Biography
The tenor Luciano Botelho is rapidly establishing a reputation as one of the most exciting young tenors on the international opera circuit. He trained at the University of Rio de Janeiro before undertaking Postgraduate study at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and The Cardiff International Academy of Voice.
His opera debut was in 2001 as Tamino - Die Zauberföte in the Amazonas Opera Festival where he has also sung Don Ottavio - Don Giovanni; Ramiro - La Cenerentola and Il Conte Almaviva - Il barbiere di Siviglia. In 2003 he was acclaimed by Brazilian critics as "one of the best talents of this country" after his performance of Fadinard - Il cappello di paglia di Firenze. In 2007 he represented Brazil at BBC Cardiff singer of the World Competition.
During the last two years he performed the title role at Orfeo at Rio de Janeiro Opera House and at São Paulo Opera House; the title role at Le Comte Ory in Angers/Nantes; Percy - Anna Bolena with ETO; Tonio - La Fille du Régiment at Holland Park Opera Festival and Gennaro - Lucrezia Borgia em Varsóvia.
Future plans include Orphée- Orphée et Euridice at Stuttgart; Flavio - Norma at Théâtre du Châtelet; Giacomo - La donna del Lago at Geneva; Ramiro - Cenerentola at Glyndebourne and Conte Almaviva - Il Barbiere di Siviglia at ROH
Opera Repertoire
Bellini I Capulet e I Montecchi Tebaldo
Bizet Les Pêcheurs des Perles Nadir
Donizetti L’Elisir d’Amore Nemorino
La Fille du Regiment Tonio
Anna Bolena Percy
Maria Stuarda Leicester
Lucrezia Borgia Gennaro
Glück Orphée et Euridice Orphée
Monteverdi Orfeo Orfeo
Mozart Don Giovanni Don Ottavio
Die Zauberflöte Tamino
Cosi fan tutte Ferrando
Nino Rota Il cappello di Paglia di Firenze Fadinard
Puccini Gianni Schicchi Rinuccio
Respighi La bella dormente nel bosco Principe
Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia Conte Almaviva
La Cenerentola Ramiro
La Donna del Lago Giacomo
La Gazza Ladra Gianetto
Le Comte Ory Comte Ory
Matilde di Shabran Corradino
Verdi Falstaff Fenton
Concert Repertoire
Bach Magnificat
Berlioz Romèo et Juliette
La damnation de Faust
Britten Les illuminations
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and strings
Mozart C Minor Mass
Réquiem
Orff Carmina Burana
Puccini Messa di Gloria
Rossini Stabat Mater