RETURNPeriklis Talantopoulos

Periklis Talantopoulos

Soloist, Tenor
He was born in Thessaloniki, He studied at the Conservatory of Thessaloniki under soprano Fani Aidali, graduating with honors in 1962. He continued his studies on a German State five-year scholarship at the Mozarteum Conservatory in Augsburg and the Munich Academy under Blaschke, Arnold and Titos Xirellis. He began his professional career at the age of 18 in Thessaloniki as a solo performer of a Bach Cantata. His first appearance outside Greece was at the Stadttheater Regensburg as Turiddu (Cavalleria rusticana). Subsequently, he appeared in music centres in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, singing operas, operettas, musicals, oratorios and song cycles. At the same time he participated as soloist in concerts with the Thessaloniki Municipal Band and Choir, conducted by Epameinondas Floros. He has sung leading and supporting tenor roles in operas, such as Rigoletto, La traviata, Nabucco, Il trovatore, La bohème,(Cavalleira rusticana), Madama Butterfly, Jenůfa, Fra Diavolo, Die Zauberflöte, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Das Land des Lächelns, Der Bettelstudent and Boccacio. He worked with the GNO during the years 1988-1991, interpreting the roles Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Camille, Count de Rosillon (Die lustige Witwe) and Tamino (Die Zauberflöte). // Last update of the biography: October 2023 - The list of productions below is continually updated.