Member of the Académie de l'Opéra national de ParisA native of Brazil, Luis-Felipe Sousa holds a degree in opera singing from the University of São Paulo and a master's degree in musicology and performance from the State University of Campinas. A student of Angelo Fernandes, he is a member of the Opera Studio Unicamp and the Campinas Contemporary Choir. He is a member of the Minaz Opera Company in Ribeirão Preto, where he made his solo debut in 2016 in the role of the Commander (Don Giovanni). Since then, he has performed Simone (Gianni Schicchi), Don Basilio (The Barber of Seville), Enrico (Il Campanello), Sam (Trouble in Tahiti), Gaudêncio (O Diletante), Seneca (The Coronation of Poppea), Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)...In 2020, he won second place in the Paula Klein Prize and the Linus Lerner Brazil Edition International Singing Competition, and first prize for men in the XIIIth Stimulus Competition for Lyrical Singers. In Europe, Luis-Felipe Sousa performs in Italy, Germany, Austria and Luxembourg. He performed the solo parts of Mozart's Requiem at the Sala São Paulo and Rossini's Petite Messe solennelle at the Palácio das Artes. Luis-Felipe Sousa joins the Académie de l'Opéra national de Paris in September 2023, with whom he performs the role of George Jones (Street Scenes) at the MC93 Bobigny and concerts at the Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen and the Palais Garnier.At the Opéra national de Paris: L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (le Fauteuil), 2023