Graduated
at the Conservatory of Verona, he also attended the Accademia
Lirica in Mantua (1981-82) and specialized in the Verdian repertory
with Carlo Bergonzi, his current master. Winner of various international
competitions, in 1998 he made his operatic debut in
Un ballo
in maschera in Parma.
His career has taken him to most of the major opera houses and
orchestras around the world, such as Teatro alla Scala, Teatro
Regio di Parma, Arena di Verona, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma,
Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Teatro Carlo
Felice di Genova, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Wiener Staatsoper,
Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Teatro Real de Madrid, Opernhaus in Zürich,
Megaron in Athens and RAI Auditorium in Turin, with a repertory
including
Attila,
La traviata,
Il trovatore,
Un ballo in maschera,
Aida,
Rigoletto,
Macbeth,
Otello,
La bohéme,
Madama Butterfly,
Cavalleria rusticana,
Il
barbiere di Siviglia,
Faust and
Werther.
The 2007/08 season has seen him performing
Don Carlo
(Rodrigo) at the Opernhaus in Zürich,
Macbeth (title
role) at the Dallas Opera,
Luisa Miller (Miller) in Sassari,
Madama Butterfly (Sharpless) at the Teatro Massimo Bellini
in Catania,
Nabucco (title role) at the Wiener Staatsoper
and
Simon Boccanegra (title role) at the Deutsche Oper
of Berlin,
Rigoletto (title role) in Hong Kong (a tour
of Teatro Regio di Parma) and
Andrea Chénier (Gerard)
in Las Palmas.
His future engagements include, among others,
Nabucco
(title role) at the Teatro La Fenice di Venezia,
Simon Boccanegra
(title role) at the Liceu in Barcelona,
Lucia di Lammermoor
(Enrico) in Avenches, at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino,
Le
Roi Arthus at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari,
I Puritani
(Sir Riccardo) at the Opéra in Toulon,
La traviata
(Germont) at the Wiener Staatsoper,
Rigoletto (title
role) at the Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires,
I masnadieri
(Francesco) in Las Palmas and
Andrea Chénier (Gerard)
at the New National Theatre in Tokyo.
The 2006/07 season has brought him to perform as Rodrigo (
Don
Carlo) at the Opernhaus in Zürich, as Scarpia (
Tosca)
in Como, Brescia, Pavia, Cremona and at the Festival Internacional
in Santander, as Gérard (
Andrea Chènier)
at the Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, as Alfio (
Cavalleria
Rusticana) in St. Gallen, as Rigoletto (Verdi’s
Rigoletto)
in Tokyo with the Japan Opera Foundation and as Tonio (
I Pagliacci)
at the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova.
In the 2005/06 season he performed, with a huge success,
Aida
at the Teatro Regio in Torino,
Rigoletto at the Teatro
alla Scala di Milano, in Mexico and Maribor,
Macbeth
in Detroit,
Lucia di Lammermoor at the Deutsche Oper
in Berlin,
La traviata at the Staatsoper in Wien,
Rigoletto
in Valladolid,
Don Carlo at the Teatro Megaron of Athens,
Il trovatore in Japan (a tour with Teatro Comunale di
Bologna) and at the Festival of Avenches. His past highlight engagements
also include
Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro Regio
di Torino and at the Arena in Verona;
Il trovatore under
the baton of Daniel Oren and staged by Franco Zeffirelli at the
Arena di Verona;
Faust under the baton of Gian Lugi Gelmetti
and Respighi’s
Marie Victoire (new production of
Hugo De Ana; world premiere) at the Teatro dell’Opera di
Roma;
Attila at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna;
Don
Carlo at the Teatro Real in Madrid;
Il trovatore
and
Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo;
La traviata at the Wiener Staatsoper and at Opernhaus
in Zürich,
Andrea Chénier at the Teatro La
Fenice di Venezia and in Bologna,
Samson et Dalila in
Genova and Bilbao,
Aida in Genova and Athens,
Nabucco
at the Wiener Staatsoper and Genova (DVD available for RAITRADE)
and
Simon Boccanegra at the Teatro Regio di Trieste.