Ewandro Stenzowski (born September 27, 1984) is a Brazilian operatic tenor and veteran of the Brazilian Marine Corps. He appeared in concerts and leading tenor roles in South America and Europe.
Stenzowski started his singing studies with mezzo-soprano Denise Sartori [pt] at the age of 14. In 1999, at age 15, he became the youngest student in the singing program of the School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná as a student of Lázaro Wenger and Denise Sartori, and made his debut as a concert singer with 16 at II Festival Municipal da Canção Ecológica (FEMUCE) in Pinhais, Paraná.[4] Three years later, in 2002, he received the encouragement award Prêmio Estímulo for young singers in the Bidu Sayão International Vocal Competition at only 17 years old.[5] Jury member Luca Targetti, then casting director at La Scala, encouraged Stenzowski to go to Italy and attend masterclasses with Carlo Bergonzi.[6][7]
In 2006 he performed in the Brazilian premiere of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera Trial by Jury. The same year he joined the Marine Corps of the Brazilian Navy. During his time in the Marine Corps, he continued to sing in competitions.[2] In the following year he won the VIII. Villa-Lobos National Singing Contest (Concurso Nacional de Canto Villa-Lobos, 2007) in Vitória,[8] and third place, best male voice, and the Radió MEC prize in the Francisco Mignone National Contest (Concurso Nacional Francisco Mignone, 2007).[9][10] Starting in 2008 he became a student of Cilene Fadigas and Nelson Portella at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, while still in the Navy.[2][11]
In 2009, Stenzowski recorded Schumann's song cycle Dichterliebe for Rádio MEC.[5] In 2010 he concluded his studies at University of Rio de Janeiro with a bachelor's degree, won the Carlos Gomes competition in Campinas and made his debut at the Theatro Municipal with Janáček's The Makropulos Affair and a concert version of Il Guarany by Antônio Carlos Gomes.[2][12] Though his Navy service concluded in 2010, he appeared in concert with the Marine Corps Orchestra of Brazil in Theatro Municipal in May 2011.[13][14]
In 2014 he appeared as Stewa Buryja in Janáček's Jenůfa and Nemorino in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore as a guest at the Landestheater Detmold in North Rhine-Westphalia, before joining the Detmold opera ensemble with begin of the 2014/2015 season.[10] With this ensemble, he performed again as the Second Priest in Die Zauberflöte, as Cassio in Verdi's Otello,[21] and Narraboth in Salome.[22] In Summer 2015 Stenzowski made his debut[2] as Canio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci at the open air opera festival in Nürtingen,[23] followed by further debuts in Detmold as Rodolfo in Puccini's La bohème, Alfred in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, Aegisth in Elektra by Richard Strauss, Virginio in the world premiere of Sogno d'un mattino di primavera by Alexander Muno [de],[10] Kunz Vogelsang in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, the Duke of Mantua in Verdi's Rigoletto, Erik in Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer, and Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca.[17][24]
^"Jovens cantores". Opinião e Notícia (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1 October 2007. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
^"Secretaria de Cultura"(PDF). Diário Oficial do Município de Campinas (in Brazilian Portuguese). 9 November 2010. p. 4. Archived from the original(PDF) on 3 March 2016.
