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The Brazilian baritone Estevao Laurito is born in São Paulo, where he makes his first musical studies. At the age of 7 he is Gherardino in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, on a tour around Brazil. After studies in composition in the University of São Paulo, he moves to France where he pursue singing studies with many different teachers, among them Christianne Eda-Pierre, Marta Laurito, Gerda Hartmann, Isabelle Germain, Nicolas Domingues, Françoise Pollet, and interpretation with Bruno Gousset, Anne-Marie Fontaine and Marie-Paule Nounou. In 2006 he obtains the Diploma of Musical Studies from the Montpellier's Conservatory, with the mention 'très bien'. From 2007 to 2009 Estevao Laurito is a private pupil of Alain Fondary.

From 2004 to 2010 he is a permanent member of the Montpellier’s National Opera’s chorus, and does simultaneously recitals, concerts and solo parts in operas.

During the year 2006 he is Lieutenant O'Malley in Jule Styne's Sugar (Some like it hot), in Montpellier's National Opera, under the direction of Didier Benetti; he takes part in Bizet's Carmen, in the Terisse Hall, in Nîmes, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Amadeus Foundation, with the direction of Aymeric Cabley; he sings, in recital, Schumann's Dichterliebe, accompanied in the piano by Nicolas Jouve, in the Molière Hall in Montpellier.

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In 2007 he sings Mozart's Crowning Mass, in the Don Bosco Church, in Montpellier, under the direction of Ernesto Fuentes; he gives many recitals with songs by Rodrigo, de Falla, Britten and Schubert in Montpellier's surroundings; gives a recital with songs by Beethoven and Mussorgsky, and opera arias by Haydn, Weber, Stravinsky, Britten, Cilea and Puccini in Montpellier's Conservatory's High Chapel, accompanied by Marie Arnaud at the piano; he sings Monteverdi's Sestina in the Basilica Notre-Dame des Tables, in Montpellier, under the direction of Marie-Paule Nounou.

In 2008 he takes part in the vocal ensemble Lyrica 12 on a concert in the Palavas-les-Flots' Church; he sings Haydn's Requiem, in the churches of Lunel and Grabels, under the conduct of Ernesto Fuentes; he is Un Cavaliere, in Donizetti's La Favorita, in Montpellier's National Opera; he has the role of Le Roi des Gitans in Francis Lopez's La belle de Cadix, in the festival Folies d'O, conducted by Jérome Pillement.

In 2009, still with the Lyrica 12 ensemble, he gives a concert in the Vergèze Church; gives a recital with Opera Arias from Girdano and Verdi, accompanied by Valérie Blainvillain at the piano, in the Chrch of Orange, as part of the festival Chorégies d’Orange; he portrays Private Ryan, in Offenbach’s La grande Duchesse de Gérolstein, under the direction of Jérome Pillement, in the Festival Folies d’O.

In 2010 he is Prosper, in Offenbach’s La vie parisienne, in the festival Folies d’O.

Since 2010 Estevao Laurito lives in Germany, where he pursues his career as a baritone.

Estevao Laurito is fluent in the following languages: portuguese, french, english, german, italian and spanish. He also has some knowledge of russian.