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Joan Laínez Biography
Educated as pianist and choral conductor, he started his singing studies in 2016 at the Conservatory of the Balearic Islands, with Joana Maria Llabrés and Maria Cortes.
He is currently studying with baritone David Menéndez in Valencia and with Elda Laro, pianist at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He has taken master classes with Jaume Aragall, Josep Bros, Miquel Ortega, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Raquel Lojendio, Miguel Sola, Anooshah Golesorkhi, and Vicenzo Spatola.
In 2021, he won second prize at the international competition «Corsica Lírica.» In 2022, he won the Audience Award at the «Jole de Maria» competition in Tivoli, Italy. He was also a finalist in the prestigious «Stignani Competition» in Imola. In 2023, he won first prize at the international competition Grandi Voci in Salzburg.
In 2022, he performed the role of the First Judge in Un Ballo in Maschera at the Teatro Principal in Palma, and Normano in Lucia di Lammermoor with the Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra. He participated as Franz Ferdinand in the opera L’Arxiduc, a world premiere by Antoni Parera Fons conducted by Pablo Mielgo at the Teatro Principal in Palma.
In 2022, he debuted as Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana, performed both with the Opera Studio of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Castilla-La Mancha and in the Italian cities of Ripatransone, Molfetta, and Bitonto, with the Orchestra of Campania.
In 2023, he performed Giuseppini in El dúo de la africana; in Ciudad Real, he played Javier in the zarzuela Luisa Fernanda; and in summer he portrayed Turiddu (Cavalleria Rusticana) Canio (Pagliacci) an Don Carlo at Salzburg Oper im Berg Festival.In October at the Tenerife Opera House, he sang the role of Almanaque in the opera Maria Moliner, conducted by Víctor Pablo Pérez.
He began 2024 with a recital at the Cercle del Liceu, invited by Jaume Aragall, and gave zarzuela concerts with the Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra in Palma de Mallorca, conducted by Pablo Mielgo.
In the 2024/2025 season, he debuted Radamès in Aida to great acclaim at the Oviedo Opera and Don José in Carmen in Sabadell.
In 2025/2026, will return to Tenerife in the roles of Der Steuermann in The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer) and Adiós a la Bohemia by Sorozábal and will debut at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla as Radamès in Aida. Later on, he will debut the role of Steva in Jenufa in La Coruña.
Looking ahead, he is already confirmed to sing Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut, Don Carlo in Verdi’s Don Carlo, Florestan in Fidelio and Don Álvaro in La Forza del Destino.
