GEORGIOS PAPADIMITRIOU

Greek bass-baritone, he started music at the age of five studying piano and advanced music theory. He took his diploma under Martha Arapis, while being additional mem- ber at the GNO and the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation choruses. He continued postgraduate studies at City University, New York, with a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation, Athens. In the USA he began his soloist career singing, among others, Dr Cajus (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) and Dr Grenvil (La traviata) at the Delaware Valley Opera, as well as Colline (La bohème) and Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Regina Opera. He completed his studies at the Music Academy of Würzburg under Cheryl Studer. During 2016/17 he debuted with the Opéra national du Rhin as a member of the Opera Studio, while in 2018 he started working with the GNO in such productions as Ζ, The Princess and the Pea, Visions and Wonders of General Makriyannis, La sonnambula, Don Carlo, Europeras, Madama Butterfly, The Magic Pillows, The Murderess, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Gianni Schicchi, etc). He is a PhD candidate at the Department of Music Studies (NKUA, The Αcoustics of the Singing Voice).