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Born Zaire.

Zairean bass.

João Fernandes studied in London at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Rudolf Piernay.

Roles with the Early Opera Company include Monteverdi (Seneca); Charpentier (Creon Médée); Purcell (Cold Genius King Arthur); Handel (Achilla Giulio Cesare). He has worked with Opera Holland Park (Commendatore); New Youth Opera (Kaspar Der Freischütz); Aberdeen Youth Festival (Gremin).

Continental appearances include Lisbon (Jupter Platée); Gstaad Yehudi Menuhin Festival (Speaker Die Zauberflöte); Paris Op Nat ional & Les Arts Flrissants (Bellone Les Indes Galantes, Pluton La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers).