Salome
Richard Strauss
Salome
Salome
Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss
September 22th & 29th; October 8th & 19th; November 9th; December 19th & 27th, 2019
CONDUCTOR Mihkel Kütson
STAGE DIRECTOR Anthony Pilavachi
STAGE AND COSTUMES DESIGNER Markus Meyer
DRAMATURGY Ulrike Aistleitner
CAST
SALOME
JOCHANAAN
HERODES ANTIPAS
HERODÍAS
NARRABOTH
EIN PAGE DER HERODIAS
CAPPADOCIER Guillem Batllori Pagès
PLACE
THEATER MÖNCHENGLADBACH MÖNCHENGLADBACH
ODENKIRCHENER STR. 78, 41236 MÖNCHENGLADBACH
September 22th & 29th; October 8th & 19th; November 9th; December 19th & 27th, 2019
CONDUCTOR Mihkel Kütson
STAGE DIRECTOR Anthony Pilavachi
STAGE AND COSTUMES DESIGNER Markus Meyer
DRAMATURGY Ulrike Aistleitner
CAST
SALOME
JOCHANAAN
HERODES ANTIPAS
HERODÍAS
NARRABOTH
EIN PAGE DER HERODIAS
CAPPADOCIER Guillem Batllori Pagès
PLACE
THEATER MÖNCHENGLADBACH MÖNCHENGLADBACH
ODENKIRCHENER STR. 78, 41236 MÖNCHENGLADBACH
September 22th & 29th; October 8th & 19th; November 9th; December 19th & 27th, 2019
CONDUCTOR Mihkel Kütson
STAGE DIRECTOR Anthony Pilavachi
STAGE AND COSTUMES DESIGNER Markus Meyer
DRAMATURGY Ulrike Aistleitner
CAST
SALOME
JOCHANAAN
HERODES ANTIPAS
HERODÍAS
NARRABOTH
EIN PAGE DER HERODIAS
CAPPADOCIER Guillem Batllori Pagès
PLACE
THEATER MÖNCHENGLADBACH MÖNCHENGLADBACH
ODENKIRCHENER STR. 78, 41236 MÖNCHENGLADBACH
Biography
He was born in Palamós (Girona). He studied his Bachelor of Music at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu (Barcelona) under the tutelage of soprano Dolors Aldea. He had the opportunity to work with many internationally respected musicians including Sigiswald Kuijken, Eva Marton, Carlos Álvarez, Joan Pons, Eric Halfvarson, Carlos Chausson, Joan Pons, Isabel Rey, Carmen Bustamante, and Marina Rebeka. He is currently refining his vocal technique and role study with dramatic soprano Cynthia Jacoby-Deventer in Germany.
During his last seasons 2019-2022 he was the baritone soloist with "Operastudio Niederrhein", the young artist program of the Theater Krefeld-Mönchengladbach, Germany. As part of the young solo ensemble, Guillem Batllori has debuted the roles of Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Sprecher / 1.Priester / 2.Geharnischter Mann (Die Zauberflöte), Thierry / 2.Komissar (Dialogues des Carmélites), Mitjucha (Boris Godunov) and many others in the main stage productions of the theater.
Between 2015 and 2019, before baritone Guillem Batllori entered his permanent engagement in Germany, he was invited to sing numerous engagements at international venues and summer festivals where he was able to extend his experience and repertoire. Among others, he made his debut as Ford (Falstaff) at Amics de l'Òpera de Sabadell, having sung Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte) there the previous season and also at the prestigious Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg Summer Festival (Germany). He has sung Barone Duphol (La Traviata) at Palau de la Música Catalana, Marchese (La Traviata) at Festival Castell de Peralada, (Spain) as well as the role of Marcello (La Bohème) with the JONC (Youth National Orchestra of Catalonia) at Palau de la Música Catalana. A role that he sang again last summer at Aegean Festival of Syros in Greece and that he also brought to the stage last October and November in different theaters in Spain and France.
During the 2019-2022 seasons, he was a baritone soloist with the Operastudio Niederrhein at the Theater Krefeld-Mönchengladbach. There, he debuted in leading roles, including Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Speaker/First Priest/Second Armored Man (The Magic Flute), Thierry/Second Commissioner (Dialogues des Carmélites) and Mitjucha (Boris Godunov).
He sang Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte) with the orchestra La Petite Bande, under the direction of Sigiswald Kuijken, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as the role of Ping (Turandot) in several theaters in Spain and the Opera de Massy (France), and Beethoven's 9th Symphony at the Palau de la Música with the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès and Orfeó Català.
In 2023, he wonthe first prize of the singing contest Mirabent i Magrans of Sitges.
He made his debut at Gran Teatre del Liceu as Liberto and the 2nd soldier in L'incoronazione di Poppea, as well as Lepidus in John Adams opera Antony and Cleopatra. He also sang Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Faure's Requiem and St. Matthew Passion at the Palau de la Música in Spain. His most recent engagements included the role of Action in West Side Story at the Gran Teatre del Liceu and Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro.