Mario De Rose

Biography

Born in Buenos Aires (Argentina), with Italian Nationality he got his Degree in Composition from the Argentinean Catholic University’s School of Music. Mario De Rose wrote many works that were premiered by Argentina’s leading orchestras, chamber ensembles and soloists. He composed more than 60 pieces; among them: “Mutaciones”, “Verdiana”, “Ludus II” and “Microestructuras VI” for symphony orchestra; “Eventus” for piano and orchestra; the operas “El extraño jinete” and “Alicia y el ángel y los amores de Argentia”. He won critical acclaim for his works and also first prizes at the International Composition Contests of Fundación San Telmo, Goethe Institut, Buenos Aires’ Academy of Fine Arts and Montevideo’s S.O.D.R.E. (Uruguay). He guest conducted the following orchestras: Argentina’s Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional at the Belgrano Auditorium, Buenos Aires’ Philharmonic at the Teatro Colón, Orquesta de la Provincia de Tucumán, Orquesta de la Universidad de San Juan, Orquesta de la Municipalidad de Bahía Blanca, Sinfónica Municipal de Mar del Plata and Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Avellaneda, with a wide repertoire ranging from Bach to Strauss, including Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Chaikovsky, Dvorák, Franck and Liszt, among others.
Chief conductor of Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Avellaneda, conducting the Argentinean premieres of the uncut versions of Bellini’s “I puritani” and Verdi’s “Ernani” and also orchestra concerts

2002–2005
Head of the music staff of La Plata's Theater, Argentina’s second opera house, in which he has conducted Verdi’s “La traviata”, Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”, Puccini’s “La Boheme”, an opera gala, Mahler’s 5th. Symphony, “Kindertotenlieder” and Debussy’s La Mer. He has conducted Carmen, in Stadium Luna Park, tenor Luis Lima being Don José. In 2004 he conducted Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “I Pagliacci” in Festival “Metapontum Lyrica” in Metaponto, Italy and Carmina Burana in Paraiba, Brazil for more than 5000 people each performance. Since November 2005 he is one of José Cura’s closest collaborators. Having conducted the Argentinean star in many concerts and opera performances.

2006–2007
Concerts in Lisbon, Portugal and Belfast, Great Britain.
Bizet's Carmen in The National Bucarest Opera .
Gala concert with José Cura in Nancy, France, Eindhoven, Holland and in the openning seasson 2007 in Teatro San Carlos, Lisabon, and the inauguration of Teatro Comunale di Vicenza, Italy.

2008
Otello in Teenerife Opera, Spain. Turandot in Hannover Staatsoper, Germany.

2009
Donizzeti s Lucia di Lammermoor in Hannover Staatsoper. •Puccini's Tosca and ́Verdi's Il Trovatore in Wiesbeden Staatstheather, Germany.2010
Concerts in Athens, Greece, Moscow Russia and Seoul, Corea. • Gala concert in Seoul, Corea. • Puccini's Edgar in Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Italy.

2011
Gala concert in Berlin, Germany
Verdi`s Otelllo In Santander Festival, Spain.
Leoncavallo s I Pagliacci in Chesky Krumlov ́ s Festival, Czech Republic. ́
Since November 2011 he is Chief conductor and General Musical Director in the Southbohemian Opera Theater in Budweiss, Czech Republic.
Since year 2004 Mario De Rose lives in Vienna, Austria.

(Source: www.jihoceskedivadlo.cz)