Name

Date of birth

27 de Fevereiro de 1970

Place of birth

Lisboa/ Portugal

Home adress

Rua Jerónimo Corte Real, nº 9, 2º Esq.
1700-245 Lisboa

Telephone

00351. 21. 7973119

Mobile

00351. 91. 9639333

Email

manuelbrascosta@hotmail.com

Type of voice

Countertenor (Alto)

Studies (colleges and singing teachers)

•  2004-... Dr. João Lourenço (Portugal)

•  1999-2004 Elena Dunitresco Nentwig (Brussels & Germany)

•  1996-1997 Michael Chance (England)

•  1995-1998 Margaret Cable, Royal College of Music

•  1991-1995 Prof. Luís Madureira, Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa

Master Classes

•  Master class in Opera and lied- 1999/ 2000/2001 with Elena Dumitresco Nentwig

•  Singing summer course with Liliana Bisineche, Vishuda 1998/1999

•  Singing summer course with Michael Chance, Candilli (Athens), 1997/1998

•  Singing summer course with Max van Egmond and Marius van Altena in Mateus (Portugal), 94/ 95

Theatre (acting and Singing)

•  A Última Batalha (The last battle) of Fernando Augusto, Teatro Aberto 2000

•  O triunfo do Inverno ( Winter's trioumph) of Gil Vicente - Le théatre de la Commune Pandora, Paris 95/96

•  O triunfo do Inverno of Gil Vicente- Teatro da Cornucópia, Lisboa, 1994/95

•  Ensinança de bem cavalgar toda sela de Rui Nunes, CCB de Lisboa, 1993/1994

•  Inverno de 45 (Winter of 45) of Michel Deutsch, teatro da Trindade

1993/1994

Conductors

Alberto Nunes, João Paulo Santos, César Viana, Paulo Lourenço, João Paulo

Janeiro, Henrique Piloto, Ilka Sá Leão, Jorge Matta, Manuel Morais, Leonardo

de Barros, Ivan Moody, Paul Spicer, Paul Goodwin, Peter Bassano, Kethil

Haugsand, Cesário Costa, Ricardo Cangi, Sérgio Dias, Joana Carneiro, Cristopher Bochmann

Operas

• Reset- Culturgest- 2006/ 2007
• Kaminari- C.C. Colombo- 2006/ 2007
• La Callisto- C.N.Cultura 2005/2006
• Il trionfo d'Amore of Francisco António de Almeida, 1994/ 2003/ 2004
• Nefertiti of José Julio Lopes, teatro da Trindade, 2003/ 2004
• Os dias levantados (Time out of Join) of António Pinho Vargas - Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos, 1998/1999

Recital/Lied:

•  Festa da Dança, 2006/ 2007, Lagos, Lisboa, Lagoa,

•  Gala de Dança - C.C. colombo 2006/ 2007

•  Gala da Dança- Auditório Eunice Muñoz 2005/ 2006

•  Singing recital - Salão Nobre da Câmara municipal do Funchal, 2000/ 2001/ 2006

•  Singing recital- O esplendor da música, Mafra 1997/ 98

•  Concert of Franco/ Portuguese music dos sec. XIV-XV, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, 1992-1993

•  Concerto de Música Portuguesa no Teatro Avenida , Maputo, 1992/93

Oratorio

•  Percursos do Sagrado 2006/ 2007

•  Te Deum de Francisco António de Almeida C.C.B - Festa da Música 2006/2007

•  O tempo de S. João de Deus, Montemor-o-novo 2006/2007

•  Mozart's D Major mass, 2005/2006

•  Mozart's Coronation mass, 2005/2006

•  Gloria de Vivaldi, 2004/2005

•  Stabat Mater of Pergolesi, S. Roque music festival 2003/2004

•  Segréis de Lisboa and Gulbenkian Choir- Igreja Matriz de Santa Maria da Feira 2002/ 2003

•  Obras para o Ofício da Semana Santa (1508)

S. Matheus Passion of Francisco Martins/Frei Manuel Pousão, F. C.Gulbenkian

•  Arias and Duetts of Händel's Messiah- Cine Gouveia Theatre; 2002, Sé de Silves 2002

•  Stabat Mater of Pergolesi - Igreja Matriz de Alcochete

•  Sermoens do Padre antónio Vieira, CCB

Musical Festivals

•  Music in S.Roque 2006/2007

•  Festa da Música no C.C. Belém 2006/2007

•  Music in S. Roque 2002/ 2003/ 2004

•  Cicle of Sacred music, Viana 2002/ 2003

•  Belgais, 2001/ 2002

•  7th Festival, Classical Évora 2001 Igreja dos Lóios - Segréis de Lisboa

•  Meetings with Barroque 2001/ 2002

•  XII Encontros de Primavera (Spring Meetings) - Guimarães, 2001/2002

•  II festival de música de Antiga (Ancient music), Loulé 2000/2001

•  XVIII Festival de música Antiga (Ancient music), Óbidos 2000/2001

•  1º Internacional Festival of music of Mafra, 1997

•  Música ao meio dia (music at noon) centro de estudos Judiciários, 1995

•  VIIth music festival of Macau , Xangai's Orchestra, S. Carlos National

Theatre Choir 1992/1993

Singing Competitions

•  Concours International de Chant Baroque de Chimay - 2003/2004

•  Concurso Nacional de canto Luísa Tody, 2003/2004

•  Hariclea Darclée, concurso Internacional de Canto, Roménia 2003/2004

•  Royal College of music Grazziela Sciutti prize - Commended

•  Keith Faulkner & Robert Sutherland prize Commended

•  Early music open competition - Commended

Other Singing activities

•  Member of the baroque musical ensemble Capela Joanina

•  Member of the baroque musical ensemble Escobar ensemble

•  Membre of the barroque musical ensemble Os Segréis de Lisboa (conducter Manuel Morais) since 1999, touring Portugal, France and India.

•  Madeira Camerata, 2000

•  Membre of the medieval and renassence musical ensemble Birundum, since 1999

•  Membre of the musical group San Simon since 2000/ 2001

Other vocal and artistics activities

•  Singing teacher at the Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa since 2006

•  Singing teacher in ACT since 2002

•  Singing teacher of the theatre piece Por uma noite (one night stand),

2005 Estephanea's Theatre

•  Singing teacher of the theatre piece 12 mulheres e uma cadela (12 women

and one female dog ), 2005, Trindade Theatre

•  Singing teacher of the theatre piece ABC das mulheres (women ABC ),Lumiar

Theatre, 2004/2005

•  Singing teacher of the theatre piece Aqui e Agora (Here and now),

Trindade Theatre, 2004/2005

•  Singing teacher/ of A Ópera do Malandro by Chico Buarque - Franco Português Institute/Tivoli Theatre 2003/ 2004

•  Singing teacher of Pedras Rolantes (rolling stones) - auditório do Instituto Português da Juventude, 2003/ 2004

•  Singing teacher of Confissões de adolescente I and II (teenagers Confessions), 2001/2002/2003

Recordings

•  Private recording of Il trionfo D'Amore 2003

•  Birundum - Cantos de poetas, jograis, mouros, bailadores, sábios e descobridores; direction César Viana, 2002

•  Organ recordings with singing participations 2001

•  Carlos seixas - Dixit Dominus: Norwegian Baroque Orchestra, direction Kethil Haugsand, 1994

•  Pero de escobar e anónimos: vilancicos e vilancetes, direction Ivan Moody, 1992

Other professional activities

Photographic model for Central models agency

23 December 2006