Bruno de Sá
About
Bruno de Sá … astounding … with a high register of soprano purity.(…) A true male soprano able to command thrillingly ringing tones … capable of exquisite cantabile incorporating a ravishing mezza voce.’
[Opéra magazine]
Brilliant young male soprano Bruno de Sá already has a string of glowing reviews to his name, his extraordinary voice and rare musicianship astonishing professionals, critics and public alike.
2015 saw his major role début, as Sesto in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at the Teatro São Pedro in São Paolo: “… a triumph … an international career awaits …” [concerto.com.br]. In the years since he enjoyed other major roles including making his European debut in 2019 as Aci in Bononcini’s Polifemo. This season also saw Bruno de Sá join the young artist programme at Theater Basel where he sung Die Kleine Meerjungfrau in Jherek Bischoff’s Andersens Erzählungen conducted by Thomas Wise (world première), and Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro conducted by Christian Curnyn.
Later, he took on the role of Abel in Scarlatti’s Il Primo Omicidio conducted by Philippe Jaroussky (Opéra de Montpellier and Whitsun Festival in Salzbourg), as well as Volusio in Hasse’s Cajo Fabricio with {oh!} Orkiestra (Gliwice and Vienna). Bruno has also toured various solo programmes across Europe developing fruitful collaborations with renown ensembles such as Il Pomo D'oro led by Francesco Corti, Les Accents under the direction of Thibault Noally, Nuovo Barocco under the direction of Dimitris Karakantas, or Dorothee Oberlinger and her Ensemble 1700.
Bruno de Sá distinguished himself receiving the OPER! Award 2020 and the ForumOpéra trophy 2022 in the category “Best Newcomer of the Year”. In 2024, he also received the Austrian Music Theatre Prize for his performance of Aminta in Innsbruck Early Music Festival’s production of Vivaldi's L'Olimpiade conducted by Alessandro de Marcchi.
As an Erato / Warner Classics exclusive artist, his first solo album Roma Travestita was released in September 2022, receiving praise from press and public alike across the globe. The programme was presented with great success in Versailles, Rouen, Bayreuth, Ambronay, São Paulo, Izmir, Cremona, Vilnius, and Buenos Aires.
In October 2024, Bruno released Mille Affetti, a second solo album dedicated to Mozart and his contemporaries, a project in collaboration with Jarek Thiel and the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra.
