The Brazilian baritone and actor Rodrigo Cruz graduated with a Master’s degree in Voice Performance from Indiana State University in the USA in 2020. During his studies, Mr. Cruz won the Indiana State University School of Music Concerto/Aria Competition in 2019, which provided the opportunity to perform two arias accompanied by the university's orchestra. Before that, he had concluded the Preparatory course in Lyrical Singing in 2014 at the Music Conservatory of Pernambuco, in the city of Recife, Brazil. 

Since 2012, he has been performing as a soloist and chorist in several operas, concerts, recitals, and music festivals in the USA, Brazil, Germany, Paraguay, Austria, and Romenia. In 2022, Mr. Cruz performed for the first time in Berlin, Germany, with the Berlin Opera Academy: in July, as Papageno and 2nd Armored Man in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, conducted by Matthew Toogood and directed by Alan Hicks; in August, he debuted in the role title of Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, conducted by Carlos Spierer and directed by Nic Muni. Most recently, he performed in several cities in Transylvania, Romania, with the GewandhausChor, conducted by Gregor Meyer.

Mr. Cruz has performed in a variety of operas, including Puccini's La Bohème, as Marcello; Mozart’s Don Giovanni, as Masetto; Menotti’s The Telephone, as Ben; Bizet’s Carmen, as Escamillo; Donizetti’s Rita, as Gasparo; and Rossini’s La Cambiale di Matrimonio, as Tobia Mill. Mr. Cruz won the Opera Prize at the 14th Maria Callas Brazilian Singing Contest in 2016, providing him with the opportunity to perform the role of Schaunard in Puccini’s La Bohème in the city of São Paulo. Subsequently, he was invited to perform the same role in Asunción, Paraguay, by the Arandu Purahéi National Symphony Orchestra.

As a soloist, he also performed Mozart's Requiem; Schubert’s Mass in G Major, D167; Gounod’s Messe Brève no. 7 in C; Beethoven's Choral Fantasy; Orff's Carmina Burana; Guarnieri’s Missa Dilígite; and Villani-Côrtes’ Quinta-feira Santa.

After moving to Leipzig, he cofounded an a cappella group called Vokalensemble Neue Welt, performs in various projects both as soloist and as chorist. Nowadays, he is a member of the GewandhausChor in Leipzig.

Most recently, he participated in the main role as an actor and singer on a promotional piece for DHL in partnership with the Gewandhausorchester, released on social media.