António Lourenço

António Lourenço is a film and opera critic driven by a deep passion for the performing arts and for the stories that come alive both on screen and on stage. With a keen eye for detail and a sensitive ear for emotion, he approaches each work as a dialogue between technique, intention, and cultural impact.

He studied at Ferreira Borges Instituto Superior and trained in lyrical singing at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos. He further refined his craft in masterclasses with Montserrat Caballé, Renato Bruson, and Delfo Menicucci at the Milan Conservatory. He sang with the São Carlos Choir alongside celebrated opera singers such as Carlo Bergonzi and others, and performed both solo recitals and concerts with Lisboa Cantat.

His repertoire spans an impressive range of composers, from António Lopes Graça and Eurico Carrapatoso to Antonio Vivaldi, Joseph Haydn, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Giacomo Puccini, George Gershwin, Francis Poulenc, and Gabriel Fauré. He has performed Carmina Burana more than 30 times, as well as works by Sergei Prokofiev and Alexander Borodin, and even traditional repertoire such as the Japanese “Cherry Blossom Song,” singing in eight languages.

In film, he is as interested in visual language as he is in the social and political layers woven between the lines. In opera, he allows himself to be guided by the power of music, while never losing sight of staging, performance, and the ways tradition and modernity intersect.

Balancing critical rigor with genuine enthusiasm, António writes and speaks about art as someone inviting others to look — and listen — a little more deeply.