Fabio ARMILIATO, tenor

Fabio Armiliato was born in Genoa and trained at the Niccoló Paganini Music Academy in his city of birth. He was a prize-winner in the Concorso Internazionale Tito Schipa in Lecce and in the Concorso Internazionale Pavia Lirica, making his debut in 1984 playing the character of Adorno in Simon Boccanegra at the Carlo Felice Theatre, Genoa. This was the commencement of an international and fast-moving career, bringing him to play the most important tenor roles in the most prestigious theatres worldwide. In the following years, he made his debut in several international theatres and festivals (Wexford, Parma, Zürich, Rome, Stuttgart, Palermo, Jerusalem, Frankfurt, Antwerp, Marseille, Montpellier, at the Opera in Paris and in Genoa) performing a wide repertoire from 1988 and 1992 including Il Trovatore, Un ballo in maschera, Ernani, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Cavalleria Rusticana, Verdi´s Requiem, La Bohème, Don Carlos, Aida and Carmen.

In 1993 he performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York for the first time in Verdi´s Il Trovatore, appearing later on in the most prestigious American opera houses in Aida, Cavalleria Rusticana, Simon Boccanegra, Fedora, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Carmen. Other important landmarks in his career have been the debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 1995, interpreting the role of Faust in Boito´s Mefistofele conducted by Riccardo Muti and returning during the following years in Madama Butterfly, Tosca and Adriana Lecouvreur. He also performed Adriana Leucouvreur, Tosca and Mefistofele at the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires; Aida and Il Trovatore at the San Francisco Opera; La Bohème and Un Ballo in Maschera, Aida, Simon Boccanegra and Manon Lescaut at Teatro Regio, Parma. With Un Ballo in Maschera in 1998 he made a debut at the Wiener Staatsoper where he will return in Turandot, Don Carlo, Carmen, Mefistofele and Ernani.

The ensuing years held non-stop personal triumphs and important achievements such as debuting as Andrea Chénier in Nice in 2000 with Daniela Dessì at his side. In this role critics have defined him as “the best Chénier of our times” (G.C. Landini, L'Opera) and in January 2007 his performance in Turandot, conducted by Valery Gherghiev in Baden-Baden, was a huge success.

The season 2007/2008 confirmed him as a main player on the international scene with many successes and personal achievements such as performing in Andrea Chénier in Barcelona, following up with a sensational performance as Alvaro in La Forza del Destino at the Opera of Monte Carlo, La Fanciulla del West in Rome, Norma in Bologna, Tosca in Wiesbaden, Venice and in Torre del Lago as part of the Festival Pucciniano to celebrate the opening of the new outdoor Theatre.

Season 2008/09 began with similar great success playing Don Carlo in Dresden. In the Cavalleria Rusticana in Florence he gave a sensational performance of Turiddu, noted both for his vocal skills and for his exceptional and intense stage presence. After the big Puccini celebration at the Teatro Filarmonico, Verona, where we can assure you he gave an unforgettable concert alongside Daniela Dessì, he once more played the leading role of Cavaradossi in Tosca which opened the operatic season of the Teatro Verdi, Trieste. Adriana Lecouvreur in Palermo, Fanciulla del West in Seville, Manon Lescaut in Warsaw, Madama Butterfly in Hannover, Pagliacci in Rome and Aida at the very next opening season in the Verona Arena will follow.

Among all the prestigious awards he has received in recent years, most renowned are the Galliano Masini Prize in Livorno, the Gigli d'Oro awarded by the Association Beniamino Gigli of Recanati and the Region Liguria Prize for his artistic merits. He has also been awarded the A. Pertile Prize in the first year of this competition in Asti, the Cilea Prize in Reggio Calabria and most recently the glamorous Mazzoleni Prize in Palermo.