Yannis Stamatakis

Greek baritone, he was born in Athens. Along with his studies at the School of Philosophy (NKUA), in 2000 he began studying monody, obtaining his diploma with honours (2008). Among his teachers was renowned tenor G. Zervanos. He collaborated with the GNO Children’s Stage (Offenbach’s Orpheus, Rouggeri, 2005/06). He participated in GNO operas as an additional chorist and was a member of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation Chorus (2006-2011) in productions in Greece and abroad. Since 2011 he has been a member of the GNO Chorus. In 2016/17 he participated in Z. Terzakis’ opera workshop, where he presented the role of Guglielmo (Così fan tutte, Mozart). As a member of the programme “Youth Opera”, he interpreted the role of Michele (Il tabarro, Puccini, 2017/18). He has participated in many concerts and has attended masterclasses by D. Kavrakos, D. Platanias, D. Tiliakos, T. Christoyannis, M. Krilovici. His interests include the electric guitar, composition, music production and photography.