Xavier Sabata

Spanish countertenor vocalist. Sabata studied acting at the Academy of Theatre Barcelona, saxophone at the Conservatory of Barcelona, as well as singing and song at the Escola Superior de Musica Catalunya and the University of Music Karlsruhe with Hartmut H"oll and Mitsuko Shirai. He attended master classes, among others with Montserrat Figueras, Richard Levitt and Christoph Pr'egardien. Since his engagement at the Op'era de Lyon in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, conducted by William Christie with Les Arts Florissants, he works regularly with this ensemble. Here he is, inter alia, occurred in Brussels, Paris, New York, London, Madrid and Caen.