Born in Oporto, Grammy-nominated tenor Fernando Guimarães completed his
singing degree at his hometown and went on to win awards in his country’s
foremost singing competitions. As the winner of the L’Orfeo International Singing
Competition, he sang the leading role of this Monteverdi Opera in Mantova on the
400th birthday of its premiere, portraying it again in the acclaimed new
production by Robert Carsen at the Opera de Lausanne in 2016. He’s also an
award winner at the Cesti International Competition for Baroque Opera
(Innsbruck)

Fernando has sung extensively with L’Arpeggiata (Christina Pluhar), Les Talens
Lyriques (Christophe Rousset), Capriccio Stravagante (Skip Sempe), Les Muffatti,
Al Ayre Español (Eduardo Lopez-Banzo), Concerto Köln, Orquesta Barroca de
Sevilla, Pygmalion (Raphäel Pichon), Cappella Mediterranea and Clematis
(Leonardo García Alarcón), etc. His discography comprises recordings for the
labels Virgin, Linn, Alpha, Ricercar, Naxos, Ramée, SWR and Ambronay Editions.

He sang the title role of Orphee in La Descente d’Orphee aux Enfers by
Charpentier with Les Arts Florissants; an european tour with the role of Noè in
the oratorio Il Diluvio Universale by Michelangelo Falvetti (Cappella
Mediterranea); the role of Teseo in Cavalli’s opera Elena, for the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence;
his debuts at Berlin’s Philharmonie (in a Monteverdi program with the
Freiburger Barockorchester) and at the Queen Elizabeth’s Hall, in London, with
the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; and the role of Fenton in Verdi’s
Falstaff with the Gulbenkian Orchestra (Lawrence Foster). His portrayal of the
title role in Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria with Boston Baroque earned
him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Opera Recording of 2015.

Recent highlights of Fernando’s career include his début with the Nederlandse
Bachvereniging, with Bach’s Matthäus-Passion; the role of Tamese in Vivaldi’s
Arsilda (Collegium 1704/Vaclav Lúks); a new production of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo
at the Teatro Regio di Torino; and his return to the role of Ulisse in an
unanimously acclaimed new production by Australian company Pinchgut Opera.