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Name:
Christos Stasinopoulos
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Music genres: classical, opera, classical crossover, musical, pop, folk
About Me:
He studied acting at the Drama Schools of Piraeus Association and Eugenia Hatzikou. He made his debut as an actor with the "Seventh Theatre", director Corais Damatis' theatre company. He also joined other groups and participated in various tv and radio productions.
He started his vocal studies at the Greek National Conservatory with Georgia Georgilopoulou, continued in Stockholm with the soprano Ulla Blom and completed in Athens at the Hellenic Conservatory with the tenor Pavlos Raptis. He graduated in 1994 summa cum laude, being also awarded an Excellence Prize. He optimized his vocal technique with the bass Nikos Pagounis.
He also studied advanced music theory and harmony at the Hellenic Conservatory with Irene Archavli, graduating with distinction in 1996.
In addition he studied oratorio, lied and chamber music interpretation with Paul Schilawsky, the eminent pedagogue of the Mozarteum University Salzburg.
Mainly a concert singer with a repertoire ranging from Renaissance to contemporary music, he has given numerous recitals and participated in concerts in Greece (Athens Festival events at the Mansion of the Duchess of Plaisance, Parnassos Concert Hall, Athenaeum International Cultural Centre, Athens Municipality Cultural Centre, German Church in Athens "Christus Kirche", Patmos Municipality Cultural Centre, Apollo Theatre in Syros etc), Sweden (Stockholm Music Museum, the Artists Club - Konstnärsklubb, Churches of All Saints - Allhelgonakyrkan / St. Paul / Engelbrektskyrkan / Enebykyrkan, Villa Solborg, City of Västerås Art Museum etc), Denmark (Vor Frue Church in Aalborg) and Germany (Herz Jesu Church and All Saints Anglican Church in Cologne).
In 1997 he performed the part of the "Vizier" in Nikos Mamangakis' "Opera of Shadows", commissioned and produced by Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall.
In 2008 he joined the Greek National Opera for a production of its Experimental Stage. He performed the tenor part in "Orpheus: a chamber symphony with acting voices" by the Greek contemporary composer Dimitri Sykias and the role of the "Soldier" in the opera "The Emperor of Atlantis" (Der Kaiser von Atlantis; 1943) by Viktor Ullmann.
He was chosen by the Walt Disney Company to perform the title-part in "Aladdin", in the dubbed Greek version of the very successful animated film, as well as in its two sequels "The Return of Jaffar" and "Aladdin and the King of Thieves". Hes been also the Greek voice of Aladdin in the long running tv series. Besides Aladdin he has dubbed the parts of "Tweedle Dee" and "Tweedle Dum" in Walt Disney's classic "Alice in Wonderland".
Warner Bros chose him to perform the part of "Cornelius" in the Greek version of Don Bluth's animated film "Thumbelina" and the part of "Hubbie" in "The Pebble and the Penguin".
Recordings:
"The Nightingale of the Emperor",
an opera for children by Lena Platonos, based on H. C. Andersen's fairy-tale (LYRA Records)
"Four Centuries of Songs",
a selection of songs from the Renaissance up to our times (independent production; not on the market)
His official website is:
http://www.christos-stasino...
His page on MySpace is:
http://www.myspace.com/chri...
Hometown:
Athens
Country:
Greece
Channel Comments
What a treat!!!
No words...
Best wishes from Stockholm,
Lena