Argentine baritone Germán Enrique Alcántara is a graduate of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and made his company debut in the 2018/19 season as Dancaïre in Carmen, going on to appear in La traviata, Andrea Chénier and Faust (the latter also on tour to Japan) as well as, in 2021/22, singing Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro under Sir Antonio Pappano and Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor.

Among his many successes in international singing competitions are First Prize in the José Carreras Grand Prix in 2021, the Gold Medal at the Manhattan International Competition in 2020 and First Prize in the Concours Lyrique International ad Alta Voce in Paris in 2016.

Previous roles include Marcello in La bohème and the title role in Rigoletto at Welsh National Opera, the title role in Don Giovanni at New Israeli Opera, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore and Zurga in Les Pêcheurs de perles at Teatro Colón Buenos Aires. His concert repertory includes Mozart’s Requiem, Schubert’s Mass in G, Handel’s Messiah, Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri and Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle. He has recorded Misa Palatina with the Chamber Choir of the National University of Misiones.

Germán Alcántara studied at the School of Music in Misiones, Argentina, at the National University of Cuyo-Mendoza, at the Maîtrise de Notre-Dame de Paris (under Rosa Dominguez) and the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid (with Ryland Davies). He is currently studying for a PhD in Music and Performance at the University of Aveiro in Portugal with his project entitled ‘Cantocando: Self-accompaniment challenges’.