Lluís Calvet i Pey

Lluís was a finalist and winner of numerous prizes in the 2024 Concurs de Cant Tenor Viñas, including the Placido Domingo Prize, the Zarzuela Prize, and the Audience Prize. He was also one of the finalists in the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2023 and won second prize at the Concours de Cant les Corts de Barcelona in 2020.

The Catalan baritone studied singing at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in Barcelona with Maria Dolors Aldea and at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama with Adrian Thompson.

He gained his first stage experience in university productions at both institutions and in the Festival Internacional de Teatro clásico de Mérida with Paco Azorín. He also received the Eva Kleinitz scholarship from Opera Europa in 2022.

In the summer of 2023, he took part in L’Academia Rossiniana di Pesaro playing the role of Lord Sidney in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims.

From 2022 to 2024 he was a member of the International Opera Studio of the Hanover State Opera, where he played roles such as William in The Fall of the House of Usher, Sciarrone in Tosca, Ruggiero in La Juive, Fiorello in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore and Ping in Turandot. During this time he also appeared as a guest at the Ruhrtriennale Festival as the little prisoner in Janáček’s From the House of the Dead and at the Stuttgart State Opera as Chou En Lai in Adam’s Nixon in China.

In the 2024-25 season, he joins Staatsoper Hannover Ensemble where his roles will include Silvio in Pagliacci, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore, Mr. Kallenbach in Satyagraha, Schaunard in La bohème and all men roles in Maria de Buenos Aires.

He debuted with Opera Rara, recording Publio from L'Esule di Roma by Donizetti and conducted by Carlo Rizzi.

Baritone