Michel de Souza, Baritone. APA Artists' Management Alexandra Mercer - www.apaartistsmanagement.com/micheldesouza/ Dušica Bijelić Susanna Branchini Simge Büyükedes Scilla Cristiano Elena Kelessidi Dimitra Kotidou Hye-Youn Lee Julie Martin du Theil Irina Novikova Cristiana Oliveira Ekaterina Sadovnikova Anna Stylianaki Letitia Vitelaru Elena Zelenskaya Nicole Brandolino Asude Karayavuz Larisa Kostyuk Claudia Marchi Anna Werle Victoria Yarovaya Arnold Bezuyen Luciano Botelho Luis Gomes Francesco Marsiglia Dimitris Paksoglou Angelos Samartzis Marcin Bronikowski Davide Damiani Michel de Souza Anooshah Golesorkhi Dimitri Platanias Dionysios Sourbis Tiziano Bracci Luiz-Ottavio Faria Thomas Sanderling Michel de Souza Baritone www.micheldesouzabaritone.com Audio (Mp3): Germont (La Traviata) Prince Yeletsky (Pique Dame) Zurga (Les Pêcheurs de Perles) Papageno - (Die Zauberflöte) Video (YouTube): Belcore (L'Elisir d’Amore) Born in Brazil, Michel de Souza won the Maria Callas Vocal Competition in São Paulo and the Margaret Dick and Ye Cronies Competition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he attended the Alexander Gibson Opera School, gaining a masters degree in opera with distinction. He went on to join the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera Covent Garden, which led to many appearances with the company and the beginning of his international career in principal theatres, both in Europe and South America. He also appears regularly in concert, including with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the Proms, with L’Orchestre National de Lyon and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera as well as giving recitals of Lieder, Chanson and Brazilian song. He was an Emerging Artist at Scottish Opera. Roles: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS: Harlequin ARIADNE AUF NAXOS: Music Master IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Figaro LA BOHEME: Schaunard CAPRICCIO: Servant CARMEN: Escamillo CARMEN: Morales COSI FAN TUTTE: Guglielmo CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN: Forester DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES: 2nd Commissary DON CARLO: Flemish Deputy EUGENE ONEGIN: Captain L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Belcore DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN: Nightwatchman LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Sonora EL GATO CON BOTAS: King GLORIANA: City Crier LA GRANDE DUCHESSE DE GEROLSTEIN: Baron Grog IL GUARANY: Gonzales GUILLAUME TELL: Leuthold IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE: Un Scythe INTERMEZZO: Der Notar THE MAKROPULOS CASE: Baron Jaroslav Prus IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO: Il Conte Robinson A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM: Starveling PORGY AND BESS: Crown RIGOLETTO: Marullo SALOME: 1st Soldier and 1st Nazarene SAMSON ET DALILA: Grand Prêtre de Dagon SUKANYA: Aswini Twin (Ravi Shankar) IL SIGNOR BRUSCHINO: Gaudenzio THAÏS: Athanaël TOSCA: Angelotti LA TRAVIATA: Baron Douphol TURANDOT: Mandarin TURANDOT: Ping DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE: Papageno Rostov on Don Theatre Rostov on Don Theatre Teatro Municipal de São Paulo Royal Opera Covent Garden Grand Théâtre de Genève Royal Opera Covent Garden Scottish Opera Royal Opera Covent Garden Teatro Argentino de la Plata Scottish Opera Royal Opera Covent Garden Royal Opera Covent Garden Royal Opera Covent Garden Grand Théâtre de Genève Theatro São Pedro Royal Opera Covent Garden Grange Park Opera Royal Opera Covent Garden (Linbury Studio) Royal Opera Covent Garden Grand Théâtre de Genève Grande Teatro do Palácio das Artes de Belo Horizonte Grand Théâtre de Genève Grand Théâtre de Genève Scottish Opera Teatro Municipal de São Paulo Brazil Theatro São Pedro Grand Théâtre de Genève Grande Teatro do Palácio das Artes de Belo Horizonte Scottish Opera Grand Théâtre de Genève Orchestre National de Lyon Grange Park Opera Chelsea Opera Group Albustan Festival Lebanon ROH Covent Garden/London Philharmonic Orchestra British Youth Opera Chelsea Opera Group Royal Opera Covent Garden Royal Opera Covent Garden Royal Opera Covent Garden Royal Opera Covent Garden Theatro Municipal de São Paulo In concert: Beethoven: SYMPHONY 9 - Orchestre National de Lyon, Auditorium & Festival Berlioz Beethoven: MISSA SOLEMNIS - Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro Berlioz: SCENE HEROIQUE - Orchestre National de Lyon, Festival Berlioz Bernstein: MASS - Theatro Municipal in São Paulo Händel: MESSIAH - Usher Hall Edinbugh; Theatro Municipal de São Paulo Orf: CARMINA BURANA - National Theatre of Brasilia Walton: BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST - Glasgow Concert Hall Vaughan Williams: SERENADE TO MUSIC - Proms BBC Scottish National Orchestra Verdi: MESSA DA REQUIEM - Glasgow Concert Hall; Usher Hall Edinburg; Sage Gateshead Conductors with whom he has collaborated include: Paolo Arrivabene; Maurizio Benini; Claudio Cohen; Placido Domingo; Rubén Dubrovsky; Mark Elder; Dan Ettinger; Stephen Higgins; Alexander Joel; Mikhail Jurovsky; Ira Levin; Gianluca Marcianò; Roberto Minczuk; David Murphy; Henrik Nanasi; John Nestling; Antonio Pappano; Valentina Peleggi; Simon Rattle; Matthew Rogers; Donald Runicles; Leonard Slatkin; Robin Ticciati; Silvio Viegas Future Plans: Robert Paradies INTELLIGENCE PARK: Music Theatre Wales; Shankar SUNKANYA: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Demetrius A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: Scottish Opera --> Download (Pdf) APA Artists' Management / Alexandra Mercer Studio 1 - 79 Bedford Gardens - London W8 7EG, UK - Tel: +44 (0)207 794 7633 - Fax: +44 (0)207 431 4344