Luciano Botelho Opera Singer
Bellini - La Sonnambula
“Luciano Botelho, the lightweight Brazilian tenor who already starred as Stuttgart's Orphée (in the French version of Gluck's opera), managed rather handsomely in Elvino's stratospheric flights of fancy.”
Horst Koegler - Opera Magazine April, 2012
"Luciano Botelho succeeds in acting the brute while singing with smooth elegance as Elvino."
Shirley Apthorp - Financial Times 24/01/2012
"The young pair of lovers set off into the mine fields of life. Elvino is a nouveau riche landowner, emotionally insecure and a macho in the making, Luciano has a weightless high tenor voice with every imaginable brilliance, merging passion with credulity."
Reinhard Brembeck - Süddeutsche Zeitung 24/01/2012
Oper Frankfurt - January 2015
Conductor:Eun Sun Kim
Director: Tina Lanik
Stage Designer: Herbert Murauer
Costume Designer:Stefan Hageneier
Lighting Designer: Olaf Winter
Dramaturgy: Mareike Wink
Chorus Master: Tilman Michael
Amina:Brenda Rae
Elvino: Luciano Botelho
Rodolfo: Kihwan Sim
Lisa: Louise Alder
Teresa: Fredrika Brillembourg
Alessio: Vuyani Mlinde
Notary: Simon Bode
La Sonnambula - DVD
"Amina's First Act duet (Prendi, l'anel ti dono) with Elvino, brilliantly portrayed by Luciano Botelho, is another great success. Botelho is obviously another talent to watch."
Robert Cummings, Classicalnet 06/05/2014
“A fine actor, tenor Luciano Botelho makes a complex figure of her fiance, Elvino.”
BBC Music Magazine, May 2014 *****
"Luciano Botelho sings elegantly and matches her for dramatic complexity as Elvino.” Katherine Cooper, Presto Classical, October 2014
"Luciano Botelho has the necessary high notes and flexibility for Elvino as well as the ability to sweeten his tone when required" John Sheppard Musicweb April 2014
OPERA STUTTGART - 2012, 2013, 2014
Musikalische Leitung: Gabriele Ferro
Regie: Jossi Wieler, Sergio Morabito, Bühne
Kostüme: Anna Viebrock
Licht: Reinhard Traub
Chor: Johannes Knecht
Dramaturgie: Sergio Morabito, Angela Beuerle
Amina: Ana Durlovski
Elvino: Luciano Botelho
Rodolfo: Liang Lee / Enzo Capuano
Lisa: Catriona Smith
Teresa: Helene Schneiderman
Alessio: Motti Kastón
Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Tenor Luciano Botelho sings Elvino at Oper Stuttgart with Helene Schneiderman. photo by A.T. Schaefer
Tenor Luciano Botelho sings Elvino at Oper Stuttgart photo by A.T. Schaefer
Opera Frankfurt curtain call
Tenor Luciano Botelho sings Elvino at Oper Stuttgart with Helene Schneiderman. photo by A.T. Schaefer