BIO
Leonardo Neiva is a member of the Vienna State Opera ensemble, one of the world's leading opera houses. He is an artist known for his stage presence and vocal versatility, and he has performed at major theaters throughout Latin America.
Since his professional debut at the age of 23, he has received acclaim from both audiences and critics. He won the Bidu Sayão international singing competition and has since been recognized as a versatile artist with excellent stage skills, capable of interpreting a wide-ranging repertoire.
After starring in the musical Les Misérables in Brazil and Mexico, he received the XII Carlos Gomes Award for Best Male Singer in 2009 for his performances in the operas "Samson et Dalila" (High Priest), "Dido and Aeneas" (Aeneas), and the symphonic poem "Kullervo" by Jean Sibelius. In 2013, he achieved great success with Roger Waters' rock musical "Ça Ira."
Some of his notable works include Falstaff (Ford) with OSESP, Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Zurga), I Pagliacci (Silvio), and Thaïs (Athanael) at the Municipal Theater of Santiago, Chile, "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" (Figaro) at the debut of the Brazilian Opera Company, Wozzeck and Carmina Burana for the Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon, "Dialogues des Carmélites" (Marquis de La Force), Tristan und Isolde (Kurwenal), and Hänsel und Gretel (Father) at the Amazonas Opera Festival, Ariadne auf Naxos (Music Teacher), Götterdämmerung (Gunther), and the title role in Don Giovanni for the Municipal Theater of São Paulo, "La Bohème" at the Palácio das Artes in Belo Horizonte, Roméo et Juliette (Mercutio) at the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro.
In 2013, he participated in the Brazilian premiere of Benjamin Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," creating the role of Bottom with great success. He recently made his debut in France in Wagner's opera "Rienzi" at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, directed by the veteran Jorge Lavelli. This production was internationally released on DVD by the OPUS ARTE label. He has also recorded Villa-Lobos' Symphony No. 10, "Ameríndia," with OSESP under the baton of Isaac Karabtchevsky.
Additionally, he is an expert in musical theater and in 2018, he starred in the musical "The Phantom of the Opera" in Brazil.
RESEÑAS
REPERTORIO DE ÓPERA
A. Berg – Wozzeck – Wozzeck
G. Bizet – Carmen – Escamillo
G. Bizet – Les Pêcheurs de Perles – Zurga
B. Britten – Billy Budd – Billy Budd / Redburn
B. Britten – Sueño de una noche de verano – Abajo
E. Chabrier – Une Education Manquée – Pausanias
L. Delibes – Lakmé – Nilakantha
G. Donizetti – Don Pasquale – Don Pasquale / Malatesta
G. Donizetti – Il Campanello di Notte – Enrico
G. Donizetti – La Favorita – Alfonso XI
G. Donizetti – Lucia di Lammermoor – Enrico
E. Ferrari – Il Segreto di Susanna – Gil
G. Gershwin – Porgy and Bess – Porgy
C. Gomes – Colombo – Colombo
C. Gomes – Fosca – Cambro
C. Gomes – Il Guarany – Gonzáles
G. Holst – Savitri – Muerte
E. Humperdinck – Hänsel y Gretel – Peter
R. Leoncavallo – Pagliacci – Tonio
P. Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana – Alfio
J. Massenet – Thaïs – Athanael
G. Menotti – El teléfono – Ben
G. Menotti – Amelia al Ballo – Il Marito
WA Mozart – Cosi Fan Tutte – Guglielmo
WA Mozart – Don Giovanni – Don Giovanni
WA Mozart – Las bodas de Figaro – Figaro
G. Puccini – Manon Lescaut – Sargento Lescaut
G. Puccini – La Bohème – Marcello
G. Puccini – Tosca – Scarpia
G. Puccini – Il Tabarro – Michele
G. Puccini – Gianni Schicchi – Gianni Schicchi
G. Rossini – Il Barbiere di Sevilla – Figaro
C. Saint-Saëns – Sansón y Dalilah – Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon
J. Sibelius – Kulervo – Kulervo
R. Strauss – Ariadne auf Naxos – Musiklehrer
S. Rachmaninoff – Lady Macbeth – Oficial de policía
G. Verdi – I Due Foscari – Jacopo Loredano
G. Verdi – La Traviata – Germont
G. Verdi – Un baile de máscaras – Renato
G. Verdi – Falstaff – Ford
R. Wagner – Tristán e Isolda – Kurwenal
R. Wagner – El oro del Rin – Wotan / Donner
R. Wagner – Götterdämmerung – Gunther
REPERTORIO DE CONCIERTOS
L. v. Beethoven – 9ª Sinfonía
JS Bach – Me he portado bien
J. Brahms – Un réquiem alemán
A. Bruckner – Te Deum
C. Debussy – El niño prodigio
A. Dvořák – Te Deum
G. Fauré – Réquiem
C. Gounod – Messe solennelle de Sainte-Cécile
J. Haydn – Missa in Tempore Belli
G. Mahler – Das Knaben Wunderhorn
G. Mahler – Libros infantiles
WA Mozart – Réquiem
H. Villa-Lobos – 10ª Sinfonía Ameríndia