Cast Biographies

IGOR VIEIRA, (Masetto), was hailed by Opera News as “superb,” and “show-stealing,” baritone Igor Vieira made his professional debut in his native Brazil, 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 48 operatic roles with such companies as the 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 world finalist of the 1995 Luciano Pavarotti Voice Competition in Philadelphia. 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 in Kansas City.