Paulo Szot Baritone

Biography

Born in São Paulo to Polish parents, Paolo Szot began his musical training in piano at the age of five and violin at seven. He returned to Poland and studied at Jagiellonian University in Cracovia. In 1989, he made his professional debut with the Polish dance and singing company Slask and, in 1995, was a finalist in the international competition Luciano Pavarotti in Philadelphia. He made his French debut in 2004 in the title role of Eugene Onegin at the Marseille Opera. In 2010, he made his New York Metropolitan Opera in the title role of The Nose and returned there for his 8th season in 2024, after more than sixty performances, including Carmen, Manon, Die Fledermaus, The Death of Klinghoffer, Madama Butterfly…

In 2012, he made his Teatro alla Scala debut as the lead part in Alexander Raskatov’s A Dog's Heart. He is also a regular guest at Munich Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, and in the opera houses of Rome, San Francisco, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Detroit, Toronto, Bordeaux, Toulon and Nice, at Opera Australia and Aix-en-Provence Festival. He performs in numerous concerts with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, London Youth Orchestra…

In 2008, Paulo Szot made his Broadway debut and won the TONY Award, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Broadway World Award for South Pacific at Lincoln Center. In 2012 he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his debut in the same role at London West End. Since then, he has returned regularly to Broadway and has also performed in musicals in Australia and Brazil, like Candide, My Fair Lady, Chicago, Evita & Juliet. In 2019, he recorded “Jardim Noturno” as a tribute to Amazonian composer Claudio Santoro.