Gaston Rivero

Gaston Rivero (born February 6, 1978) is an Uruguayan-US American operatic tenor from Argentina.

Life and education Rivero was born in Montevideo, and raised in Buenos Aires. His grandfather Ramón Olivera was a violinist at the Sodre Theater in Montevideo, Uruguay,

He worked as an assistant in a law firm and studied in the evenings at the National Conservatory of Music Carlos Lopez Buchardo. He studied at the music conservatory of Westchester and the Renata Scotto Opera Academy in New York.

Career Rivero made his concert debut at Carnegie Hall in December 2002, and joined the cast of Baz Luhrmann's production of La bohème on Broadway resulting in his Broadway theatre debut in 2003. Rivero's opera debut followed in 2004 in Ponchielli's La Gioconda with the Opera Orchestra of New York (OONY) under Eve Queler. He made his European debut in 2005, performing the role of Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Staatstheater Nürnberg.

In 2013, Rivero stepped in to appear as Manrico in Verdi's Il trovatore alongside Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, and Marina Prudenskaya, conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Berlin State Opera, released on video by Deutsche Grammophon in 2014. In 2020 Rivero appeared in an abridged version of Il trovatore at the Leipzig Opera, which was performed without a live audience and live streamed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. From 2021 till 2024 Rivero was a lecturer in the summer program Lotte Lehmann Akademie in Perleberg, Germany. In 2024, Rivero made his debut at the Staatstheater Darmstadt in the title role of Otello, and Aris Argiris who made his European debut as Iago. Darmstadt's Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) Daniel Cohen conducted, the director was . they reacted negatively to Dittrich's staging. Opéra National de Bordeaux, Opéra national du Rhin, Paris Opera, and Toulon Opera. In Germany he sang at Aalto Theatre, Berlin State Opera, Cologne Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Leipzig Opera, Mannheim National Theatre, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Staatstheater Mainz, Staatstheater Nürnberg, In Austria he appeared at the Graz Opera, and the Stadttheater Klagenfurt. In Italy he sang at Arena di Verona, Teatro Coccia, Teatro Filarmonico, Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Mario Del Monaco, Teatro Massimo, Teatro Massimo Bellini, Teatro Pergolesi, Teatro Petruzzelli, Teatro Regio Torino, and Teatro Verdi di Padova. In the United States he performed with El Paso Opera, Knoxville Opera, Lyric Opera of San Antonio, Opera Orchestra of New York and Wichita Grand Opera. Israeli Opera, Lithuanian National Opera, New National Theatre Tokyo in Japan, Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman, Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland, Solís Theatre in Uruguay, Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, Poland, Zurich Opera in Switzerland.

Recordings Video Vittorio Gnecchi: Cassandra on Cassandra/Elektra (Germany 2010; staging Kirsten Harms, video director: Andreas Bolle) With Gaston Rivero as Agamemnone, recorded at Deutsche Oper Berlin. Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana on Cavalleria rusticana/I pagliacci (Uruguay 2011; staging Willy Landin) With Chiara Angella, Gaston Rivero, Raquel Pierotti, Dario Sanguinetti, Kaycobé Gómez. Conductor: Carlos Vieu. Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore (Germany, 2013; staging Philipp Stölzl, video director Tiziano Mancini) With Anna Netrebko as Leonora, Marina Prudenskaya as Azucena, Gaston Rivero as Manrico, Plácido Domingo as Conte di Luna, Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Deutsche Grammophon, Unitel Classica.

Audio Various: Gaston Rivero Tenor. One Soul Records 2003 (self-published) Opera Index Vocal Competition, NYC 2003 – Winner 2004: New Jersey Alliance for the performing Arts Altamura/Caruso International Voice Competition NYC – 2nd place The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation – Grant Winner 2006: The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation – Grant Winner Operalia – Finalist Giulio Gari International Vocal Competition – 1st prize Metropolitan Opera National Audition Eastern Region 2006 & 2007 – 1st place 2007: Concurso Internacional de Canto Montserrat Caballé – 3rd Place Vidda Recital Award of the Opera Orchestra of New York Concurs Internacional de Cant Francesc Viñas – Finalist 2009: International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition – 2nd price opera