Spanish pianist and conductor Rodrigo de Vera works as a répétiteur and assistant conductor at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona since 2015, where he has done over fifty operas with singers such as Jonas Kaufmann, Javier Camarena, Ludovic Tézier, Leo Nucci, Joyce DiDonato, Lise Davidsen, Lisette Oropesa and Nadine Sierra on productions of Andrea Chénier, Wozzeck, Rodelinda, Benvenuto Cellini, Tristan und Isolde, Werther, Lessons in Love and Violence, Rusalka, Eugene Onegin, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Rigoletto among other titles under the baton of Marc Minkowski, Alain Altinoglu, Daniele Callegari, Riccardo Frizza, Pinchas Steinberg, Marco Armiliato, Yves Abel, Henrik Nánási, Giacomo Sagripanti, Emmanuele Villaume and Josep Pons, to name a few.

 

       As a conductor at the Liceu, he has assisted Daniel Oren on La Gioconda, Daniele Callegari on Rigoletto, Josep Pons on Carmen and Macbeth, and Lorenzo Passerini on La sonnambula. In 2021 he also assisted Marc Minkowski on Halévy’s La Juive at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Rodrigo has worked as an assistant conductor and chorus master at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (London) on productions of Debussy's L'Enfant prodigue, Donizetti's Francesca di Foix and Britten’s Owen Wingrave. He has also conducted a performance of Vaughan William's Riders to the sea and Gustav Holst's Sāvitri at British Youth Opera.

 

     Rodrigo has a wide experience as a coach, accompanist, orchestral player and recitalist in a wide range of vocal and instrumental repertoire. He has shared stage with great singers including Mariella Devia, Sumi Jo and Olga Kulchynska, performing at venues such as the Wigmore Hall, the Gran Teatre del Liceu or the BBC Radio. He is often invited as an official pianist for the Tenor Viñas International Singing Competition in Barcelona. Since 2018 he serves as a faculty member at the Georg Solti Accademia Répétiteur Course, where he gives masterclasses to young répétiteurs.

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       He studied at Musikene in San Sebastián (Bachelor of Music in solo piano), at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London (MMus Répétiteur), and at the Centro Superior Katarina Gurska in Madrid (Masters Degree in Conducting). Before joining as a music staff at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, he worked as a répétiteur at the English National Opera (ENO) for two seasons.

 

       Rodrigo is fluent in Spanish, Basque, Catalan, French, English and Italian, and he’s currently studying Korean, German and Russian.