Yannis Kalyvas

Greek tenor, he studied at the Department of Communication and Media Studies (NKUA), as well as piano and singing (diploma) at Attiko Conservatory, Athens. He continued his studies at the Music Academy of Würzburg and at the Music and Theatre Academy of Munich as a scholar from the Richard Wagner Verband Würzburg and the Maria Callas Scholarships Society. He has performed such roles as Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Oronte (Alcina), Anthony (Sweeney Todd), Tony (West Side Story), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte, Aix-en-Provence Festival), An Uncroyable (Andrea Chénier), Goro (Madama Butterfly), Rodrigo (Otello), Gastone (Rigoletto), Spoletta (Tosca), Danilo and Camille de Rosillon (Die lustige Witwe), Muctar (Frossini), Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Abdallo (Nabucco), Nikos (The Wax Doll). He has worked with George Kouroupos in the operas The Fugitives of the Chessboard and Ηope of Homeland and with such conductors as Paolo Carignani, Bruno Weil, Philippe Auguin, Lukas Karytinos, Miltos Logiadis, George Petrou. Since 2018 he has been a member of the ΜεĪZοΝ Ensemble.