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The Cypriot baritone, Constantinos Yiannoudes, was born and raised in Limassol and Kyrenia. He holds a Doctorate from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a Master’s degree from The Mannes College of Music.
Constantinos Yiannoudes has thrilled audiences throughout America with his dramatic and insightful portrayals of some of opera’s most beloved characters and most hated villains. Commanding presence, powerful voice, consummate grasp of portrayal, polished and poised artist, understated comic flair, and noble sound are just a few phrases the press has used to describe his performances.
The versatile artist’s extensive repertoire includes the title roles of Rigoletto, Macbeth, Don Giovanni, Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Gianni Schicchi, as well as Il Conte di Luna in Il Trovatore, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Escamillo in Carmen, Ford in Falstaff, Germont in La Traviata, Jago in Otello, Marcello in La Bohème, Michele in Il Tabarro, Scarpia in Tosca, and Horace Tabor in The Ballad of Baby Doe. Past seasons have found him at San Francisco Opera, Sarasota Opera, Lyric Opera of San Antonio, Opera Idaho, Eugene Opera, Nevada Opera, Boheme Opera of New Jersey, Syracuse Opera, Mobile Opera, Taconic Opera, Mississippi Opera, Opera San José, Portland Opera Repertory Theatre, Maine Grand Opera, Athena Opera, Fargo-Moorehead Opera and New York Grand Opera.
Noted concert performances include Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, John Rutter’s Mass of the Children and Rossini's Ermione at Carnegie Hall; Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 with the Helena Symphony; Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, Johannes Brahms’ Requiem, and Felix Mendelssohn's Die erste Walpurgisnacht with the Eugene Concert Choir; Rossini's Stabat Mater with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra; and George Frideric Handel’s Utrecht Jubilate, Dvořák’s Mass in D, and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs at venues including Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall.
World premiere performances have included the role of Drosselmeir in Craig Bohmler’s The Tale of the Nutcracker, the baritone in Roger Trefousse’s Found Objects, and soloist in Stephen Walters’ Requiem at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Yiannoudes also performed the role of Olivarez in the USA. premiere of Doña Flor by Niccolò Van Westerhout and the role of Marius in the New York premiere of Robert Starer’s Apollonia. |
