Photo: Patricia Dietzi
Biography
The French-Nigerian soprano Omo Bello studied at the Conservatoire in Paris. In 2014 she won 1st prize as well as the French Opera Prize and Public Prize at the International Paris Opera Competition and in 2013 Italy´s prestigious Arca d´Oro Prize. She won further 1st prizes at the 2011 Anselmo Colzani Competition and at the 2010 Luciano Pavarotti Giovani Competition.
Omo Bello sang the role of the Countess (Le Nozze di Figaro) at the 2012 Verbier Festival and repeated the role at the Opéra de Montpellier in the 2012/2013 season. In the 2013/2014 season she made her debut as Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) at the Opéra de Tours and Opéra de Reims as well as Elvira (L´Italiana in Algeri) at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.
She sings regularly as a soloist in festivals in France and abroad and has a varied repertoire from oratorio and opera to art songs. Her debut album of Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn is distributed by Harmonia Mundi.
In 2014/2015 Omo Bello makes her debut as Télaïre in Rameau´s Castor et Pollux at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées as well as the roles of la Pastourelle, la Chouette and le Chauve Souris in Ravel´s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges.
Omo Bello was nominated as an ECHO Rising Star by the Cité de la musique Paris
Performance dates
24.11.2014 – 8 pm
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
18.01.2015 – 11 am
Town Hall & Symphony Hall Birmingham
20.01.2015 – 7:30 pm
Laeiszhalle Hamburg
23.01.2015 – 8:30 pm
Philharmonie de Paris
25.01.2015 – 4 pm
Kölner Philharmonie
28.01.2015 – 8:30 pm
Palau de la Música Catalana
30.01.2015 – 8 pm
Bozar Brussels
06.02.2015 – 1 pm
Barbican Centre London
08.02.2015 – 2 pm
Sage Gateshead
17.02.2015 – 8:30 pm
Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
05.03.2015 – 7:30 pm
Palace of Arts – Budapest
14.03.2015
Konzerthaus Dortmund
18.03.2015 – 8:15 pm
Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam
20.03.2015 – 7:30 pm
Musikverein Wien
22.03.2015 – 7 pm
Stockholms Konserthus
16.05.2015 – 4 pm
Calouste Gulbenkian Lisbon
17.05.2015 – 4 pm
Casa da Música Porto
19.05.2015 – 8 pm
Philharmonie Luxembourg
