Edgaras Montvidas
Edgaras Montvidas is a much-sought-after lyrical tenor, often praised by critics for his musical intelligence and his style, and his blend of gracefulness and “fragility with enough emotive power“ (The Scotsman).
Montvidas was educated in Vilnius at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. The springboard to his international career was the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, where from 2001 to 2003 he sang Arminio in Verdi’s I Masnadieri, Alfredo in La Traviata, Fenton in Falstaff, and Marcellus and Laertes in Thomas’ Hamlet.
From 2004 to 2006 he sang with Frankfurt Opera, where his roles included Des Grieux in Manon, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Alfredo in La Traviata, and Macduff in Macbeth. Montvidas currently sings with Scottish opera (Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, and the Duke in Rigoletto), Lyon Opera (Alfredo in La Traviata, the Fisherman in Le Rossignol, and Lensky in Eugene Onegin), Opera North (Tebaldo in I Capuleti e I Montecchi), Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Lensky in Eugene Onegin), and Bayerische Staatsoper, Hamburg Opera and Netherlands Opera (Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail).