Stefan Louw Resume International

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STÉFAN LOUW
Tenor
Tel: +27 (0)72 100 1954
E-mail: stefanlouw01@gmail.com
Twitter: @stefanlouwtenor
Facebook: tenor.opera
Version: Novemer 2016
MANAGER & PUBLICIST (SOUTH AFRICA):
Marisa Louw (Emlo Communications)
+27 (0)76 2111 607 (tel)
emlo@hotmail.co.za (e-mail)
BIRTHDATE:
September 22, 1973
EDUCATION:
University of South Africa (1988 – 1991)
University of Pretoria, South Africa (1993 – 1995)
AWARDS:
Pretoria State Theatre Opera Chorister of the Year Award – Winner, December 1996 (South Africa)
FNB Opera Vita Award – Best Newcomer in Opera – Winner, February 2000 (South Africa)
Llangollen International Singer Competition – Semi-finalist, June 2000 (Wales, UK)

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PRODUCTIONS
Director – Madama Butterfly – Puccini
Date: September 2015
Language: Italian
Company: Big Wig Opera
Conductor: Graham Scott
Role: Goro
Director – L’elisir d’amore – Donizetti
Date: July 2015
Language: Italian
Rodolfo – La Boheme – Puccini
Date: May 2015
Language: Italian
Director: Elizabeth Lomard
Werther – Werther – Massenet
Date: December 2014
Language: French
Director: Stéfan Louw
Handel’s Messiah
Date: 20 April 2014
Language: English
Company: The Playhouse Company
Conductor: Naum Rousine
Director:
Alfredo – La Traviata – Verdi
Date: 11 April 2014
Language: Italian
Company: Stefan Louw Productions
Conductor: Doron Kanar
Director: Stéfan Louw
Symphony No. 9 “Choral Symphony” – Beethoven
Date: 24 October 2013
Language: English
Company: KZN Philharmonic
Conductor: Justus Frantz
Director: Bongani Tembe
Alredo – La Traviata – Verdi
Date: 11 to 22 October 2011
Language: Italian
Company: Cape Town Opera
Conductor: Albert Horne
Director: Alessandro Talevi
Date: 20 March to 25 April 2010
Language: Italian
Company: Opera Africa
Conductor: Timothy Myers
Director: Themi Venturas
Pinkerton – Madama Butterfly – Puccini
Date: 23 May to 5 June 2009
Language: Italian
Company: Cape Town Opera
Conductor: Francesc Bonnin
Director: Christine Crouse
Radames – Aïda – Verdi
Date: 3 to 9 December 2008
Language: Italian
Company: Opéra de Dijon
Conductor: Alain Altinoglu
Director: Eric Perez
Pollione – Norma – Bellini
Date: 27 September 2008
Language: Italian
Company: Opéra de Vichy
Conductor: Cyril Diederich
Director: Charles Roubaud
Radames – Aïda – Verdi
Date: March 2008
Language: Italian
Conductor: Vincent de Kort
Director: Laurence Dale
Tebaldo – I Capuleti e I Monecchi – Bellini
Date: October 2006
Language: Italian
Conductor: Jeremy Silver
Director: Laurence Dale
Cavaradossi – Tosca – Puccini
Language: Italian
Director: Ralph Lawson

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Hoffman – Les Contes d’Hoffmann – Offenbach
Language: Italian
Director: Ralph Lawson
Date: 2 to 9 April 2005
Language: Italian
Director: Steven Stead
Von Eisenstein – Die Fledermaus – Strauss
Language: English
Date: September 2005
Language: Italian
Company: Pro Musica Opera
Conductor: Weiss Doubell
Director: Hans van Heerden
Duke of Mantua – Rigoletto – Verdi
Date: 8 June to 9 July 2005
Language: Italian
Language: Italian
Directors: Themi Venturas and Steven
Stead
Pinkerton – Madama Butterfly – Puccini
Date: 3 to 11 July 2004
Language: Italian
Director: Amanda van Zyl
Cavaradossi – Tosca – Puccini
Date: 8 to 17 July 2003
Language: Italian
Director: Emma Renzi
Pang – Turandot – Puccini
Date: August 1999
Language: Italian
Company: The Spoornet State Theatre
Conductor: Gérard Korsten
Director: Angelo Gobbato
Beppe – I Pagliacci – Leoncavallo
Language: Italian
Company: The State Theatre
Conductor: Bruno Aprea
Director: Michael Williams
VOCAL TRAINING:
Nellie du Toit – Stellenbosch (South Africa) – 2000
Emma Renzi – Johannesburg (South Africa) – 2008 to present
FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS:
3-12 March 2016 Starlight Classics with Pretty Yende (Cape Town, South Africa)
21 August 2016 Opera Gala with Johan Botha (Johannesburg, South Africa)

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REFERENCES:
Jeremy Silver, Conductor, United Kingdom
+44 7973 758 148 (tel)
jeremy_silver@btinternet.com (e-mail)
Lawrence Dale, Tenor/Director/Conductor, France
+33 680 913 765 (tel)
Laurencedale0@gmail.com (e-mail)
REVIEWS:
April 2014 - by Paul Boekkooi - Alfredo in La Traviata - "Louw's appeal as a tenor lies in well
projected vocal characterisation..."
February 2014 - by Paul Boekkooi - Aria! Opera for Everyone Grand Gala - "Louw's rendering
of Nessun Dorma (Puccini) and Salut! Demeure Chaste et Pure from Gounod'sFaust carried
the full emotional and dramatic spectrum of these arias in well-defined and contrasted vocal
terms."
February 2014 - by Christina Kennedy - Aria! Opera for Everyone Grand Gala - "The soul-stirring
arias brought the house down."
February 2014 - by Bruce Dennill - Aria! Opera for Everyone Grand Gala - "It hit the mark in terms
of the 'developing youth' angle, with enthusiastic youngsters in the front row often standing
to applaud various solos."
December 2013 - by Paul Boekkooi - Aria! Opera for Everyone - "Louw's Celeste Aïda remains one
of his strongest repertoire arias ... Brava!"
April 2010 – by Mary Jordan – Rodolfo in La Boheme – “Louw has a smooth, seductive, languid
voice, which conveys warmth, benevolence and undemonstrative generosity ...”
April 2010 – by Moira de Swardt– Rodolfo in La Boheme – “...Stefan Louw really did do a
marvellous job of the contradictory Rodolfo.”
March 2010 – by Paul Boekkooi – Rodolfo in La Boheme – “Stefan Louw limned Rodolfo with a
suave, light tenor. His lyric voice blended well with Stapela's shimmering soprano. He was
appropriately ardent when called for, by turns meltingly lyrical and at times even vibrantly
powerful.”
May 2009 – by Barry Smith - Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly – “... a vocally reliable Stefan Louw
making the most of the part of the unsavoury Pinkerton.”
May 2009 – by Norman McFarlane – Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly – “Pinkerton is sung by well-
known tenor Stefan Louw, who invests the role with latent racism … making him a
thoroughly unlikeable character. … This is an affirmation of his skill with which he acquits
himself of the role.”
December 2008 - by Jean-Marcel Humbert - Radames in Aida – “The South African tenor, Stéfan
Louw does not disappoint. His Radames is interesting, with a lot of nuances and pretty
moments, of which the final note of Celeste Aïda, attacked piano then supported
diminuendo.”

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December 2008 - by Laurence Le Diagon-Jacquin - Radames in Aida – “Stéfan Louw shone in the
role of Radames, at the same time fierce and loving.”
February 2008 - by Annette Bayne – Radames in Aida – “At Stéfan Louw’s first utterance of
Aida’s name, goose bumps chase up my arms … Louw spoils the audience with his rich
tenor voice.”
February 2008 - by Riek van Rensburg – Rademes in Aida – “Stéfan Louw’s tenor gleamed in
ensembles. His ringing upper register coped magisterially with the music of Radames.”
November 2006 – by Riek van Rensburg – Tebaldo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi – “... His phrasing
was poetic and the musical line gently spun. The intensity of his communication was
illuminating, being sensitive to nuance and an uncanny feeling for phrase continuity.”
November 2006 – by Moira de Swardt - Tebaldo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi – “Stefan Louw, one
of South Africa’s best tenors, did a magnificent job of the role of Tebaldo …”
September 2005 – by Christina Kennedy – Rodolfo in La Boheme – “… his voice should be
declared a national treasure …”
September 2005 – by Wouter de Wet – Rodolfo in La Boheme – “Lyric tenor Stéfan Louw gave
much pleasure with his robust reading of the part of Rodolfo, acting with élan and really
getting under the skin of one of opera's favourite tenor roles. His Che Gelida Manina was
most impressive, souring up to the climatic Top C with ease.”

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IN THE MEDIA:
Stéfan maintains a high media profile in South African print publications.

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