Amadi Lagha

The French-Tunisian tenor Amadi Lagha graduated in 2000 in classical guitar and singing at the Institute of Music in Sousse in Tunisia. From 2002, he first studied at the Paris Jazz Conservatory and, in parallel, musicology at the University of Paris, finally graduating in opera singing at the Paris Conservatory from 2008 to 2013. He is a laureate of several singing competitions. His most frequently sung role is that of Kalaf from Puccini's "Turandot", which he has performed at the Shanghai Opera House, the Teatro Verdi di Trieste, the Opéra de Toulon, the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, the Savonlinna Opera Festival, the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing and the Festival Puccini Torre del Lago, among others. Engagements have also taken him to the Opéra National de Montpellier, the Opéra de Monte Carlo, the Teatro Verdi di Busseto, the Stara Zagora State Opera in Bulgaria, the Leipzig Opera and the Hanover State Opera, as well as to the Arena di Verona Opera Festival. Amadi Lagha's repertoire includes roles such as Rodolfo (Puccini "La Bohème"), Don José (Bizet "Carmen"), Radamès (Verdi "Aida"), Manrico (Verdi "Il trovatore"), Cavaradossi (Puccini "Tosca"), Pinkerton (Puccini "Madama Butterfly"), Don Alvaro (Verdi "La forza del destino"), Gustavo (Verdi "Un ballo in maschera"), Rodolfo (Verdi "Luisa Miller"), Canio (Leoncavallo "Pagliacci"), Turiddu (Mascagni "Cavalleria rusticana") and Carlo VII (Verdi "Giovanna d'Arco").
Amadi Lagha has already made guest appearances at Deutsche Oper am Rhein as Pinkerton. In the 2022/23 season he will be a guest here as Cavaradossi.