Fernando Cordeiro Opa
Higher Academy of Singing- Verona
Fernando Cordeiro Opa began his vocal and musical studies in Lisbon at the Kalouste Gulbenkian Foundation and later in Italy at the Pollini Conservatory of Padua. A finalist at the Belvedere in Vienna, he won the Prima Scrittura Città di Firenze competition in 1994.
He has had an intense operatic and concert career in Italy and abroad, where he has performed the most famous roles in the repertoire of Mozart, Rossini, and Donizetti.
In addition to his commitment to contemporary repertoire, he regularly performs in concert and oratorio. He also records Casimiro Junior's Musica Sacra with the Gulbenkian Orchestra of Lisbon for EMI Classics. Throughout his artistic career, he has collaborated with conductors such as Rota, Mazzola, Renzetti, Aprea, Gibbens, Webb, Malgloire, and de Billy, among others, and with directors
such as Carsen, De Tomasi, Scaparro, Cox, Dooner, Miller, Savary, Marchini, Fo, and Krief.
For several years, he has dedicated himself deeply to the study and research of the singing voice, successfully training numerous singers currently in their careers.
He has had an intense operatic and concert career in Italy and abroad, where he has performed the most famous roles in the repertoire of Mozart, Rossini, and Donizetti.
In addition to his commitment to contemporary repertoire, he regularly performs in concert and oratorio. He also records Casimiro Junior's Musica Sacra with the Gulbenkian Orchestra of Lisbon for EMI Classics. Throughout his artistic career, he has collaborated with conductors such as Rota, Mazzola, Renzetti, Aprea, Gibbens, Webb, Malgloire, and de Billy, among others, and with directors
such as Carsen, De Tomasi, Scaparro, Cox, Dooner, Miller, Savary, Marchini, Fo, and Krief.
For several years, he has dedicated himself deeply to the study and research of the singing voice, successfully training numerous singers currently in their careers.