Gaston Rivero

Birth : 1978-02-06, Montevideo, Uruguay

History

Gaston Rivero was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and raised in Buenos Aires and New York City. Gaston Rivero's career has spanned several media and arts professions: actor, opera singer, producer, composer and music consultant. His stage debut came when film director Baz Luhrmann selected him for his production of Puccini's La Bohème on Broadway 2002. Gaston Rivero is known for Deutsche Gramophon's Il Trovatore alongside Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko and Daniel Barenboim. He has worked with many different film-makers; Philipp Stölzl, Johannes Schaaf and Baz Luhrmann.

Movies

Il Trovatore
Il Trovatore
Manrico
Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in this production of Verdi's opera starring Anna Netrebko and Plácido Domingo. The Count Di Luna believes that his younger brother was murdered years before by a vengeful gypsy but still hopes that he may be alive. When he attempts to court the beautiful Leonora, he is enraged to discover that she has a lover – the troubadour, Manrico. Manrico and the Count duel, and afterwards Manrico reveals to Azucena, the woman he believes to be his mother, that when he had the opportunity to kill the Count he felt something holding him back.