Paulo Szot

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Paulo Szot
Szot in 2022
Born
São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1997–present
AwardsFull list

Paulo Szot

Laurence Olivier Award for best actor in a musical,[3] and in 2014 was nominated for the MAC Award for best Celebrity Artist becoming the first Brazilian to receive such honors. In 2022, he originated the role of "Lance" in the hit Broadway musical & Juliet
.

Biography

Szot was born in São Paulo[4] to Polish parents who emigrated to Brazil after World War II.[5] He began his musical training in piano at the age of five and later added violin and classical ballet. However, at age 21, a knee injury cut short any aspirations for a career in dance, causing him, with encouragement from his instructor, to pursue singing instead.[5]

Szot studied at

Chicago Children's Choir and the Highland Park High School Marching Band
.

Of his performance in South Pacific, Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote: "When he delivers 'Some Enchanted Evening' or 'This Nearly Was Mine,' it's not as a swoon-making blockbuster (though of course it is), but as a measured and honest consideration of love."[11]

Stage productions

  • Il Barbiere di Siviglia – 1996 – Teatro Paulo Eiró, São Paulo
  • Gianni Scchicchi – 1997 – Sesc Ipiranga, São Paulo
  • La Bohème – 1998 – Teatro Alfa Real, São Paulo
  • Le Barbier de Séville – 1997 – Teatro Municipal de Santo André
  • Carmen – 1998 – Teatro Municipal de São Paulo
  • La Bohème – 1998 – Teatro Municipal de São Paulo
  • L'elisir d'amore – 1998 – Festival Ópera de Manaus
  • Don Giovanni – 1999 – Teatro Alfa Real, São Paulo
  • Le Barbier de Séville – 1999 – Teatro São Pedro, São Paulo
  • Don Giovanni – 1999 – Municipal de São Paulo
  • Le Barbier de Séville – 1999 – Teatro São Pedro de Porto Alegre
  • O Guarani – 1999 – Teatro Amazonas
  • Carmen – 2000 – Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Cavaleria Rusticana – 2000 – Teatro Alfa Real, São Paulo
  • I Pagliacci – 2000 – Teatro Alfa Real, São Paulo
  • Die Fledermaus – 2000 – Teatro Rio de Janeiro
  • Cavaleria Rusticana – 2000 – Teatro Municipal de São Paulo
  • Pagliacci – 2000 – Teatro Municipal de São Paulo
  • Tanhäuser – 2001 – Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Carmen – 2001 – Teatro Alfa, São Paulo
  • Carmen – 2001 – Teatro Municipal de São Paulo
  • Don Giovanni – 2001 – Teatro Amazonas
  • La Bohème – 2001 – Teatro Amazonas
  • Hansel et Gretel – 2001 – Teatro Municipal de São Paulo
  • Manon – 2002 – Teatro Amazonas
  • Manon – 2002 – Teatro Alfa – São Paulo
  • Pagliacci – 2002 – Teatro Amazonas
  • Il Barbiere di Siviglia - 2003 - Palacio das Artes
  • Hansel et Gretel – 2003 – Teatro Municipal de São Paulo
  • Cavaleria Rusticana – 2003 – Teatro Amazonas
  • Don Pasquale – 2003 – Teatro São Pedro, São Paulo
  • Don Pasquale – 2003 – Teatro Municipal de Santo André
  • Lustige Witwe – 2003 – Porto Alegre
  • Carmen – 2003 – New York City Opera
  • Don Giovanni – 2003 – Michigan Opera
  • Le Nozze di Figaro – 2004 – New York City Opera
  • Carmen – 2004 – Palm Beach Opera
  • Eugène Onegin – 2004 – Ópera de Marseille
  • Orfeo – 2004 – Teatro Sérgio Cardoso
  • L'elisir d'amore – 2005 – New York City Opera
  • Rita – 2005 – Festival de Campos do Jordão
  • Dido et Aeneas – 2005 – Opera de Marseille
  • Don Giovanni – 2005 – Opera de Toulon
  • Don Giovanni – 2005 – Opera de Bordeaux
  • Così fan tutte – 2006 – Opera de Marseille
  • Maria Golovin – 2006 – Opera de Marseille
  • Don Giovanni – 2006 – Opera de Bogota - Colombia
  • Così fan tutte – 2007 – Opera de Nice
  • Le nozze di Figaro – 2007 – Boston
  • Maria Golovin – Spoleto Opera Festival, 2007 - Italy
  • Le Portrait de Manon – 2007 – Liceo de Barcelona
  • Le Nozze di Figaro – 2007 – Vlaamse Opera, Anvers
  • Le Nozze di Figaro – 2008 – Vlaamse Opera, Gand
  • South Pacific – 2008 – Lincoln Center Theater, New York
  • La Veuve Joyeuse – 2008 – Opera de Marseille
  • South Pacific – 2009 – Lincoln Center Theater, New York
  • The Nose – 2010 – Metropolitan Opera New York
  • South Pacific – 2010 – Lincoln Center Theater, New York
  • Carmen – 2011 – Metropolitan Opera New York
  • Così fan tutte – 2011 – Opera Garnier, Paris
  • South Pacific – 2011 – Barbican, London
  • Carmen – 2011 – San Francisco Opera
  • South Pacific – 2011 – Oxford
  • Manon – 2012 – Metropolitan Opera House New York
  • Le Nozze di Figaro – 2012 – Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
  • Don Giovanni – 2012 – Washington Opera
  • The Nose - Il Naso – 2013 – Opera di Roma
  • A Dog's Heart - Cuore di Cane – 2013 – La Scala
  • The Nose – 2013 – Metropolitan Opera
  • Die Fledermaus - 2013/2014 – Metropolitan Opera
  • Eugène Onegin - 2014 - Melbourne Opera House
  • Candide — 2014 — Sala São Paulo - OSESP
  • The Death of Klinghoffer – 2014 – Metropolitan Opera
  • Le Nozze di Figaro – 2014 - Théâtre National de Bahreïn / Aix-en-Provence
  • Manon Lescaut - Teatro Municipal de Sao Paulo - Lescaut - 2015
  • Die Fledermaus - The Metropolitan Opera - 2015/2016 - Falke
  • Madama Butterfly - Opera de Marseille - 2016 - Sharpless
  • Romeo et Juliette - Palacio das Artes - 2016 - Mercutio
  • My Fair Lady - Teatro Santander - 2016 - Henry Higgins
  • Così fan tutte - "Don Alfonso" - 2017 - Palais Garnier Opéra National de Paris
  • The New Prince - 2017 - Dutch Opera - Hamilton/Clinton/Nixon - Amsterdam - Nederlands
  • Carmen - Bayerische Staatsoper - Munich - Escamillo - 2017 - Germany
  • Evita - Shakespeare Festival - Pennsylvania - Juan Peron - 2017 - USA
  • Street Scene - Teatro Real - Madri - 2018 - Frank Maurant
  • La Traviata - Palacio das Artes - BH - 2018 - Giorgio Germont
  • La Traviata - Teatro Municipal de Sao Paulo - 2018 - G. Germont
  • Mass - Leonard Bernstein - South Bank Centre - 2018 - Celebrant - London
  • Mass - Leonard Bernstein - Ravinia Festival - 2018 - Celebrant - USA
  • Evita - A. L. Webber - Opera Australia - Sydney and Melbourne - 2018/2019 - Juan Peron
  • Merry Widow - Franz Lehar - Opera di Roma - 2019 - Danilo
  • Mass - Leonard Bernstein - Ravinia Festival - 2019 - Celebrant - USA
  • Madama Butterfly - Puccini - Metropolitan Opera - New York - 2019 - Sharpless
  • Chicago on Broadway - Ambassador Theater - New York - 2020 and 2021 - Billy Flynn
  • Street Scene - Opera de Monte Carlo - 2020 - Frank
  • Chicago - Teatro Santander - São Paulo - 2022 - Billy Flynn
  • La boheme - Puerto Rico - 2022 - Marcello
  • & Juliet - Princess of Wales Theatre - Toronto - 2022 - Lance
  • & Juliet - Sondheim Theater - Broadway - 2023 - Lance
  • Simon Boccanegra - Amazon Opera Festival - 2024 - Simon Boccanegra
  • Cosi fan tutte - Opera de Paris - 2024 - Don Alfonso
  • Carmen - Detroit Symphony Orchestra - 2025 - Escamillo

Awards

Year Award Category Work Result
2008
Drama League Awards
 Distinguished Performance Award South Pacific Nominated
Theare World Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical Won
Outer Critics Circle Award
 Outstanding Actor in a Musical Won
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical Won
Tony Awards Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Won
2011 Dallas Opera Maria Callas Debut Artist of the Year Don Giovanni Nominated
2012 Laurence Olivier Awards Best Actor in a Musical South Pacific Nominated
2014 MAC Awards Best Celebrity Artist Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Paulo Szot". Playbill. 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. ^ Gans, Andrew. "Tony Winner Szot to Return to Broadway's South Pacific March 31; Michals to Sub in April and June". Playbill. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Nominations- Best Actor in a Musical". Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  4. ^ Jesse Green (6 April 2008). "You May See a Stranger". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  5. ^ a b Kathy Henderson (3 March 2008). "Paulo Szot, Fresh Face Interview". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  6. ^ "Le Nozze di Figaro | Festival d'Art Lyrique d'Aix en Provence". Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
  7. ^ Manuel, Cédric. "Bien senti !". Forum Opera. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  8. ^ Maurizi, Massimiliano (4 February 2013). "Opera di Roma:"Il Naso"". GBOpera.it. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  9. ^ Curnis, Michele (21 March 2013). "L'incubo grottesco di Cuore di cane affascina la Scala". GBOpera magazine. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  10. ^ Vittorini, Fabio (19 March 2013). "La partitura rivoluzionaria incanta "l'uomo nuovo"". il manifesto. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  11. ^ Ben Brantley (4 April 2008). "Optimist Awash in the Tropics". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-16.

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