Praised for his “burnished, rich tone” (Opera News), “…of considerable luster which he uses with intelligence” (San José Mercury News) and “superb singing” (The Register Guard, Oregon), baritone Constantinos Yiannoudes has appeared in opera and concert throughout the United States in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall.
Mr. Yiannoudes' operatic engagements have included Belcore in L’elisir d’amore, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, the title role of Don Giovanni, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Escamillo in Carmen, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Ford in Falstaff, Germont in La traviata, Marcello in La bohème, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, the title role of Rigoletto, Scarpia in Tosca, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly and Silvio in Pagliacci.
Other roles in his current repertoire include Alfio in Cavalleria rusticana, Count di Luna in Il trovatore, Renato in Un ballo in maschera, Riccardo in I puritani and Rodrigo in Don Carlo.
Mr. Yiannoudes is equally at home with 20th century repertoire such as Kurt Weill’s Mahagonny-Songspiel, Virgil Thomson’s Four Saints in Three Acts, Robert Trefousse’s Found Objects and Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors. He has also performed the role of Drosselmeir in the world premiere of The Tale of the Nutcracker by Craig Bohmler and the role of Marius in the New York premiere of Robert Starer’s Apollonia.
Concert performances have included Fauré's Requiem and Rossini’s Ermione at Carnegie Hall as well as Handel’s Utrecht Jubilate, Dvorak’s Mass in D and Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs. Mr. Yiannoudes has introduced audiences to extensive Greek repertoire as baritone soloist for the Metropolitan Greek Chorale and the Pancyprian Choir.
Following up on his return to Opera San Jose as Belcore in L’elisir d’amore, Mr. Yiannoudes sang Ford in Falstaff in the 2001-2002 season. That same year he performed Germont in La traviata with Eugene Opera, as well as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly and Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro with Taconic Opera.
During the 2002-2003 season, Mr. Yiannoudes performed the title role of Don Giovanni with Annapolis Opera, Escamillo in Carmen with Nevada Opera, Silvio in Pagliacci with Taconic Opera, as well as the role of Fenicio in Rossini's Ermione at Carnegie Hall. The same season, Mr. Yiannoudes performed with the New York Grand Opera at New York’s Central Park as Marcello in La bohème and Rodolfo in Leoncavallo's version of the story. He was also the Melchior for Little Orchestra’s Society performance of Amahl and the Night Visitors at Avery Fisher Hall. On the concert stage, Mr. Yiannoudes was a featured soloist at Merkin Hall with the Metropolitan Greek Chorale in a performance of Mikis Theodorakis's Axion Esti.
Engagements for the 2003-2004 included Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia with both Boheme Opera of New Jersey and Athens Grand Opera, Escamillo in Carmen with Lyric Opera of San Antonio, and Malatesta in Don Pasquale with the Cyprus Lyric Stage.
The 2004-2005 season included Germont (cover) in La traviata with San Francisco Opera. The same season brought Mr. Yiannoudes back to Boheme Opera in the title role of Don Giovanni and to Taconic Opera for Sharpless in Madama Butterfly and Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
For the 2005-2006 season, Mr. Yiannoudes celebrated the new year as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Eugene Opera and made his debut with Sarasota Opera as Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro. He also made his debut with Fargo Moorhead Opera as Scarpia in Tosca.
For the 2006-2007 season, the baritone returned to Boheme Opera of New Jersey for the title role of Rigoletto. He also returned to Eugene, Oregon, as a soloist for the Eugene Concert Choir in A Night at the Opera featuring Puccini's Messa di Gloria. He was back at Carnegie Hall as a soloist for the world premiere of Stephen Walters’ Requiem.
Last season, Mr. Yiannoudes made his debut with Syracuse Opera as Rigoletto and returned to Carnegie Hall as a soloist for Fauré’s Requiem and John Rutter’s Mass of the Children. He also returned to New York Grand Opera in the role of Germont in La traviata.
For the current season, Mr. Yiannoudes returns to Taconic Opera as the Count di Luna in Il trovatore. He sings the title role of Rigoletto with Mississippi Opera, and returns to Eugene Oregon and the Eugene Concert Choir for Mendelssohn’s First Walpurgis Night.
