Biography
Hector Sandoval started his career in his native city Mexico. Fascinated by the world of theater and opera he took lessons at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City fromMr. Sandoval travelled to Europe in 1994, where he studied at Hochschule für darstellende Kunst in Vienna. He also completed many master classes and took the opportunity to study his repertoire with Placido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Walter Berry, Luigi Alva, Christ Merrit, Ghena Dimitrova, G. Hornik, Toma Popescu, Nico Castel, J. Dornemann, Istvan Serjan and Julius Kalmar. Additionally he worked on his vocal technique with Francisco Araiza.
Hector Sandoval became the Singer of The Year in the year of 2001 and 2003. In 2001 he also won the international Singing competition of Kammeroper Rheinsberg. Hector Sandoval was also successful in musical recordings. In 1998 he won a special prize at Festival Victoria Reggia during a radio- and television recording.
Mr. Sandovals engagements has taken him to all the important operas in Europe, the United States and Latin America such as Wiener Staatsoper, Semperoper, Washington Opera, and Opera Mexico.
Recent engagements include Pinkerton/Madama Butterfly with which he debuted at The Royal Opera in Copenhagen, his debut as Des Grieux/Manon Lescaut at La Monnaie de Bruxelles with Carlo Rizzi, and two concert respectively in Stockholm with Jussi Björling Selskapet and in Finland at Turku Music Festival.
In 2013 he took part in the production of Don Carlo at the Bolshoi Theatre, singing the title role (conductor Robert Treviño, director Adrian Noble).
Other previous engagements include Andrea Chenier at Bregenzer Festspiele, a concert at Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Riccardo/Un Ballo in Maschera at Theater St. Gallen, Radames/Aida in Modena, Reggio Emilia, Italy, and Weiner Staatsoper (with great success), Riccardo in Modena, Pinkerton/Madama Butterfly at Teatro La Maestranza de Sevilla and Copenhagen Royal Opera and Luigi/Il tabarro at Cologne Opera.
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