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The Chilean bass-baritone Ricardo Seguel has developed a solid international career, with a particular affinity for the Italian repertoire. His musicality, theatrical instinct, and remarkable comic flair have made him a particularly acclaimed interpreter of Rossini, Donizetti, and Mozart, alongside works by Verdi, Puccini, and the French repertoire.
During the 2026/27 season, he will return to the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires as Geronte de Ravoir in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and will make his debut at the Teatre Principal de Palma as Méphistophélès in Gounod’s Faust, in the Opéra-Comique de Paris production directed by Denis Podalydès. He will also make his debut as Osmin in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia, and will return to the Teatro de la Maestranza as Count Monterone in Rigoletto. In the symphonic repertoire, he will perform Handel’s Messiah with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria with the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias.
During the 2025/26 season, he made his debut at the Festival Opus Opéra as Mustafà in Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice under the baton of Marc Leroy-Calatayud. He returned to the Teatro de la Maestranza as Masetto in Don Giovanni, conducted by Iván López-Reynoso, and made his debut with the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid in Beethoven’s Mass in C major. Other recent engagements, include roles as Gianni Schicchi and Geronio in Il turco in Italia at the Teatro Colón, Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro in Málaga, and Don Pasquale and the Barone di Trombonok in Il viaggio a Reims at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago.
He has performed roles including Mustafà in L’italiana in Algeri, Selim and Geronio in Il turco in Italia, Alidoro in La Cenerentola, Don Bartolo and Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Don Profondo and the Barone di Trombonok in Il viaggio a Reims, and Don Pasquale and Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore. His Mozart repertoire includes Leporello and Masetto in Don Giovanni, and Figaro and Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro. His repertoire also includes Marcello in La bohème, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Paolo Albiani in Simon Boccanegra, and Gianni Schicchi.
Among his most acclaimed performances is as Don Pasquale, the role in which he made his debut at the Glyndebourne Festival in a production by Mariame Clément.
He has performed at leading venues including the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon, Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Teatro Cervantes in Málaga, Teatro Argentino de La Plata, ABAO in Bilbao, Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo, SODRE in Montevideo, and the Ópera de Tenerife, among others.
His international presence includes the Rossini Festival in Wildbad –where he recorded the operas Matilde di Shabran (as Ginardo) and La Accademia di Musica for NAXOS, – as well as the Glyndebourne Festival, where he triumphed in the title role of Don Pasquale in Mariame Clément’s acclaimed production. He has also appeared at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, performing L’italiana in Algeri with the Orchestra Settecento under Giancarlo Andretta—a recording released by GLOSSA.
Throughout his career, he has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Evelino Pidò, Michele Mariotti, Ottavio Dantone, Maurizio Benini, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra, Iván López-Reynoso, Yves Abel, and Jordi Bernàcer. His work with stage directors includes productions by Emilio Sagi, Mariame Clément, Marcelo Lombardero, Joan Font, Nicola Berloffa, Joan Anton Rechi, and Guy Joosten, among others.
Ricardo Seguel has been awarded with the Chilean Art Critics Circle Award for Don Pasquale and the Outstanding Figure Award from Sábado magazine of El Mercurio newspaper.
