Baritone<\/strong>. Born in Genova, he awarded his diploma at the Conservatorio di musica N. Paganini; later he carried on with his singing studies with Fernando Bandera, Tristano Illersberg and Giuseppe Murmura. He also graduated in modern literature at Genova University.<\/p>\n His career started in 1988<\/strong> with Nino Rota\u2019s La notte di un nevrastenico and I due timidi and right away he made his d\u00e9but in the Pesaro Rossini Opera Festival with La gazza ladra and La scala di seta. He performed at the same time in:<\/p>\n and more than 60 other theatres around the world.<\/p>\n The characters he performed most frequently are: Scarpia, Giorgio Germont, Achillas, Jupiter(Calisto), Marcello , Sharpless, don Giovanni, Leporello, Figaro (Mozart).<\/p>\n In 2008-9 he played Conte Almaviva in Nozze di Figaro in Nice, Dublin and Vicenza, Scarpia and Nabucco in Plovdiv, Escamillo (Carmen) in Paris and Frankfurt, Amica by Mascagni in Opera Roma, La muerte de Garcilaso by Chapi in Izmir and Toledo, Madama Butterfly in Paris and Aix les Bains, Tosca in Cannes.<\/p>\n Furthermore in 2010 Capuleti e Montecchi in Dublin, Tosca in Limoges, Aida in Versailles, Traviata in Eutiner Festspiele, Pollicino in Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci in Frankfurt open air.<\/p>\n From 2004 to 2009 he was Intendant and Artistic Manager of the Rovigo Teatro Sociale.<\/a><\/p>\n From 2011 to 2016 he was Artistic Manager of the Pisa \u2018Fondazione Teatro Verdi\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n
\nLater he sang in Italy in Opera Theatres in:<\/p>\n\n
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