Praised for “a fascinating combination of charm and menace,” (Courier Times, Pennsylvania), “a creamy, noble sound,” (The Register-Guard, Oregon), and “an exceptional voice,” (Sarasota Herald Tribune, Florida), baritone Constantinos Yiannoudes maintains an active performance schedule with an extensive repertoire in both opera and concert. As a leading baritone, the versatile performer has sung 21 leading operatic roles such as the title roles of Rigoletto, Macbeth, Don Giovanni and Il Barbiere di Siviglia, as well as Il Conte di Luna in Il trovatore, Escamillo in Carmen, Ford in Falstaff, Germont in La traviata, Michele in Il tabarro and Scarpia in Tosca throughout the United States. As a concert soloist he has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and Alice Tully Hall in New York.
Past seasons have found him at San Francisco Opera, Sarasota Opera, Lyric Opera of San Antonio, Eugene Opera, Nevada Opera, Syracuse Opera, Mississippi Opera, Opera San José, New York Grand Opera and many others. Equally at home in contemporary works, Mr. Yiannoudes has been heard in Kurt Weill’s Mahagonny-Songspiel, Virgil Thomson’s Four Saints in Three Acts, and Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors. World premiere performances have included the role of Drosselmeir in Craig Bohmler’s The Tale of the Nutcracker and the baritone in Roger Trefousse’s Found Objects. Mr. Yiannoudes also sang the role of Marius in the New York premiere of Robert Starer’s Apollonia .
On the concert stage the baritone has performed Rossini’s Ermione, Fauré’s Requiem, John Rutter’s Mass of the Children, and the world premiere of Stephen Walters’ Requiem at Carnegie Hall. He was the soloist in Puccini’s Messa di Gloria with the Eugene Concert Choir, as well as in Handel’s Utrecht Jubilate, Dvořák’s Mass in D, and Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs.
For the 2005-2006 season Mr. Yiannoudes returned to Eugene Opera for the role of Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and made his debut with Sarasota Opera for the Count 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.
For the 2007-2008 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.
Last season, Mr. Yiannoudes returned to Taconic Opera as the Count di Luna in Il trovatore and Michele in Il tabarro. He performed the title role of Rigoletto with Mississippi Opera, and Texas Lyric Opera, as well as Mendelssohn’s Die erste Walpurgisnacht with the Eugene Concert Choir. He also returned to his homeland as a soloist in a "Verdi and Shakespeare" concert with the Cyprus Youth Orchestra under the direction of Agis Ioannides.
For the current season he will be singing the title role of Macbeth with Taconic Opera, Olivarez in the US premiere of Doña Flor by Niccolò Van Westerhout for the Circolo Culturale di Mola, Brahms’ Requiem with the Eugene Concert Choir and a recital in Limassol, Cyprus. In 2011 he will be singing Scarpia in Tosca with Mobile Opera.