Leonardo Neiva

(baritone)
Brazilian baritone Leonardo Neiva is known for his theatrical aplomb and vocal versatility. He made his operatic debut at the age of 23 as Figaro in Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” in Teatro São Carlos, Lisbon. Since autumn 2022, he is a soloist with the Estonian National Opera.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
In 2009, he received the 12th Carlos Gomes Award for Best Male Brazilian Singer for his performances as the High Priest of Dagon (Saint-Saëns’ “Samson and Delilah”), Aeneas (Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas”) as well as Kullervo (Sibelius’ symphonic poem of the same name).

REPERTOIREFigaro (Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”)
Don Giovanni (Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”)
Figaro (Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro”)
Guglielmo (Mozart’s “Così fan tutte”)
Wozzeck (Berg’s “Wozzeck”)
Méphistophélès (Berlioz’s “La damnation de Faust”)
Don Pasquale, Malatesta (Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale”)
Enrico (Donizetti’s “Il campanello di note”)
Alphonso XI (Donizetti’s “La favorita”)
Enrico (Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor”)
Porgy (Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”)
Orpheus (Glass’ “Orpheus”)
Tonio (Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci”)
Alfio (Mascagni’s “Cavelleria rusticana”)
Athanael (Massenet’s “Thaīs”)
Giorgio Germont (Verdi’s “La Traviata”)
Renato (Verdi’s “Un ballo in maschera”)
Ford (Verdi’s “Falstaff”)
Giacomo (Verdi’s “Giovanna d’Arco”)
Count di Luna (Verdi’s “Il trovatore”)
Scarpia (Puccini’s “Tosca”)
Lescaut (Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut”)
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi”)
Michele (Puccini’s “Il tabarro”)
Marcello (Puccini’s “La bohème”)
Wotan, Donner (Wagner’s “Das Rheingold”)
Kurwenal (Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde”)
Cecco del Vecchio (Wagner’s “Rienzi”)
Gunther (Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung”)
Friedrich von Telramund (Wagner’s “Lohengrin”)
Music teacher (Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos”)
Mercutio (Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet”)
Escamillo (Bizet’s “Carmen”)
Zurga (Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers”)
Billy Budd (Britten’s “Billy Budd”)
Bottom (Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”)
Peter (Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel”)

He has also sung as a soloist in oratorios and vocal-symphonic works. In addition, he appears on the recording of Wagner’s “Rienzi” (Opus Arte, 2013), been a soloist for the recording of Villa-Lobos’ complete symphonies (Naxos, 2020) and the recording od Jorge Antunes’ song compilation “Clamores” (2010).