Stellas, Anastasios

Anastasios Stellas

Tenor

Anastasios Stellas was born in Athens and he started his music studies in the early age, studying the piano and Byzantine Music. He finished his studies in the vocal department (classical and modern singing studies) taking his diploma from the Ioanna’s  Sygkelaki Conservatory, with excellent grade, first prize with honors.

He belongs in the category of the light tenors (tenoro leggiero) specialized in the roles of Mozart, Rossini and Donizetti with a remarkable flexibility and easiness. His theatrical studies and action (works as an actor in more than 10 years) gives him an advantage in the acting part of the roles.

He has attended a lot of vocal seminars and master classes in Greece and abroad and he has studied with a variety of important soloists (soprano Mata Katsouli, tenor James Taylor, mezzo soprano Maria Georgakarakou – Boston University, conductors Helmut Rilling and Anastasios Symeonidis). He has participated in productions of Athens Megaron Music Hall (L’italiana in Algeri and Die Zauberflote) in cooperation with the Greek National Opera.

In his repertoire he has the roles of Ferrando from Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Paolino from Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto, Beppe from Donizetti’s Rita, Don Ottavio from Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Basilio from Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Conte Almaviva from the Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Seviglia and other roles for this type of voice.

In 2013 he participated in the Cinema Production of the contemporary opera “The Eagle’s tear” holding the role of “The soldier” composed by Sotiria Adam and directed by Stella Arkenti. The opera has been filmed for the French Cinema market and a year ago the DVD is also available in the Greek market.

In 2014 he participated in the International Aegean Festival in Syros (MidAmerica productions) singing in the Rigoletto production, in the Platea’s Concert and in the Greek Opera Studio presentation of the Puccini’s opera “Gianni Schichi”. Same year in the winter he is traveling to United States (New York) invited by the Greek Community in order to sing the Roles “Ocean” and “Hermes” in the modern opera “Prometheus Bound” by Panayotis Karousos, based on the Aeschylus tragedy.

He is cooperating with Greek National Opera since 2014 in a variety of opera and operetta productions.

Finally he is the founder and the general manager of the Greek artistic company OPERA NEON (ΟΠΕΡΑ ΝΕΩΝ) organizing alternative opera productions.

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OPERA NEON