Notable Roles
Four major roles amongst Bonaventura Bottone's wide repertoire have brought him international recognition and acclaim:
Loge - Bottone first performed the role of the fire god in Wagner's Das Rheingold in Richard Jones' ground-breaking production for Scottish Opera. Writing in the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Elizabeth Forbes described his performance as magnificent. Bottone revived the role for the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2004 and 2005, receiving critical acclaim from the Associated Press/New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Sentinnel.
Alfred - The amorous tenor from Strauss' 1874 comic opera Die Fledermaus has taken Bottone to houses as diverse as the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (DVD available), the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Opéra de Paris, Glyndebourne, Santiago di Chile and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He is renowned for his arch, perfectly-timed performance as the ageing roue.
Nanki-Poo - Bottone performed 98 performances as the 'amorous second trombone' and son of the Mikado in the renowned Jonathan Miller production for English National Opera. The production is available both as an audio recording and as a DVD .
Captain/Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski - Leonard Bernstein edited his original score of Candide for Scottish Opera, performed at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow in 1988. The four portmanteau roles provide a villainous thread, a continual frustration to Candide's advancement. The roles were re-written specifically for Bottone. He has performed the roles at the Royal Festival Hall, La Scala Milan and the English National Opera to critical acclaim.
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