Reader Submission: Amadeu Tasca

Amadeu Tasca

We can't think of a better way to ring in the New Year than with our favorite feature, the Reader Submission. Our latest comes from a reader in Germany who introduced us to Amadeu Tasca, a baritone from Brazil who is currently a member of the cast at the Theater Trier in Germany.

Amadeu Tasca studied singing at the University of São Paulo in Brazil and at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt, where he received his master's degree in 2010 with honors. In 2010, he became a member of the ensemble at the Theater Heidelberg, where he sang Papageno in Mozart's the Magic Flute and Mars in Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld.

He has also continued to perform in his native Brazil, where he has sung Belcore in Donizetti's The Elixir of Love, Sharpless in Puccini's Madama Butterfuly, and Mercutio in Gounod's Romeo and Juliet.

Since 2012 Amadeu Tasca has been part of the  ensemble of the Theater Trier in Germany. He has performed a number of roles with the company, including Dr. Falke in Strauss' Die Fledermaus, Marullo in Verdi's Rigoletto, Germont in Verdi's La traviata and the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni. In March, he will portray Graf von Eberbach in Lortzing's Der Wildschütz. Click here for additional information.