Leonel Pinheiro

Leonel was born in Braga, Portugal. He is graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama’s Opera School. Engagements include: Don Jose Carmen (Mid Wales Opera, Deloite Ignite Festival at the Royal Opera House), Macduff (Cover) Macbeth (Scottish Opera), Alfredo La Traviata (European Chamber Opera/Bangkok Grand Opera, Bermuda Festival/Opera A La Carte), Lucio Otello (Buxton Festival), Il Messaggero Aida (Royal Albert Hall), Gherardo Gianni Schicchi (Opera Holland Park Christine Collins Young Artists), Luigi Il Tabarro (Grimeborn Opera Festival). Leonel has been a regular at the Wexford Festival Opera, there he has sung Kozak Maria, Showman A Village Romeo and Juliet, Achille di Rosalba in Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze and Gastone in