Carol McDavit

Carol McDavit, Doctor of Music from UNIRIO and Master in Music from the Manhattan School of Music in New York, has sung leading roles in the opera seasons of the most important theaters in Brazil, in particular in La Bohème, Fidelio, Orfeo, Die Zauberflöte and Carmen and has performed as soloist with the principal symphony orchestras, in works of Bach, Mozart, Handel, Beethoven, Britten, Poulenc, among others. As a chamber musician, she has sung hundreds of recitals in Brazil and abroad, with...See more

Carol McDavit, Doctor of Music from UNIRIO and Master in Music from the Manhattan School of Music in New York, has sung leading roles in the opera seasons of the most important theaters in Brazil, in particular in La Bohème, Fidelio, Orfeo, Die Zauberflöte and Carmen and has performed as soloist with the principal symphony orchestras, in works of Bach, Mozart, Handel, Beethoven, Britten, Poulenc, among others. As a chamber musician, she has sung hundreds of recitals in Brazil and abroad, with special emphasis on Brazilian and American music, having presented several premières. She recorded Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 in the composer's centennial commemorative video, and was a soloist of this work, accompanied by 235 cellos, at the closing concert of the World Cello Congress in Baltimore, USA. Her recordings include sacred works by Nunes Garcia, the oratorio Colombo by Carlos Gomes and collections of Brazilian songs in duo with pianist Maria Teresa Madeira and guitarist Turíbio Santos. She has conducted workshops and courses on Brazilian song in Germany, France, Canada and the USA. She is professor of voice, diction, repertoire and opera at the Villa-Lobos Institute of the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), where she also coordinates the Opera at UNIRIO Project, now in its 15th edition. See less