Zada
Born in Baku, Azer Zada debuted his vocal career in 2009 as a soloist at the Azerbaijani State Opera. After moving to Italy, he enrolled in the Accademia d’Arte Lirica of Osimo, attending masterclasses with the late Magda Oliviero, Raina Kabaivanska, Renata Scotto and Renato Bruson.
In 2014, he was admitted to the prestigious Accademia Teatro alla Scala. As a student of Accademia, he was regularly engaged at Teatro alla Scala for roles in Turandot, Rigoletto, Aida, Don Carlo, La Traviata and I due Foscari under conductors as Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Chailly, Nello Santi and Myung-Whun Chung.
Since 2016, he has sung in many Italian theatres including Teatro La Fenice (Venice), Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Teatro Municipale di Reggio Emilia, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro Massimo Bellini, Teatro Verdi (Padova), Arena di Verona, as well as in Azerbaijan State Opera, Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku State Philharmonic Hall, the Great Hall of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow Philharmonic Hall, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Lisbon), Arena di Verona, Ravenna Festival and Soirées Lyriques de Sanxay.
In 2019 he made his Bolshoi Theatre debut as Alfredo (La Traviata).
Prize-winner at the Voci Verdiane International Competition
Prize-winner at the Byulbyul International Competition of Vocalists
Prize-winner at the International Opera Singing Competition
Alfredo (La Traviata)
Rodolfo (La Bohème)
Cavaradossi (Tosca)
Don Jose (Carmen)
Riccardo (Un Ballo in Maschera)
Cavaradossi (Tosca) — Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro di Giuseppe Di Stefano, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Municipale di Reggio Emilia, Luglio Musicale Trapanese, Soirées Lyriques de Sanxay
Macduff (Macbeth) — Teatro Verdi in Salerno
Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) — Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania
Don Jose (Carmen) — Teatro di Giuseppe Di Stefano, Teatro Coccia in Novara, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Teatro Vittorio Emmanuelle in Messina, Trapani (Sicily), Soirées Lyriques de Sanxay
Radames (Aida) — Teatro Dante Alighieri in Ravenna, Arena di Verona
Rodolfo (La Bohème) — Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, Teatro La Fenice, Azerbaijani State Opera, Teatro Marrucino di Chieti, Ascoli Piceno, Fano
Alfredo (La Traviata) — Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro Marrucino di Chieti
Ismaele (Nabucco) — Teatro Verdi di Padova, Ravenna Festival
Canio / Turiddu (Pagliacci / Cavalleria rusticana, in concert) — Ravenna Festival
Pollione (Norma) — Teatro Massimo Bellini
Giuseppe (La Wally, in concert) — Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Lisbon)
In concert — Verdi’s Requiem, Beethoven’s IX Symphony
Collaborated with such conductors as Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Chailly, Nicola Luisotti, Myung Whun Chung, Michele Mariotti, Daniel Oren, Jader Benjamini amongst others.
CD, Naxos