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Xavier Sabata

voc, sax, *1976 ES, Barcelona
Singer / Musician of Classical

Spanish countertenor vocalist. Sabata studied acting at the Academy of Theatre Barcelona, saxophone at the Conservatory of Barcelona, as well as singing and song at the Escola Superior de Musica Catalunya and the University of Music Karlsruhe with Hartmut Höll and Mitsuko Shirai. He attended master classes, among others with Montserrat Figueras, Richard Levitt and Christoph Prégardien. Since his engagement at the Opéra de Lyon in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, conducted by William Christie with Les Arts Florissants, he works regularly with this ensemble. Here he is, inter alia, occurred in Brussels, Paris, New York, London, Madrid and Caen.

     
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Saxophone
Popular Tracks   
Ariodante, HWV 33: Ariodante, HWV 33, Acte II, Scène 5: "Se l'inganno sortisce felice" (Polinesso) on Bad Guys by George Frideric Handel, Xavier Sabata, Riccardo Minasi & Il Pomo D'oro
Tamerlano, HWV 18, Acte I Scène 2: "Vo' dar pace a un' alma altiera" (Tamerlano) on Bad Guys by George Frideric Handel, Xavier Sabata, Riccardo Minasi & Il Pomo D'oro
Ifigenia in Aulide: "O di spietati numi più spietato ministro! …Tu, spietato, non farai cader vittima" on The 5 Countertenors by Max Emanuel Cenčić, Yuri Minienko, Valer Sabadus, Xavier Sabata, Vince Yi, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou
Tamerlano, HWV 18, Act I Scene II: Aria "Vuò dar pace" on Handel: Tamerlano, HWV 18 by George Frideric Handel, Riccardo Minasi & Il Pomo D'oro
Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Acte I Scène 6: "Agitato il cor mi sento" (Dardano) on Bad Guys by George Frideric Handel, Xavier Sabata, Riccardo Minasi & Il Pomo D'oro
Agrippina, HWV 6 / Act 2: "Otton, Otton...Voi che udite il mio lamento" on The 5 Countertenors by Max Emanuel Cenčić, Yuri Minienko, Valer Sabadus, Xavier Sabata, Vince Yi, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou
Alessandro - Opera in 3 Acts, HWV 21 / Act 1: Aria: "Vibra, cortese Amor, un’altro strale" on Handel: Alessandro by George Frideric Handel, Max Emanuel Cenčić, Julia Lezhneva, Armonia Atenea & George Petrou
Tamerlano, HWV 18, Act I Scene IV: Aria "Dammi pace" on Handel: Tamerlano, HWV 18 by George Frideric Handel, Riccardo Minasi & Il Pomo D'oro
Tamerlano, HWV 18, Act I Scene II: Recitativo on Handel: Tamerlano, HWV 18 by George Frideric Handel, Riccardo Minasi & Il Pomo D'oro
Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Acte II Scène 5: "Pena tiranna" (Dardano) on Bad Guys by George Frideric Handel, Xavier Sabata, Riccardo Minasi & Il Pomo D'oro

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
CatharsisXavier Sabata, Athens Camerata, George Petrou2017Album
OttoneGeorg Friedrich Händel, Max Emanuel Cencic, Lauren Snouffer, Pavel Kudinov, Ann Hallenberg, Xavier Sabata, Anna Starushkevych, George Petrou, Il Pomo d'Oro2017Album
TamerlanoGeorg Friedrich Händel – Xavier Sabata, Max Emanuel Cencic, John Mark Ainsley, Karina Gauvin, Ruxandra Donose, Pavel Kudinov, Il Pomo d'Oro, Riccardo Minasi2014Album
Bad GuysGeorg Friedrich Händel – Xavier Sabata, Il Pomo d'Oro, Riccardo Minasi2012Album
AMORE X AMOREGeorg Friedrich Händel, Aarón Zapico, Forma Antiqva, Xavier Sabata2009Album
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