Alejandro Baliñas Vieites Bass

Biography

Trained at the Paris Opera Academy

Born in Santiago de Compostela, Alejandro Baliñas Vieites studied piano there until 2017, before dedicating himself to singing in Santiago and A Coruña until 2019. He continued his training at the Conservatori del Liceu in Barcelona, having been awarded a scholarship from the Ferrer-Salat Foundation.

He has participated in the lyrical seasons of the Friends of the Opera in A Coruña and has performed in Sabadell, where he took part in three opera academies (Falstaff, as Pistola; La Cenerentola, as Alidoro; The Magic Flute, as Sarastro). In 2021, he performed the roles of Angelotti (Tosca) and the King (Aida), again at the Opera of Sabadell. He has also sung the opera The Four Notes by Tom Johnson and the role of Martino (L’occasione fa il ladro) at the Opera of Sarrià. In July 2021, he performed the role of Don Profondo (The Journey to Reims) at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro.

He joined the Academy of the Paris Opera in September 2021 and sang the role of Seneca (The Coronation of Poppea) in March 2022. During the summer of 2022, he sang the role of Anselmo (La Gazzetta) at the Rossini Festival.

During the 2022-2023 season, he performed the role of the Marquis (La forza del destino) in A Coruña. In 2023, he won the AROP Prize and the Cercle Carpeaux Prize. He participated in the Young Singers project at the Salzburg Festival, performed in The Greek Passion by Martinů, and played the role of Sourine (The Queen of Spades) in Valencia.

During the 2023-2024 season, he is a member of the Paris Opera Lyric Troupe. At the beginning of the 2024-2025 season, he won the first prize, the special Patagonian Prize, the public’s prize, and the young jury prize at the 2024 edition of the Neue Stimmen competition, and among other roles, he will perform as Timur (Turandot) at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville.

At the Paris Opera: Salome (Ein Cappadocier), 2022, 2024; Carmen (Zuniga), 2022; Hamlet (First Gravedigger), 2023; The Tales of Hoffmann (Schlémil), 2023; Simon Boccanegra (Pietro), 2024; Don Carlos (a Flemish deputy), 2025

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