Miguelangelo Cavalcanti

Soloist of the State Opera Prague

Baritone Miguelangelo Cavalcanti was born in Brazil (Recife). He studied singing in Recife, Karlsruhe, at Bach Academy in Stuttgart, at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and in Paris. Then he continued his studies with A. C. Medina, E. Saque and G. Hornik. He is an awards winner from singing competitions in St. Maria Rio Grande du Sul, in Viotti Valsesia (Italy), and at Alfred Kraus competition (Spain). His first regular engagement was at Teatro Sao Carlos in Lisbon where he debuted as Rinaldo singing with Teresa Berganza. At the same theatre he sang in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Guillaume Tell, in Bizet’s Carmen, Puccini’s La Bohème and Turandot, in Verdi’s Il trovatore and more. He was a resident guest at Theatre de la Monnaie in the Brussels, at opera houses in Leipzig, Prague, Hamburg, Cologne, and Basil. He co-operated with Directors Peter Konwitschny, Piere Luigi Pizzi, Paolo Trevisi, Martin Kusej and Christoph Loy.

During 1995–2001 M. Cavalcanti was a soloist at the Opera in Graz where he performed major roles in a number of operas – Die Zauberflöte, Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, Tannhäuser, Das Rheingold, Der Zigeunerbaron, Falstaff, Pagliacci and Lucia di Lammermoor. M. Cavalcanti debuted at Verona State Opera as Joakanaan in Strauss’ Salome in 2000. Four years later he became a soloist at Prague State Opera. Here he sang the roles of Schaunard (Leoncavallo’s La Bohème), Escamillo (Carmen), Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor), Amonasro (Aida), Giorgio Germont (La traviata), Monfort (The Sicilian Vespers). Apart from opera repertory, M. Cavalcanti has devoted a special attention to songs (Schubert, Brahms, Ravel), cantatas, oratorios and masses (Bach, Händel, Haydn).