Jorge Navarro Colorado

Jorge Navarro Colorado is a Spanish tenor who graduated from the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. He is a Britten-Pears alumnus and a Samling Artist.​

In the 2024-2025 season Jorge sings Il Ritorno d'Ulisse and Dido and Aeneas with Accademia Bizantina (O. Dantone/Pizzi) at the Ravenna Festival, Goffredo in Rinaldo (1731) at the Karlsruhe Handel Festival with R. Alessandrini, Welcome to All the Pleasures at Brecon Baroque Festival, Vesi's Magnificat with Göteborg Baroque, Momentos Estelares del Barroco Europeo at Barcelona's Palau de la Musica Catalana (PMC), Terradellas' Giuseppe Riconosciuto with Vespres d'Arnadí at PMC and the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, The Christmas Story with Arcangelo (J. Cohen) in Antwerp, Cambridge and the Wigmore Hall in London, and Scarlatti's La Santissima Annunziata with Europa Galante (F. Biondi) as part of the Halle Handel Festival.
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During the 2021/2022 season, Jorge performed numerous Handelian roles: Damon in Acis and Galatea with Early Opera Company and Christian Curnyn, Oronte in Alcina with Lautten Compagney Berlin, Lurcanio in Ariodante at the Handel Festival in Göttingen, Petrus in Brockes Passion (staged version) at the Opera in Halle, Tempo in Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno with Bach Consort Wien. He also made his debut at La Fenice in Venice as Gualtiero in Vivaldi's Griselda under the baton of Diego Fasolis, and participated in the Handel Festival in London with the baroque aria recital Arias for Ballino, alongside the baroque orchestra Opera Settecento.

Among his performances in previous seasons, noteworthy roles include Eliates in Keiser's Crésus with Ensemble Diderot in Paris, the title role in Falla's El Retablo de Maese Pedro with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Ryan Bancfroft, Berengario in Handel's Lotario and Giuliano in Rodrigo, both at the Handel Festival in Göttingen under the baton of Laurence Cummings, the title role in Carissimi's Jonas with English Touring Opera, Damon in Acis and Galatea at the Handel Festival in London, Emilio in Handel's Partenope at Iford Opera, Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni in London, Settimio in Porpora's L'Agrippina with Barber Opera in Birmingham and Gualtiero in Vivaldi's Griselda with Irish National Opera under the baton of Peter Whelan. He also sang with Israel Camerata, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra and song recitals for voice and piano at prestigious festivals such as the London Song Festival, Ciclo de Lied de Santiago and Sociedad de Conciertos de Alicante.

Awards include the Manning Tenor Prize 2008, Monmouth Choral Society Prize 2009, the Garsington Chorus Award 2010 , finalist in the Oxford Lieder Competition 2012 and semifinalist in the Handel Competition 2013 and in the Bach Singers Prize 2013. Jorge was the tenor recipient of the BecaBach 2015 in Barcelona, the Gil-Rodríguez award for his excellent and valuable contribution to Opéra de Baugé 2016, the first Audition Oracle role preparation award in 2017 for his debut in the Göttingen International Händel Festival, and the Help Musicians UK transmission fund 2018.

Jorge's discography currently includes Handel's operas Lotario and Rodrigo, recorded live at the Göttingen Festival (Accent), Cleofida/Poro by Telemann/Handel with Il Gusto Barocco (CPO), Brockes Passion with Händelfestspielorchester Halle and M. Hofstetter (Naxos), the album German Cantatas for Voice and Virtuoso Violin with Ensemble Diderot and Johannes Pramsohler (Audax) and Infinite Refrain: Music of Love's Refuge, a recital album of arias and duets with Randall Scotting and the Academy of Ancient Music led by Laurence Cummings (Signum).


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