The Greek tenor Vassilis Kavayas was born in 1986 in Athens and graduated in 2011 from Mozarteum di Salisburgo.

In 2012 he was guest at Rossini Festival in Wildbad in Adina and Semiramide, later he debuted Porsenna in the first world revival of Gluck's Il trionfo di Clelia, recorded by MDG with Armonia Atenea (First World Recording). In 2013 he performed this title at Linbury Studio Theatre at ROH in Londra and at Teatro Comunale in Bologna.

In 2013 and 2014: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Belmonte) in Heidelberg; Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola in Athens; Conte di Libenskof in Il viaggio a Reims with Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and in Lisbon; Siroe and Così fan tutte (Ferrando) in Athens; Armida in Pesaro.

In 2023 and 2024 he will be Fenton in Falstaff in Athens, Almaviva in Barbiere di Siviglia with Savonlinna Opera Festival, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni in Göteborg, Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Jim) in Athens.

In 2021 and 2022: Idomeneo (Arbace) and Elpis Patridos in Athens, Almaviva in Barbiere in Göteborg, Don Giovanni in Athens.

In 2019 and 2020: La cenerentola with the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm; La sonnambula (Elvino), Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria, Wozzeck (Andres) in Athens; L'italiana in Algeri in Budapest; Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni in Athens.

In 2018/19: Il barbiere di Siviglia in Cagliari; L’ape musicale in New York; L'italiana in Algeri in Budapest; Don Giovanni in Cagliari.

In 2017/18: Die Zauberflöte  (Tamino) and Il barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva) - Trieste; L'italiana in Algeri (Lindoro) in Budapest; Ariadne auf Naxos in Göteborg; Zauberflöte  (Tamino) in Athens.

In 2015 and 2016: Alessandro by Händel at BOZAR in Brussels; Abramo in Isacco by Jommelli at Krakow Festival; Stabat Mater by Haydn in Athens; Carmina Burana in Germany; debut of Bertrando in L'inganno felice at  Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro; Die Zauberflöte  (Tamino) in Athens; La cenerentola (Don Ramiro) in Prague and Trieste.

REPERTOIRE

Debuted roles

G.ROSSINI: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Conte d'Almaviva)

La Cenerentola (Ramiro)

La cambiale di matrimonio (Edoardo)

D.CIMAROSA: Il matrimonio segreto (Paolino)

J.WEIGL: Il Sacrifizio (Silvio)

W.A.MOZART: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Belmonte)

Die Zauberflöte (Tamino)

C.W.GLUCK: Il trionfo di Clelia (Porsenna)

Alceste (Evandre)

R.STRAUSS: Ariadne auf Naxos (Brighella)

Studied roles

G.F. HÄNDEL: Semele (Jupiter)

Alcina (Oronte)

C.W. GLUCK:  Orphée et Eurydice (Orphée)

W.A. MOZART:  Cosi fan tutte (Ferrando)

Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio)

G. ROSSINI:  La Cenerentola (Don Ramiro)

L' Italiana in Algeri (Lindoro)

Il Signor Bruschino (Florville)

Semiramide (Idreno)

G. DONIZETTI:  L'elisir d'amore (Nemorino)

Don Pasquale (Ernesto)

La Fille du Regiment (Tonio)

V. BELLINI:  I Puritani (Arturo)

La Sonnambula (Elvino)

G. VERDI:  Falstaff (Fenton)

G. BIZET:  Les pecheurs des perles (Nadir)

E. LALO:   Le Roi d'Ys: Vainement ma bien aimée (Aubade)

B. BRITTEN:  A Midsummer night's dream (Flute)

R. LEONCAVALLO: I pagliacci (Arlecchino)

Oratorios

W.A. MOZART: Coronation Mass

G.ROSSINI: Stabat Mater

F.SCHUBERT:  Messe in G

J.S.BACH: Kantate Nr. 4, 6, 201, 213

G.F.HAENDEL: La Resurrezione

G.GABRIELLI: In Ecclesiis

F.MENDELSSOHN: Elias: Dann werden  die Gerechten leuchten

Lobgesang: Saget es...Er zählet unsre Tränen

J.HAYDN: Die Schöpfung: Und Gott schuf den Menschen…Mit würd und Hoheit

G.F.HAENDEL: Messiah: Comfort ye my people

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