Octavio is a lyric tenor born in Recife, Brazil. He studied with Brazilian baritone Eduardo Vieira and made his professional debut as Rinuccio in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. He won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London where he was awarded The Gilbert Betjemann Operatic Prize and The Wolfson Singing Award.

Octavio performes in venues across Europe and South America and has graced such prestigious venues as The Barbican, Sadler's Wells, St Martin in the Fields, Canterbury cathedral, Palacio Fronteira, and Teatro Santa Isabel.. His singing range spans from Don José in Bizet's Carmen to the Lied repertoire.

The Sunday Telegraph described his voice as "outstanding with genuine lyrical expansiveness".