy.