Winner of the first prize at the International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera «Pietro Antonio Cesti» (2025), Salvador Simão graduated with distinction from Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam, Salvador continues to study with Charlotte Riedijk.
Repertoire at the DNOA includes Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (Eumete), Haydn’s La fedeltà premiata (Fileno), Weil Die sieben Todsünden (Tenor I), Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Ein Soldat), the European premiere of Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg’s Nighttown (Stephen Dedalus), Donizetti Il campanello (Spiridione) and the Schoolmaster in Leoš Janáček’s Příhody lišky Bystroušky (The Cunning Little Vixen).
In addition to his recital debut in Vienna, 2026 will see him make his appear in Händel’s Atalanta at the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik.
Our team
DNOA students have the opportunity to work with a wide range of well-established and respected specialists from the international opera scene. These include vocal coaches and teachers, directors, conductors and agents as well as people from the field of cultural management and performance psychology who lead masterclasses, seminars and workshops.
The closing date for applications to join the programme in Autumn 2026 is Sunday 11. January 2026.