RAFAILAS KARPIS

BIOGRAPHY

Rafailas Karpis started his musical activities in the boys’ and youth choir “Ąžuoliukas“, studied at the “Ąžuoliukas“ School of Music. In 2007 he received an MA Diploma of Vocal Performance studies and graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (prof. Virgilijus Noreika‘s class). In 1999 he won 1st Prize and Grand Prix at the Young Singers of the Baltic Region competition held inTartu(Estonia). In 2003 R. Karpis made his debut at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre as Njegus in F. Lehar’s operetta “Die lustige Witwe” and has been a soloist with the LNOBT since 2007. In 2008 he won a “Švyturiai“ Award as Opera Hope of the Year and in 2010 received another Award as the best performer of supporting roles.

Rafailas Karpis is often collaborating with the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra (L. Bernstein’s “Mass”, A. Honegger’s “Joan of Arc at the Stake“, etc.), performing together with the “Bohemians” troupe and at the Music Festival in Tytuvėnai, Festival of Music and Ecology “Land of the Disobedient” in Neringa. He also participated in a unique project of music and cinema “Cinemusique: Charlie Chaplin XXI”. The soloist performed in Finland,Sweden, USA, France, Slovenia, etc.

Repertoire:

Njegus (F. Lehar “Die lustige Witwe“)
Gastone (G. Verdi “La Traviata“),
Remendado (G. Bizet “Carmen“),
Don Basilio (W. A. Mozart “Le nozze di Figaro“),
Roderigo (G. Verdi “Otello“),
Goro (G. Puccini “Madam Butterfly“),
Josef (J. Strauss “Wiener Blut“),
Jingle the Dwarf and Blowie the Wing (J. Tamulionis “The Tiny Lingonberry“),
Misail and the Boyar (M. Mussorgsky “Boris Godunovas“),
Guschia, Barnab (B. Dvarionas “Dalia“),
Triquet (P. Tchaikovsky “Eugene Onegin“),
Monostatos (W. A. Mozart “Die Zauberflöte“),
Vain Man and Snake (R. Portman “The Little Prince“),
Tobias (S. Sondheim “Sweeney Todd“),
Sundshtein (M. Petrauskas “Birutė“),
Prosecutor Corn (J. Juzeliūnas “The Game“),
The Drunkard (C. W. Gluck “The Reformed Drunkard“)
Cosmetic Merchant, Alchemist, Inquisitor, Judge, Achmet, Captain, the Crook, Senor (L. Bernstein “Candide”)
Blind (J. Strauss „Die Fledermaus”),
Nobleman of Brabant (R. Wagner “Lohengrin”) etc.