An exciting and versatile singer, Brazilian-American baritone Bruno Sandes has captivated audiences in different continents, and has been hailed by critics for his “ability to engage deeply with any audience” (Herald Times), his “warm, refined, and mature voice” (NUVO), and for being “a remarkable singer, with an expansive stage personality, whose vocal power and range is formidable” (Tom Alvarez). Bruno earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Jacobs School of Music and is currently in the final stages of his doctorate in Voice Performance, under the mentorship of American soprano Carol Vaness. Sandes has sung a vast and diverse number of operatic and musical theater roles, including Figaro in The Barber of Seville, Giorgio Germont in La Traviata, Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore, Don Giovanni and Leporello in Don Giovanni, Sergeant Sulpice in La Fille du Regiment, Ali Hakim in Oklahoma!, Doctor Falke in Die Fledermaus, Emile de Becque in South Pacific, Taddeo in L’Italiana in Algieri, Sùng Ông in the world premiere of P. Q. Phan’s The Tale of Lady Thi Kính, among others. Along with his stage work, Bruno is an avid recitalist and concert performer. He has been featured as a soloist in venues in the United States, Europe, and South America. Bruno has received many prestigious awards, including a Joshi International Fellowship from the Georgina Joshi Foundation, first place in the XI Maracanto International Voice Competition, one of the winners of the 2013 Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Competition, semifinalist in the IX Maria Callas International Voice Competition, and selected as one of six singers from around the world in the 42nd International Winter Festival of Campos do Jordão. As the grand winner of the IU Latin American Music Center Recording Competition, Bruno has recorded a highly praised album on rare Brazilian Art Songs (“Minha Terra”) and was a semifinalist of the 2018 Liszt International Competition. He served as an Associate Instructor of Voice at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and was the assistant director of both Carol Vaness and Heidi Grant Murphy’s Graduate Opera Workshops. Sandes is currently an Assistant Professor of Music (Voice) at DePauw University, and the Associate Director of Music at Christ Church Cathedral (Indianapolis).
