Baritone DANIILS POGORILESS has obtained a bachelor's and master's degree from the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (class of Assoc. Prof. Krišjānis Norvelis), where he portrayed the roles of Silvio in Pagliacci, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, and Gilfen in Die Abreise by Eugen d'Albert. In 2021, he became the laureate of the JVLMA and LMT Annual Award for Young Musicians, and in 2022, he participated in the prestigious Operalia Young Singers Competition.
During the 2022/2023 season, the singer made his debut at the Latvian National Opera as Masetto in Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Currently, Daniils continues to develop his vocal skills in the Mascarade Emerging Artists program in Florence, where he has debuted on the stages of the Royal Theatre of Parma, the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, and the Teatro della Pergola in Florence.
Photo: Marco Borelli