José Luis BARRETO, Baritone
 Child of the tango, young Jose Luis will sing his passion first in the streets of Montevideo. Discover at the age of 9 by the Argentinean and Uruguayan televisions, Jose Luis Barreto has forever sings tango and opera with the same passion for those two different worlds.
Thanks to this unusual talent as well as an exceptional voice, sensuous and moving, he draw attention to him by Astor Piazzolla, who will hire him to be the magnificent "El Duende" of the tango opera "Maria de Buenos Aires" for its European creation.
Performing either Don Giovanni or Gardel, this Horacio Ferrer's friend will be the guest of Guidon Kremer, Juan Jose Mosalini's partner and inspirer of Hugo Diaz and Jorge Zulueta who will compose for him three major opera tango characters.
Moreover this brilliant lyric career, Jose Luis Barreto tour the world with the Tanguisimo ensemble, which is part with love and fervour of the Otango cast.
Claudia PANNONE, Mezzo  Singer, actress, author and composer, it is armed with multiple talents that the young Claudia Pannone known how to seduce the audience of Buenos Aires, where she was the main interpreter of the spectacles Tango Emotion, Esquina Carlos Gardel or Esquina Homero Manzi. Discovered by the international public in the famous productions Les Miserables and The Little Shop of Horror, Claudia also made her remarkable debuts on the Argentinian television in 2003 where she animated the broadcast Sabor a Tango, dedicated to the art of the lyric tango. Expressive and sensual, her voice then carried her to occur in the USA, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Uruguay as well as in Europe, where she recently received a tremendous ovation during her recital to the theater of the Philharmonic society of Berlin. Claudia Pannone adorn now Otango with her splendid presence since November 2006. Visit also her website here |
