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Attila Manizade
(Photo, courtesy of EMU) |
Born in Cyprus, Attila Manizade finished Istanbul Technical
University with a degree in Architecture, as well as Istanbul
State Conservatory. After his graduation he went on to study
opera in Germany under the supervision of Professor A. Mayer.
While in Germany he gave several concerts and recitals. After
his studies in Germany he went to Turkey where he joined the
Istanbul State Opera, where he still now works as the lead male
bass soloist. He then became the director of the Istanbul State
Opera and Ballet, in 1980 for a year. Manizade currently, while
still working at the Opera, also lectures at the
Istanbul State
Conservatory.
Apart from performing such dramatic roles such as King Phillip
(Don Carlos), Attila, Zaccaria (Nabuco), Silva (Ernani),
Mephistopheles (Faust), Salieri (Mozart and Salieri), Rocco (Fidelio), Attila Manizade also performed such buffo roles as
Don Pasquale, Don Basilio (Barber of Seville), Mustafa (An
Italian Girl in Algeria), Figaro (Marriage of Figaro), Leporello
(Don Giovanni), and Osman (Abduction from Seraglio).
 His
best known
role, namely Osman in The Abduction from the Seraglio won him
international acclaim; he performs this role every year at the
famous International Arts Festival in its original setting of
the
Topkapı Palace
in Istanbul.
Manizade's extensive repertoire includes works of Verdi, Beethoven,
and Adnan Saygun. He gave concerts
in many countries including:
England, Turkey, North Cyprus, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark,
France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia, Egypt, USA,
and Peoples Republic of China. |
