Gabriel Fortunas

German bass Gabriel Fortunas has appeared at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Theater Heidelberg and Mainfrankentheater Würzburg. Following his Würzburg debut as Zuniga in Carmen in 2025, he sang Rocco in Fidelio there in 2026, alongside the Innkeeper in Winfried Zillig’s Rosse and the Peasant in Pagliacci.

Mozart forms an important part of Mr. Fortunas’s repertoire. He has sung Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro with Kammeroper München in 2022 and at Theater Heilbronn in 2023, as well as Sarastro and the Speaker in Die Zauberflöte at Stadttheater Bad Hall. His earlier engagements included the Commendatore in Don Giovanni with Junge Oper Baden-Württemberg and Kammeroper Weißenhorn, the Doctor in La traviata with Junge Oper Neuburg, and the Hermit in Der Freischütz with Opera Laiblin.

Mr. Fortunas made his Bayerische Staatsoper debut in Capriccio at the Munich Opera Festival in 2022. In 2023, he sang Farfallo in Die schweigsame Frau in Karlsruhe and Capellio in I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Kammeroper Weißenhorn. His 2024 engagements included the Doctor in Macbeth at Theater Heidelberg, Ataliba in Verdi’s Alzira at the Heidenheim Opera Festival, and concerts at Florence’s Teatro della Pergola.

He studied voice at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, completing his bachelor’s and master’s degrees with Teru Yoshihara and Bernhard Epstein. During his studies, he appeared in productions including Rigoletto, Street Scene, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, La Wally and Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, and took part in projects with the Studio für Neue Musik. He subsequently trained as an Emerging Artist at Mascarade Opera in Florence, completing the programme in summer 2025. Masterclasses with Margreet Honig, Elly Ameling and Sherman Lowe furthered his studies.

Mr. Fortunas has received scholarships from the Hermann Haake Foundation and Yehudi Menuhin – Live Music Now. In 2022, he won Third Prize at the August Everding Singing Competition and at the Lions Music Competition for the Süd-Mitte district in Stuttgart.