- Carlos Salazar Bastos made his professional theater debut in the musical Annie. Anita la Huerfanita in his native Caracas-Venezuela. Later he settled in the city of Los Angeles-California (USA), where he obtained a degree in Performing Arts (Performing Arts) at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Back in Venezuela, he founded the theater company Trastelón where he directs works such as The Trees Die Standing by Alejandro Casona, The Importance of Being Called Ernesto by Oscar Wilde, Diez negritos by Agatha Christie, among others.
From the moment he was hired in what he still considers his professional home (Teresa Carreño Theater), his vision and passion for the performing arts transcend the fascinating world of opera and ballet. He was a stage manager of several Ballet companies, initially with the National Ballet of Caracas and the Metropolitan Ballet and later with the New World Ballet. This experience allows him to validate his technical skills, quickly obtaining the position of Production Manager, as well as being the artistic director of the children's musical show Música para Niños, a project that for 10 years was dedicated to teaching and knowledge musical in public and private institutions and from which more than 1,000 musicians emerged.
He became recognized as the youngest opera director in the country, his debut being El Barbero de Sevilla; continuing with the productions of La Bohéme, by Giacomo Puccini, Norma, by Vincenzo Bellini, and others. In 1989 he moved to Buenos Aires, where he obtained a Master's Degree in Opera Direction and it was precise with the presentation of La Bohéme that he won the award for the best director among the 160 who participated in said Master's Degree. In 1992, under the direction of Elaiza Irizarry, he obtained the directing assistance of Tito Capobianco in the opera Carmen by George Bizet and was invited to re-inaugurate the Teatro Colón in Bogotá with the same opera; The following year he was appointed co-director with Capobianco for the majestic montage of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida.
Intending to continue his studies in Stage Direction, he moved to New York City, and under the tutelage of Capobianco, he expanded his horizons by obtaining a doctorate in Performing Arts Administration from New York University (NYU). In 1996, at the Merkin Concert Hall, he conducted Collette with Leslie Caron and made his debut at the Lincoln Center with Requiem for a Life and 90 Miles of Separation by Tony Macy-Pérez. That same year he directed Tchaikovsky for the Keyla Ermecheo's Metropolitan Ballet, starring the first actor Rafael Briceño. He was also invited by the Globo Theater in Caracas to create, direct and manage the multimedia show La Madre de Andrés by Terence McNally. His multifaceted project Music for Children is commissioned to design a multimedia show that will present the history and legacy of this program, hence Random, a luxurious and complex musical starring Erich Wildpret.
On his return to New York, he participated in the official national tours of the Broadway musicals Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera as well as a brief stint in the musical Sunset Boulevard.
On a trip to Miami, producer Miguel Sierralta offers you a foray into a field never before explored; Television being chosen, with only eight months as General Producer of Sierralta Show Business. He then went through Gems TV, Telemundo, and finally, Mund2 directing more than 154 television shows.
He has been invited by Pedro Pablo Peña as technical director of the International Ballet Festival of Miami for more than 8 years; He has also done lighting designs for works such as La Cena de Los Idiotas by Francis Veber, Understand me tu a mi by Eloy Arenas, Dick & Pusi Jaime Nieto and Sorpresa by Dan Goggin. In 2008 he assumed the general direction of the Riviera Theater, where he produced various works such as Company, A Chorus Line, Who killed Héctor Lavoe?, Letters of Love, Cuatro Equis, Equus among others; Under his direction, he promoted new local talents and insisted on bringing the English-speaking community closer to this new space.
He has also participated in the Microteatro Miami platform with more than 10 uninterrupted productions.
Among his most successful productions are Black Pearl Necklace and What Happened to Bette Davis? From Ibrahim Guerra, Jordi Galcerán's The Grönholm Method nominated for Best Comedy at the Miami Life Awards 2015, Joaquín Ortega's Bang, Carlos Gorostiza's Airplanes with the first actress Gladis Cáceres, Hamlet, Romeo & Julieta by William Shakespeare,
In 2019, as a tribute to Elisa Soteldo, he created and directed for Paseo Wynwood under the executive production of his great friend Miguel Ferro, the cycle of children's shows Los Cuentos de Hans Christian Andersen; The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Suit, and The Little Mermaid. For the holiday season, he directed Scrooge's A Christmas Carol. In February 2020 he premiered ¿Muerta Yo ?! by Darwin Barroeta with the performances of the writer himself and the first actress Flor Elena González.- IMDb Mini Biography By: ammcg
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