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Victor Sgarbi
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Victor Wanderley Moral Sgarbi, artistic name Victor Sgarbi, Opera Singer, baritone (born 1971)

1.a Victor Sgarbi was born in 06 of december 1971, in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

1.a.a Family Tree of Victor Sgarbi - Victor Sgarbi is the third son of Wanderley Demenato Sgarbi and Carmen Moral Sgarbi, and has two older brothers : Paulo Wanderley Moral Sgarbi and Mauricio Wanderley Moral Sgarbi. Looking back at his genealogy, Victor had Italian, Portuguese and Spanish ancestors. The surname Sgarbi follows his father's family name.

2. Music and Opera

2.a Victor Sgarbi was given musical education following his parents guidance. Victor Sgarbi completed his studies of Piano when he was 16 years of age. During his period as a student of Piano, Victor Sgarbi was awarded several times and received a number of Golden Medals in many competitions.

2.b Dental School - After completion of his studies, Victor Sgarbi enrolled a course at the UNIMES (Santos) to become a Dentist.

2.c Early Stages of Singing - Whilst at the Dental School, Victor Sgarbi felt the need to keep connected with his music background. He found in amateur choirs the best way of exercising his musicality and yet to distract him from the heavy duties of a student of a dental school. He sung with the vocal ensemble "Faz de Canto" in his hometown and later he joined the CoralUsp and the Coral do Estado de Sao Paulo, in Sao Paulo. When he joined the later, he was offered the opportunity to join the Universidade Livre de Musica, in Sao Paulo. There he studied Classical Singing with the tenor Marcos Thadeu. In the year 2001 Victor Sgarbi auditioned for the professional choir of the Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo, OSESP. He joined the professional choir COSESP in February 2002.

2.d Professional Choir Singing - During 4 years while at the COSESP, Victor Sgarbi was offered several opportunities of solos and his interest in a solo career became more evident. During this time Victor Sgarbi had his debut as a principal with the OSESP singing the piece Les Noces (Stravisnky). This concert was acclaimed and broadcast on television (TV Cultura) live from the Festival De Inverno de Campos do Jordao, Brazil, in 2003.

3. United Kingdom - in 2007 Victor Sgarbi moved his base to the United Kingdom to develop his singing career even further.

3.a The Struggle - When Victor Sgarbi arrived in the UK, he sung a couple of roles with London Choral Societies. His first semi opera was The Fairy Queen (Purcell), with the ensemble Collegium Musicum of London. Even though Victor Sgarbi was very enthusiastic about his singing, he learned that he would need to develop further to conquer a space as a soloist in such a competitive environment. For a couple of years, Victor Sgarbi sung in a few concerts and travelled abroad but he felt that he still needed a better vocal technique to start singing operatic roles. Coming from a professional choir singing background was an obstacle that he had to overcome. Victor Sgarbi needed to learn about opera and drama.

3.b The APS Opera Studio - in 2011 - Victor Sgarbi completed the Advanced Performers Opera Studio, in London.

Credits -

1. Menotti, The Medium, Open Door Opera, Mr. Gobineau , London, UK (2011)

2. Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, Canticum, (Aeneas), London, UK (2011)

3. Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro, Co-opera-Co, (Conte Almaviva), London , UK, Robin Newton, Jacopo Spirei ( 2010 )

4. Puccinni, La Boheme, (Schaunard)Co-Opera - Co, London UK, Stephen Higgins, William Relton (2010)

5. Verdi, La Traviata, (Germont), Brent Opera, London UK, David Barrell. (2010)

6. Giles Howe and Katy Lipson’s, Turkish Delight the Opera (Turk), London (2009). Premiere.

7. Pete Townshend, The Who -Tommy, (Uncle Earnie), Latin America Memorial , Sao Paulo, Brazil (2006)

8. Donizetti, L’Elisir d’Amore, (Belcore), Teatro Sao Pedro, and Pinacoteca Municipal de Santos, Sao Paulo and Santos, Brazil (2006)

9. Purcell, The Fairy Queen, (Hymen), Collegium Musicum of London, UK ( 2005)

10. Puccini, La Boheme, (Schaunard and Marcello), Teatro Sao Pedro, Sao Paulo (2004)(2006)

11. Stravinsky, Les Noces, OSESP-Sala Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (2003).

12. H.J. Kollheuter, “ Cafe”, Teatro Mvnicial de Santos, S.Paulo, world debut of the opera(1999).