GEORGIOS PAPADIMITRIOU

Greek bass-baritone, he started piano and music theory at the age of five. He took his diploma under Martha Arapis and continued postgraduate studies at the City University, New York (State Scholarships Foundation, Athens). In the USA he sang, 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. At the GNO he has sung 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, La traviata, Iphigénie en Aulide, Iphigénie en Tauride, etc). He is the initiator and creator of the academic seminar “Techniques of articulating the lyric voice in the international repertoire”, which he teaches at the Centre of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning of the NKUA.