Vitória · Espírito Santo · since 2017
Choral music from the Baroque to the Contemporary
The choir
The Opus Liberi Choir was founded in August 2017 by maestro Cláudio Modesto. It began with 16 singers, and its aim was to bring together a group of choral music lovers to perform a distinctive repertoire.
Its first performance was on October 7, 2017, at CantarES (the National Meeting of Choirs of Espírito Santo), with contemporary and Renaissance pieces. After that, the group was invited to join the Coro Lírico da Companhia de Ópera do Espírito Santo (the state opera company's lyric chorus) and to perform Christmas pieces at Natal de Encantos, in the city of Serra.
It also performed George Frideric Handel's Coronation Anthems in full. In 2021, together with Orquestra A Trupe Barroca, it performed Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion. In 2024, with the Coro Vox Victoria and OSES, it performed Anton Bruckner's Te Deum and Gabriel Fauré's Requiem.
Today, Opus Liberi brings together 39 singers and is devoted to performing pieces from the Baroque to the Contemporary.
Conductor and founder
Maestro Cláudio Modesto is a countertenor who studied voice at the Escola de Música do Espírito Santo, in the class of Professor Nathércia Lopes.
He took voice courses with Maria Foltyn (of the Warsaw Opera), Otello Borgonovo (of La Scala in Milan) and Franco Iglesias (vocal coach at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York). He was a scholarship student at the University of Santiago de Compostela, in Spain, in 1992/1993, in the voice class of Professor Ana Higueras.
As a soloist, he has sung Handel's Messiah (Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte); Padre José Maurício's Solemn Vespers for Our Lady (in São Paulo); and Old Spanish Songs (Concert Hall of the Hostal de los Reyes Católicos, in Santiago de Compostela). In Vitória, he has performed Mozart's Requiem; Vivaldi's Gloria and Stabat Mater; Pergolesi's Stabat Mater; Bach's Cantata 142; Vivaldi's Psalm 126 (Nisi Dominus); Bruckner's Te Deum; and more.
He is currently the conductor of the Coral da UFES and of the Opus Liberi Choir.
Singers
The people who give the choir its voice, section by section.
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Oct 2026
Wednesday
Mozart's Requiem
Next concertFree admissionFor public school students
Dress rehearsal of Mozart's Requiem in D minor, K. 626, open to students from public schools. Opus Liberi Ensemble, Coro Vox Victoria and OCA Sinfônica, conducted by Sanny Souza.
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Oct 2026
Thursday
Mozart's Requiem
Free admissionMozart's Requiem in D minor, K. 626. Opus Liberi Ensemble, Coro Vox Victoria and OCA Sinfônica, conducted by Sanny Souza.
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Oct 2026
Friday
Mozart's Requiem
Free admissionMozart's Requiem in D minor, K. 626. Opus Liberi Ensemble, Coro Vox Victoria and OCA Sinfônica, conducted by Sanny Souza.
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Oct 2026
Friday
Festival Unicanto de Corais
The Festival Unicanto de Corais takes place from October 26 to 31, 2026, in Londrina. Opus Liberi takes part on the 30th and 31st.
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Oct 2026
Saturday
Festival Unicanto de Corais
The Festival Unicanto de Corais takes place from October 26 to 31, 2026, in Londrina. Opus Liberi takes part on the 30th and 31st.
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Oct 2026
Saturday
Festival Unicanto de Corais
The Festival Unicanto de Corais takes place from October 26 to 31, 2026, in Londrina. Opus Liberi takes part on the 30th and 31st.
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An Opus Liberi performance at Vila Natalina.
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Singers
The people who give the choir its voice, section by section.39 voices · 4 sections
10 voices
Beatriz Gomes
Ilus
JOICY
Josie Varejão
Keu Suárez
Lavínia
Margarete Nunes
Maria Madalena dos Santos
Section leader
Nanda Amorim
Poliana Marchante de Souza Barcellos
10 voices
Aline Lima
Claudiane Candido
Section leader
Cris Menandro
Joana de Souza Veiga
Johan Peter Bach
Kelly Tristão
Ludmila Dias Magro
Salvadora Maldonado
Sonia Martins Moreira
Talita Santos
8 voices
Alexsandro Meireles
Barrinha
Section leader
Clóvis Ribeiro
Ian de Araújo Pereira
Idésio Francischetto
Marcio Diasi
Marcos Oliveira
Olive Santi
11 voices
Bruno Lima
Section leader
Bruno Oliveira
Digão
Ernesto Charpinel Borges
Fred Cipriano
Henrique
Jorge Wilson
Luciano Arcari Barcellos
Mateus Nimer
Samuel Caetano
Weverson Cavalcante Cardoso
