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Der türkische Bass Önay Köse hat kürzlich die berühmte Komische Oper in Berlin verlassen, wo er eine Vielzahl von Rollen gesungen hat, darunter den Nachtwächter in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prinz Gremin in Eugen Onegin, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte und Pluto in der Monteverdi/Katz-Chernin-Version von Orpheus.

In der aktuellen Spielzeit gibt Önay Köse sein Debüt an der Lyric Opera of Chicago als Ramfis in Aida und an der Opéra de Toulon als Lorenzo in I Capuleti ed I Montecchi und kehrt in beiden Fällen an die Opéra National du Rhin und zum Boston Youth Symphony als Oroveso in Norma zurück.

In der letzten Spielzeit kehrte Köse als Banquo in Verdis Macbeth an die Canadian Opera Company zurück und gab sein Debüt in Dijon als Jorg in Stiffelio.

In jüngster Zeit debütierte der Künstler an der Opéra National du Rhin in Straßburg als Jorg in Stiffelio und am Grand-Théâtre de Luxembourg als Sparafucile in Rigoletto, den er zuvor an der Opéra National de Lorraine-Nancy gesungen hatte.  Außerdem trat er mit dem Teatre Principal in Palma de Mallorca als Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte auf.

Mr. Köse recently made his debut with Oper Frankfurt as Sparafucile in their new production of Rigoletto. In the 2017-2018 season, Mr. Köse made debuts with the Bard Music Festival in Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette and the Tulsa Opera as Mephistopheles in Gounod’s Faust, as well as performing both new and reprised roles with the Komische Oper, including the Commendatore in Don Giovanni and Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia.

In March 2014, Mr. Köse made his Alice Tully Hall debut in a Juilliard Vocal Arts Recital and appeared in a Young Artists Concert at the Salzburg Festival. In 2015 he made his Carnegie Hall Debut as the Bass soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the New York Youth Symphony and sang the Cappadocian in Salome with Opera San Antonio.

Mr. Köse completed his Master’s Degree and obtained his Artist Diploma in Opera Studies from the Juilliard School. Here, his roles included Pantalone in Le donne curiose, the Priest/Badger in The Cunning Little Vixen, Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro, Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin, Le Roi in Cendrillon, and Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte.

Turkish bass Önay Köse as Banquo was also thrilling. A full, warm, tone able to produce quite a bit of volume without sounding even remotely close to “woofy”. It was clean and velvety.

Schmopera - Greg Finney

Turkish bass Önay Köse made Atlanta audiences sit up immediately... if he merely waits for the years to mellow the sound at the bottom of his register, he will be a god.

Önay Köse is an authoritative Lodovico.