Louis Manikas
The Art and the Technique of Singing
Biography
Born in Lakonia, Sparta, Greece
Winner of the Maria Callas Scholarship
Graduate: Athens National Conservatory, Vienna Music Academy
Teachers: Charalambos Papalambrou, Eugenie Ludwig, Mario de Monaco and Luigi Ricci (Repertoire)
12 years with Titto Gobbi (study and singing in his productions the major leading roles of Falstaff, Iago and Scarpia among others)
Winner of the Maria Callas Scholarship
Graduate: Athens National Conservatory, Vienna Music Academy
Teachers: Charalambos Papalambrou, Eugenie Ludwig, Mario de Monaco and Luigi Ricci (Repertoire)
12 years with Titto Gobbi (study and singing in his productions the major leading roles of Falstaff, Iago and Scarpia among others)
1971 - 1977
1979 - 1985
1991 - 1994
1979 - 2006
1994 - 2014
1979 - 1985
1991 - 1994
1979 - 2006
1994 - 2014
Villa Schifanoia, Graduate School of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy
Principal singer at the Kassel Opera, Germany
Accademia Rossiniana, collaborator of Alberto Zedda, in Pesaro, Italy
Appeared in major roles in
Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hannover, Palermo, Bologna, Genoa, New York City Opera, Athens and Salonica.
Has also appeared in Belgium, France, Denmark, Israel, Ireland, Lithuania, Holland, Portugal, Ukraine, USA, the Czech Republic and in International Festivals of Puccini in Torre del Lago, Due Mondi Spoleto, Athens, Sofia, Helsinki and DPR Korea, “The 23rd and 24th April Spring Friendship Art Festival” in Pyongyang.
Taught “Technique and Interpretation of Singing” Master Classes in the Music Academy of Stuttgart, Weikersheim Festival “Jeunesses Musicales”, Music Preparation of Falstaff, the Music Academy of Lithuania, the Music Academy of Odessa, Ukraine and the Athens Conservatoire
Artistic Director of the Operastudio ry of Finland in Espoo
Greek National Opera: Manolis Kalomiris “Protomastoras”
Music University DPR Korea and in Japan: University of Mukogawa at Osaka, the University of Art at Osaka, and the State University of Kyoto.
Introduced and taught seminars in “The Technique of Breathing and Voice as Means of Developing a Dynamic Presence” in Greece, Germany, Finland and Japan.
Languages spoken: Greek, Italian, German, English
Voluntary Attendance as Protocol Assistant at the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.
Principal singer at the Kassel Opera, Germany
Accademia Rossiniana, collaborator of Alberto Zedda, in Pesaro, Italy
Appeared in major roles in
Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hannover, Palermo, Bologna, Genoa, New York City Opera, Athens and Salonica.
Has also appeared in Belgium, France, Denmark, Israel, Ireland, Lithuania, Holland, Portugal, Ukraine, USA, the Czech Republic and in International Festivals of Puccini in Torre del Lago, Due Mondi Spoleto, Athens, Sofia, Helsinki and DPR Korea, “The 23rd and 24th April Spring Friendship Art Festival” in Pyongyang.
Taught “Technique and Interpretation of Singing” Master Classes in the Music Academy of Stuttgart, Weikersheim Festival “Jeunesses Musicales”, Music Preparation of Falstaff, the Music Academy of Lithuania, the Music Academy of Odessa, Ukraine and the Athens Conservatoire
Artistic Director of the Operastudio ry of Finland in Espoo
Greek National Opera: Manolis Kalomiris “Protomastoras”
Music University DPR Korea and in Japan: University of Mukogawa at Osaka, the University of Art at Osaka, and the State University of Kyoto.
Introduced and taught seminars in “The Technique of Breathing and Voice as Means of Developing a Dynamic Presence” in Greece, Germany, Finland and Japan.
Languages spoken: Greek, Italian, German, English
Voluntary Attendance as Protocol Assistant at the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.