Ünüşan Kuloğlu -Tenor
' In the role of Siegmund Turkish heldentenor Ünüşan Kuloğlu... All the opera directors working in Germany must have seen his performance and heard his 'Wälse!' cry this evening' Opernnetz/ Aachener Zeitung 16.10.2013
Istanbul borned tenor Kuloğlu was graduated from Mimar Sinan University State Conservatorium in 1998 and took his MM degree from Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia Catedra de Canto Alfredo Kraus class of Prof. KS. Tom Krause. He studied later with KSn. Prof. Christa Ludwig and participated in the master-classes of KSn. Brigitt Nilsson. He owns numerous prizes from the Singing Competitions such as XI. Int. Tchaikovsky Competition Moscow, Queen Sonja Int. Music Competition Oslo, Competizione dell' Opera Dresden, Nachwuchsvorsingen des Deutschen Bühnenvereins, Int. Mirjam Helin Competition Helsinki. Kuloğlu made his debut in Der Fliegende Holländer as Erik in Theater Regensburg Germany. His success took him to Theater Osnabrück and Theater Bremen as Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos (R. Strauss) and as Laca Klemens in Jenufa (L. Janacek). Since than he performed regularly as Siegmund in Die Walküre (R. Wagner), Max in Der Freischütz (C. M.v. Weber), Prince in Rusalka (A. Dvorak) Cavaradossi in Tosca (G. Puccini), Ismaele in Nabucco (G. Verdi), Samson in Samson & Dalilah (C. Saint-Saens), Canio in I Pagliacci (R. Leoncavallo), Florestan in Fidelio (L.v.Beethoven), Cola Rienzi in Rienzi (R. Wagner), Parsifal in Parsifal (R. Wagner), Lohengrin in Lohengrin (R. Wagner), Tannhäuser in Tannhäuser (R. Wagner), Idomeneo in Idomeneo (W. A. Mozart), Paul in Die Tote Stadt (E. Korngold) Foresto in Attila (G. Verdi), Bajazet in Tamerlano (G. F. Händel) in theaters like Ankara, Izmir State Operas, Theater Bonn, Theater Detmold, Theater Aachen, Theater Freiburg, Frankfurt, Wartbug Castle, New York, HongKong, Cardiff, Barcelona Grand Theatre de Liceu, Alma Aty, Oviedo, Santander Music Festival, Savonlinna Opera Festival, Int. Aspendos Opera & Ballet Festival, Izmir Music Festival. He won the 'Best Male Opera Singer of Turkey' Donizetti Prize in 2011 with his interpretations of Tannhäuser and Bacchus. World famous composer of Turkey Selman ADA's opera Ali Baba and 40 Thieves is the first ever staged opera in Europe of Turkish Opera history. Wuppertal Opera Germany took this colorful piece in the repertoire which sung in German and made huge success. Tenor Kuloğlu sang 'Ali Baba' the title role with great honour.
As a Concert soloist he is also quite active with his growing repertoire. Such as G. Mahler's Symphony Nr. 8, L. v. Beethoven' s Symphony Nr. 9, Carmina Burana, Saygun' s Yunus Emre, Cantata. He performed all Tenor scenes in a Concert programme of whole Ring Cycle with Borusan BIFO Philarmonics in the frame of R. Wagner 200 Years and invited to Bayreuth Festival to participate in the master- class of Petra Lang and gave a concert in City Hall of Bayreuth. He is also a sought after Lied singer with a repertoire of German, French, Russian, English, Swedish and Finnish songs and Lieder Cycles. His contribution to Finnish Music has been awarded by the President of Finland with an Order of Knight First Class ' The Lion of Finland'.
Future engagements of Hermann in Pique Dame for Mittelsächisches Theater Freiberg, Foresto in Attila and Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus for Ankara State Opera and Ballet, Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos for Istanbul State Opera is scheduled for the season of 2014-2015.
Tenor Kuloğlu lately appointed as the General Coordinator of Directorate General of Opera& Ballet Turkey and he is fluent in English, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Azerbaijanian.
