Ragàa Eldìn, Tenor
Ragaa Eldin, born in Cairo in 1983, completed his musical studies at the conservatory in his hometown. In 2007 he participated in soprano Caroline Dumas’ masterclass in Paris, followed by several concerts. In 2008 he became a member of Cairo Opera ensemble, where he debuted Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore) and Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), among other roles. In 2010 he was a semifinalist at the “Wilhelm Stenhammar” International Singing Competition in Sweden and from 2008 to 2013 he took part in the “Egyptian-Finnish Musical Bridge”.
During that time, he was invited to attend Tom Krause and Eija Tolbo’s masterclasses at the Savonlinna Music Academy.
Under the direction of his teacher Gabriella Ravazzi and Maestro Maurizio Arena he continued his training from 2014 to 2017 following the courses of “Associazione Spazio Musica” and then singing at the Teatro Mancinelli in Orvieto, among other theaters.
In 2014 he graduated from the École Normale de Musique in Paris. In 2015 he received a scholarship at the Scuola dell’Opera in Bologna and was a finalist in the Spazio Musica International Competition for Opera Singers, where he won the audience prize and the prizes of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna and of the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon.
From 2015 to 2017 he continued his studies at the École Normale de Musique and in 2017 he won the first prize at the International Space Music Singing Competition. He attended master classes with Rolando Villazón and was a member of the “Puccini-Torre del Lago” Music Academy, where he received the “Best Tenor” award in 2018.
In 2017 he was a guest in Verdi’s Jérusalem at the Teatro Regio in Parma and he was Manrico in Il Trovatore at the Kazan Fjodor-Schaljapin Opera Festival. In 2018 in Almaty and Chisinau (Moldova) he performed Don José in Bizet’s Carmen. He sang in Giancarlo Facchinetti’s Musical Journey to Hell in Brescia. He was Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) at the Teatro Carlo Felice of Genoa and in Samara (Russia). He was also Loris Ipanoff (Fedora) at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania with Daniel Oren.
The young artist had success with Dvorak’s “Stabat mater” and Puccini’s “Messa di Gloria” and also appeared as a guest at the “Dinard Music Festival” in Brittany, at the “Saint Foy Music Festival” in Bordeaux, sang together with Juan Diego Flórez in the final concert of the “Maria Biesu” festival in Chisinau and in concerts in Cairo, Amman, Oman, Algeria, Finland, France, Italy and Spain.
Ragaa Eldin made his debut at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin on 6 October 2019 as Calaf (Turandot) and as Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) in November 2019. In 2020 he was Rodolfo (La Bohème) at the Kazan Opera and Ballet theater, and attended the Gala opening of the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago. In February 2021 Ragaa was Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari conducted by Maestro Stefano Ranzani .
