Yiorgo Ioannou

Originally from Cyprus, Yiorgo Ioannou studied at the Royal College of Music in London. He recently made both his house and role debut at the Teatro Regio Torino in a new production by Paolo Vettori, singing the leading role of Smirnov in William Walton’s The Bear.

Among his most recent highlights are his debut with Orff’s Carmina Burana at the Atheneum Festival, Fauré’s Requiem with the Orquesta de Castilla y León in Valladolid, as well as a performance of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville at the Elbland Festival in Wittenberge

During his studies, he appeared several times with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, at Lincoln Center in New York alongside the celebrated pianist Cyprien Katsaris, and—at the invitation of Plácido Domingo—at the Europa Nostra Awards in the Herodeion.

In September 2021, Yiorgo Ioannou joined the young artists’ program of the Opéra national de Paris. There he took on the role of Enrico in Haydn’s L’isola disabitata at the Opéra de Dijon, in a staging by Luigi De Angelis under the musical direction of Fayçal Karoui. In the spring, he interpreted Mercurio in Monteverdi’s Il Nerone / L’Incoronazione di Poppea at the Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet, and on tour at the Opéra de Dijon and the Maison de la Culture in Amiens, together with the artists of the Académie and Le Poème Harmonique, in a production by Alain Françon conducted by Vincent Dumestre. At the Opéra Bastille, he has appeared in various productions,including Strauss’s Salome under Simone Young in a staging by Lydia Steier, the role of Gregorio in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette under Carlo Rizzi in a production by Thomas Jolly, as well as Germano in Rossini’s La scala di seta under Elisabeth Askren in a staging by Pascal Neyron at the Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet.

Yiorgo made his house and role debut as Escamillo in a concert version of Bizet’s Carmen at the Concert Hall of Zhongshan in Beijing. This was followed by performances at the Grand Theatre of Chongqing, the Meixihu International Culture and Arts Center in Changsha, the Jiangxi Culture and Arts Center, the Nanchang Concert Hall, the Grand Theatre of Hangzhou, the Fujian Grand Theatre in Fuzhou, and the Qin Tai Concert Hall in Wuhan. In October 2025, the production will be presented again, including appearances at the Grand Theatre of Tianjin, the Grand Theatre of Jinan, the Xi’an Concert Hall, the Shanghai Oriental Art Center, the Nanjing Culture and Arts Center, the Zhuhai Grand Theatre, the Xinghai Concert Hall, the Yongzhou International Arts Center, the Guangxi Culture and Arts Center, and once again at the Meixi Lake International Culture and Arts Center.

My teaching style varies always depending on the needs of the student 

However the basic structure of the style would be :

Voice technique

Analysis of Vocal chords and diaphragmatic control 

Breathing techniques

Posture 

Vocal and body awareness .

Coaching on text and languages and stylistic ideas 

Performance confidence