Igor Vieira Baritone
	Hailed by Opera News as “superb,” and “show-stealing,” baritone Igor Vieira made his professional debut in his native Rio de Janeiro, at age 17 singing the role of “Dancaïre” in Bizet’s Carmen. Subsequent roles have included “Dulcamara” in L’elisir d’Amore, “Eisenstein” in Die Fledermaus, the title role in Don Giovanni, Ford in Falstaff, and Lescaut in Manon Lescaut.

Mr. Vieira has sung 47 operatic roles with such companies as the Rio de Janeiro Opera, The Amazonian Opera Festival, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Theater of Philadelphia, West Bay Opera, Berkeley Opera, San Francisco Lyric Opera, Rimrock Opera, Fremont Opera and Festival Opera.

He was a world finalist of the 1995 Luciano Pavarotti Voice Competition in Philadelphia, and a past member of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City Apprentice Program.

Mr. Vieira holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the Westminster Choir College in Princeton – New Jersey, and a Master’s Degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.