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Demos FLEMOTOMOS Tenor Demos Flemotomos was born in Greece, he started his voice studies as baritone at the conservatory of Athens with Dionisios Troussas and continued his studies as a tenor with Despina Kalafatis, he finished his studies with distinction and continued to work for two years with KS Kostas Paskalis. He won the „Maria Callas" scholarship and continued to study at the academy of music in Munich with Daphne Evangelatos. He won the Zarzuela prize, the audience prize and the second prize at Placido Domingo’s „Operalia“, and the Zarzuela prize and the third prize at the “Vinas” competition in Barcelona. Demos Flemotomos sang the role of Paco in „La vida breve“ at the National Theatre in Athens (stage master Christopher Olden) as well as the role of Junger Diener in „Elektra“ (stage master Michael Hampe ) at the concert hall in Athens with Agnes Baltsa and Inga Nielsen. At Prinzregententheater in Munich he was heard in the role of Graf Zedlau in „Wiener Blut“ and as Rodolfo in „Boheme“ with Mo. Ulf . Schirmer . He made his successful debut at Gran Teatro Liceu in Barcelona with Poulenc’s „Les Mamelles de Tiresias“ as well as at Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile in the production of „Macbeth“. He was heard in a „Boheme“ production at the theatre in Ulm , in a gala in the Royal Albert Hall in London together with K. Kanawa, B. Frittoli, B. Terfel and J. Carreras, with an aria concert at Festival Verbier and with the Philharmonic Orchestra Stuttgart , he made his successful debut as Don José in a new production „Carmen“ at the Festival in St. Margarethen . He was engaged at Staatsoper Vienna , where he made his debut as Cassio followed by Ismaele. Recent and future contracts until 2021/22 include concerts in Tokyo , Cassio in Athens , new productions of "Tosca" in Graz , of "Macbeth" at Festival Heidenheim and in Basel and of "Carmen" in Klagenfurt , he is heard with concerts in Taiwan and Thessaloniki and as Ismaele in St. Gallen and in Athens. In summer 2021 he will sing Jacopo Foscari in “Due Foscari” at Festival Heidenheim . .

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