Tenor
Born in Catania in 1986, he studied piano and later voice with Elisabeth Smith Lombardini and in master classes with Romolo Guglielmo Gazzani, Renato Bruson and Ernesto Palacio. At present he is studying voice with Vittorio Terranova.
In 2007 he won the first prize at the "Salvatore Cicero" contest and the third prize at the "Voci Del Mediterraneo" contest in Siracusa. Moreover he won a special prize at the "Concorso Internazionale Giovanni Pacini" contest in Pescia and at the "Concorso Internazionale per Cantanti Lirici" contest in Pescara.
Among his past engagements: Conte d'Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Teatro Civico La Spezia and Malta's National Theater, Discepolo and Angelo in the oratory Emmaus by Angelo Pio Leonardi in the Cathedral of Caltanissetta, Nemorino in L'Elisir d'Amore by Gaetano Donizetti at Teatro Greco Taormina, Teatro Comunale Piacenza, Teatro Comunale Bolzano and with the Sicilian Symphonic Orchestra in Palermo, Petite Messe Solennelle by G. Rossini in Caltagirone, Lui in La Notte di un Nevrastenico by N. Rota and Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi in Malta, Stabat Mater by Rossini in Palermo, Jack and Tobby in Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny at Teatro Goldoni Livorno, Teatro del Giglio Lucca and Teatro Alighieri Ravenna, ein Junger Diener in Elektra with the Sicilian Symphonic Orchestra at Teatro Politeama in Palermo, Arlecchino in Pagliacci at Teatro Sociale Como, Teatro Grande Brescia, Teatro dell'Aquila Jesi, Teatro Comunale Ferrara, Teatro Fraschini Pavia, Paolino in Il Matrimonio Segreto by D. Cimarosa in several Sicilian theaters and Messa da Requiem by W. A. Mozart and a young man in Die Gezeichneten by Franz Schreker at Teatro Massimo in Palermo.
Among his future engagements: Nemorino in L'Elisir d'Amore at the Massa Marittima Festival and Romeo in Romeo et Juliette in Pisa, Ravenna, Trento and Rovigo.