RETURNGeorge Iatrou

George Iatrou

Soloist, Baritone
Greek baritone, he studied at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki, his hometown, at the Cologne University of Music and at the Robert Schumann School of Music in Düsseldorf. He has cooperated with the operas in Dublin, Cologne, Bonn, Dortmund, Aachen, Avignon, Saint-Étienne, Fribourg, Montepulciano and Thessaloniki, and since 2015 he has been a member of the Aalto Theatre in Essen, Germany. He has performed roles such as Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Valentine (Faust), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Marcello and Schaunard (La bohème), Gabriel von Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus). He participated in the Young Artists Festival in Bayreuth, Germany, and won first prize at the Schmolz und Bickenbach Competition (Düsseldorf), third and Βest performance award at the International Competition Riccardo Zandonai (Riva), a Lieder award at the Coop Music Awards (Milan), as well as an audience award in the Young Voices International Competition (Luxembourg). He has recorded the CD Recital (Mahler and Strauss’ songs), songs by Hanns Eisler (WDR) and participated in the Jubiläums-CD für die Staatskanzlei with Schumann’s songs. // Last update of the biography: February 2020 - The list of the productions below is continually updated.