Michel de Souza (Baritone)


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Musical Education

2008-10 Alexander Gibson Opera School, Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama (Masters in Opera)

1997-2001 Escola de Musica da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Operatic Experience

2011 - Marullo, Rigoletto - Scottish Opera

2011 - Der Notar, Intermezzo - Scottish Opera

2011 - Forester, The Cunning Little Vixen - RSAMD/Scottish Opera

2010 - Escamillo, Carmen - Scottish Opera

2010 - Conte Almaviva, Le Nozze di Figaro - RSAMD

2010 - Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, War and Peace - RSAMD/Scottish Opera

2009 - Gaudenzio, Il Signor Brushino - British Youth Opera

2009 - Dr Miracle, Tales of Hoffman - RSAMD

2009 - Harlequin/Musiklehrer, Ariadne auf Naxos - Concert Performance Rostov State Theatre

2009 - Farfarello, The Love for Three Oranges - RSAMD/Scottish Opera

2009 - Rodrigo, Don Carlos RSAMD Scenes

2009 - Pandolfe, Cendrillon - RSAMD Scenes

2009 & 2008 - Marcello, La Boheme - RSAMD Scenes

Oratorio

2011 - Belshazzar's Feast - Walton

2011 - B Minor Mass - Bach

2011 - Five Mystical Songs - Vaughan Williams

2011 - Messa di Gloria - Puccini

2011 - Messiah - Handel

2010 - Serenade to Music - Vaughan Williams

2010 - Five Mystical Songs - Vaughan Williams

2010 - Lieder eines fahenden Gesellen - Mahler

2010 - Requiem - Mozart

2009 - Requiem - Brahms

2009 - Harmonie Mass - Haydn

2009 - Histoire Naturelles - Ravel

2009 - Villa Lobos Songs

2008 - Cantata BWV 140 - Bach

2007 - Dichterliebe - Schumann

2005 - Messa di Santa Cecilia - Scarlatti

2005 - Dixit Dominus - Handel

2004 - Petite Messe Solenelle - Rossini

2004 - Vespers 1610 - Monteverdi

2004 - Messiah - Handel

Concerts

2007 - Tutor, Electra - Concert Performance - Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

2006 - Marco, Gianni Schicci - Concert Performance - Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

2005 - 2nd Prisoner, Fidelio - Concert Performance - Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

2005 - Servant, The Fall of House of Usher - Campos do Jordao Winter Festival

2004 - Wagner, Faust - Concert Performance - Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

1999 - Dragon, La purpura De la Rosa - UFRJ Orchestra

Competition

2010 - First Prize in Ye Cronies Competition at RSAMD

2010 - First Prize in Margaret Dick Competition at RSAMD

2009 - Highly commended in Margaret Dick Competition at RSAMD

2007 - First Prize in the Maria Callas Vocal Competition - Sao Paulo

Masterclasses

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Yvonne Kenney

Paul Farrington

Natalie Stuzmann

Ian Storey

Rosalba Lo Duca

Ubbaldo Fabbri

Philip Langridge

Malcolm Martineau

Anna Maria Dur

Roderick Williams

Awards & Scholarships

2010 - Independant Opera Postgraduate Voice Fellowship

2010 - Scottish Opera Emerging Artists Programme

2008 - 2010 Scholarship from the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music

Future Plans

September 2012 – commences Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at ROH