Efe Kışlalı

The Prague State Opera’s guest

He studied at the Istanbul University State Conservatory, he made his opera debut as Nemorino (L’Elisir Damore) in 1996 in Istanbul.

After joining to State Opera Istanbul in 1998, he sang Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus Dem Serail), Mozart Requiem, Sporting Life (Porgy and Bess), Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Vladimir (Prens Igor), (Samson et Dalila) as Samson, Riccardo (Un Ballo In Maschera), Deli Dumrul at Turkish opera by Sabahattin Kalender as Deli Dumrul (world premier), Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Manrico (Il Trovatore), Don Jose (Carmen), Otello (Otello), Aida (Radames) and Manon Lescaut with State Opera Ankara.

He started abroad career singing Ismaele (Nabucco) in Eutin Festival with Hamburg Symphony in 2003. He made his Radames debut at Latvian National Opera Riga. With the same company he made a tour to Sweden Dalhalla to perform Radames for Birgit Nilsson’s memory in the August 2006, also he performed Verdi Requiem in Riga Festival, Radames in Cesis Festival in 2007 and Calaf (debut) in March 2008 with the same company. After his debut at State Opera Prague as Radames in December 2006 he has invited to perform Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut premiere, with the same production he performed in the Prague Spring Festival and Puccini Festival too in August 2007. His coming performance will be Othello (premiere) with PSO in May 2009. After his succes in Manon Lescaut in Prague has invited to the Opera National Bucharest Romania to perform Samson et Dalila and Manon Lescaut between November 2007 – January 2008. After the Manon Lescaut performance in Bucharest he invited to the live TV program of Romanian Cultur Television.

After his debut in Austuria as Radames in July 2008, also he made the US debut as the same role at the Baltimore Opera Company in October 2008.

His following performances are, Aida and Samson et Dalila with NOB in April 2009, Otello (premiere) with PSO in May 2009, the opening of the 16th International Aspendos Opera Festival in June 2009 as Radames. July 2009 in Regensburg and October 2009 in Salzburg he is going to perform Radames too. After the tour to Japan in October and November 2009 with PSO as Radames, in 2010 he is also going to make his Otello debut in US.