Yannis Kalyvas

Greek tenor, a graduate of the Department of Communication and Media Studies, he studied also piano and monody (diploma) at Attiko Conservatory, Athens. He continued his studies at the Music Academy of Würzburg and at the Music and Theatre Academy of Munich. He has been a scholar of 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, Athens Epidaurus Festival), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte, Aix-en-Provence Festival), Goro (Madama Butterfly), Beppe (Pagliacci), Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor), An Uncroyable (Andrea Chénier), Frantz (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Bardolfo (Falstaff), Roderigo (Otello), Gastone (La traviata), Danilo / Camille de Rosillon (Die lustige Witwe), Muctar (Frossini), Abdallo (Nabucco), Gherardo (Gianni Schicchi), Pluton (Orphée aux enfers), Nikos (The Wax Doll). He sang in the operas The Fugitives of the Chessboard and Ηope of Homeland by George Kouroupos. He has worked with leading conductors (Carignani, Weil, Auguin, Karytinos, Logiadis, Petrou) and directors (Wilson, Warlikowski, Langridge, Karathanos, Houvardas). Since 2018 he has been a member of the ΜεĪZοΝ Ensemble.