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Stavros Mantis

Nicosia

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Mr. Mantis was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. He commenced his musical training in his home country by studying bassoon which he played in the State Youth Orchestra of the Republic of Cyprus for several years. He undertook his first vocal lessons in Athens, subsequently moving to Italy where, among others, he studied for two years with the illustrious Venetian tenor Gianfranco Cecchele. 
Along his operatic training path, he attended various music academies, participating in a plethora of advanced courses (Masterclasses), opera studios and performing art workshops. Among the various academies attended stand out the Mascagni Academy in Livorno and the Accademia del Teatro Stabile and Teatro Regio di Torino. 

Mr. Mantis is endowed with a baritone voice of considerable power and extension, a warm, burnished and relatively agile voice, the ductileness of which consents him to perform an extensive operatic repertoire, both dramatic but also comic. Thanks to his technical ability in legato singing, the dark and round colour of his voice that expresses itself homogeneously throughout his vocal range and in conjunction with his remarkable stage presence, Mr. Mantis is called upon to interpret roles in the Verdi and verismo repertoire, for which he often also possesses the so-called physique du rôle.
OPERATIC REPERTOIRE: In April 2008 Mr. Mantis made his theatrical debut in the role of Masetto (Don Giovanni) under the baton of Claudio Desderi at the Teatro Alfieri di Asti. Since then, his repertoire has come to include roles such as Don Giovanni and Leporello (Don Giovanni), Papageno (The Magic Flute), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Giorgio Germont (La Traviata), Ezio (Attila), Marcello (La Bohème), Gianni Schicchi, Marco and Betto (Gianni Schicchi), Sharpless (Madama Butterfly), Alfio (Cavalleria Rusticana), Tonio (I Pagliacci), Belcore (L'elisir d'amore), King Melchior (Amahl and the Night Visitors), to name just a few.

His latest operatic engagements include his debut as Andrea in Mascagni's opera Pinotta (Mascagni Festival, Livorno) and as Barone Scarpia (Tosca), while in September 2023 he made his debut as Dulcamara (Elisir d'amore). In October 2023 he sang Alfio in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Alfio in Mario Menicagli’s contemporary opera Dodici Anni Dopo - Sequel to Cavalleria Rusticana in Teatro Chiabrera di Savona. 

A career highlight was realised in December 2023 when Mr. Mantis made his debut in Teatro Goldoni di Livorno as Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana, this time in the European première of the original version of Mascagni's most celebrated opera. 

On December 18, 2023, Mr. Mantis made his cinematographic debut as an actor-singer in the Film-Opera Dodici Anni Dopo (film adaptation of Menicagli’s homonymous opera, directed by Valerio Groppa), in none other than the role of Alfio. 

SACRED REPERTOIRE: Solo baritone (or bass) parts from the sacred repertoire, such as Mascagni’s and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem and Mozart’s Requiem.

OTHER INFORMATION: Mr. Mantis is the winner of the "VI International Opera Competition of the City of Ferrara" and the "XIV International Competition 'Spazio Musica' of Orvieto" (the only winner of the specific version), finalist in various other international competitions and winner of several scholarships. Finalist as well in the "I Competition for Mascagni Voices". 

He has a Master's Degree (MEng) in Electronic Engineering from The University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He is fluent in Greek, Italian, English, Cypriot dialect and uses the Venetian dialect adequately.

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