“Mr. Szot sings with a power that sweeps you off your feet.”
-Stephen Holden, The New York Times

Tony Award^® winning actor Paulo Szot (South Pacific) returns to 54 Below with a brand new show! After originating the role of Lance in the hit musical & Juliet and a showstopping turn as Hades in Hadestown, Paulo returns to 54 Below with his rich baritone.

This “Enchanted Evening” will be a musical journey filled with the most romantic and touching songs from the Broadway stage and beyond!

Brazilian opera baritone Paulo Szot is a Broadway star, having made a sensational debut in 2008 as Emile de Becque in the Lincoln Center revival of South Pacific. For his performance he was showered with awards, among them the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, the Theatre World Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor, and the Tony Award^® for Best Actor in a Musical. Since then, he has starred on Broadway in Chicago, & Juliet, and Hadestown.

Paulo Szot made his professional operatic debut in São Paulo in 1997 as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and in 2000 won Brazil’s Prêmio Carlos Gomes for Best Vocal Performance. Since then Paulo has sung thirty roles in sixty productions, mostly in South America and Europe. In 2006 he starred in New York City Opera productions of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore, Bizet’s Carmen, and Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. Paulo Szot is the first Brazilian ever to receive a Tony Award^®. He speaks Portuguese, Polish, English, Italian, French and a bit of Spanish. In 2010 he added some Russian to the list, singing the leading role of Kovalyov in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Shostakovich’s The Nose.

Please note that all artists and acts are subject to change at any time.

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