Ines Thomas Almeida, Mezzosoprano

Ines Thomas Almeida was born in the Dominican Republic and grew up in Portugal as bilingual and with double nationality. She studied Piano at the Lisbon Gregorian Institut with Luiza Gama Santos. Then she studied Singing at the Évora University (Portugal) with Liliana Bizineche, where she won for two times the prize “Best Student of the University”.

Ines Thomas Almeida continued her Voice Studies in Germany at the Rostock School of Music and Drama with Klaus Häger (Berliner Staatsoper), where she graduated in 2007. Other important teachers were Christian de Bruyn, Prof. Karl-Heinz Zettl, Prof. Reinhard Schau, Markus Johannes Langer, KMD Prof Hartwig Eschenburg. During this period she had the oportunity to study and perform on stage many different roles, like Orfeo in Glucks “Orfeo ed euridice”, Orsola in Wolf-Ferraris “Il Campiello” and Zia Principessa in Puccinis “Suor Angelica”. She was also soloist in many concerts and oratorios, like Bachs “Christmas Oratorio” and Haendels “Messiah”, among others.

She took part in many masterclasses, for example with Krisztina Laki, Jill Feldman, Gillah Yaron, Teresa Berganza and Hanna Schwarz.

One particular important point of her work is the song recital. Ines Thomas Almeida sings regularly in Portugal and in Germany in many recitals with different programs, among them the well acclaimed Spanish Night, which mirrors her accurate interpretation and passionate temperament.

Ines Thomas Almeida is laureate of the International Singing Competition Schloss Rheinsberg 2008.