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Murat Direk (Tenor)

Born: October 11, 1981 - Istanbul, Turkey

The Turkish tenor, Murat Direk. completed his primary and secondary education in Istabul; then he entered the music education faculty of Uludağ Üniversitesi y in 2001. After one year of education, he was accepted into the opera major of performing arts department at Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi in 2002, graduatin in 2007.

Murat Direk has been working İzmir Devlet Opera ve Balesi since 2009. The main works in which he performed as solo and choir are:
Solo: G.Verdi's Simon Boccanegra (Capitano), S. Ada's Aşk-ı memnu (Beşir), R. Strauss's Ariadne auf naxos (Scaramuccio) Ç. Işiközlü's Dudaktan kalbe (Münir bey) Georges Bizet's Carmen (Manager) G. Puccini's La boheme (Parpignol), S. Ada's Keloğlanın sırrı (Children's play) G. Puccini's Madama Butterfly (Goro, March-May 2014, October-December 2014, March 2022), Ç. Işiközlü's Şu Çılgun Türkler (District Governor, Deputy) M. Leigh's Knight of La Mancha (Don Quixote) (Barber, Mulemaker)
Chorus: C. Orff's Carmina Burana, R. Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, G. Verdi's Otello; G. Puccini's Turandot (December 2013-May 2014, October 2014-April 2015), G. Verdi's Aida (2013), Okan Demiriş' IV' Murat, V. Bellini's La sonnambula, J. Strauss' Gypsy Baron, G. Donizetti's Don Pasquale, T. Akbaşli's Muhteşem Süleyman, C. İdiz's Kanlı Nigar, M. Theodorakis' Zorba, W.A. Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, C.W. Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride.

Sources:
İzmir Devlet Opera ve Balesi Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (February 2024)
Bits & pieces from other sources
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (February 2024)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Ahmet Kahyaoğlu

Tenor

[CV-1] (2019, Video): BWV 211 [Narrator]

Links to other Sites

Murat Direk (İzmir Devlet Opera ve Balesi) [Turkish]
Murat Direk on Operabase


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