Tassis Christoyannis (born

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

, 1967) is a Greek operatic baritone. He studied conducting and composing at the

Athens Conservatory The Athens Conservatoire () is the oldest educational institution for the performing arts in modern Greece. It was founded in 1871 by the non-profit organization Music and Drama Association. History Initially, the musical instruments that were ta ...

and singing with

Aldo Protti Aldo Protti (19 July 1920 – 10 August 1995) was an Italian baritone opera singer, particularly associated with the Italian repertory. He was particularly appreciated in Verdi roles, especially ''Rigoletto'', his greatest role, but also as Alf ...

, winning the Aldo Protti Gold Medal in 1994. In addition to operatic roles he is known for his recordings of French melodies with American pianist Jeff Cohen, primarily for the Palazzetto Bru Zane and

Aparté Aparté is a French classical music record label founded in 2010 by Nicolas Bartholomée, director of Little Tribeca recording studios. Bartholomée had earlier founded the recording studio Musica Numeris in the late 1980s, and the Ambroisie labe ...

Selected discography

Félicien David Félicien-César David (13 April 1810 – 29 August 1876) was a French composer. Biography Félicien David was born in Cadenet, and began to study music at the age of five under his father, whose death when the boy was six left him an impoverish ...

: Melodies. Aparté, 2014. * Edouard Lalo: Complete Songs Tassis Christoyannis, Jeff Cohen Aparté – AP110 2CD *

Benjamin Godard Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (18 August 184910 January 1895) was a French violinist and Romantic-era composer of Jewish extraction, best known for his opera ''Jocelyn''. Godard composed eight operas, five symphonies, two piano and two violin concer ...

: Mélodies Tassis Christoyannis, Jeff Cohen Aparté – AP123 * Saint-Saëns: Mélodies Tassis Christoyannis, Jeff Cohen Aparté – AP132 *

Fernand de La Tombelle Antoine Louis Joseph Gueyrand Fernand Fouant de La Tombelle (3 August 1854 – 13 August 1928) was a French organist and composer. Life Born in Paris, Fernand de La Tombelle had piano lessons in his childhood with his mother Louise Gueyraud, a p ...

: Mélodies Tassis Christoyannis, Jeff Cohen Aparté – AP148

References

20th-century Greek male opera singers 1967 births Living people 21st-century Greek male opera singers Greek baritones Operatic baritones Singers from Athens {{Greece-singer-stub