Baritone
Born in Caltsanissetta (Italy) in 1982 he studied horn at the Conservatory "V. Bellini" in Palermo and privately voice with the soprano Elisabeth Lombardini Smith. He attended master classes with Romolo Guglielmo Gazzani and Renato Bruson.
In 2006 he won the "G. Pacini" contest in Pescia (Italy) and debuted the role of Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini. Furthers he won the "Young Sicilian Singers" contest in Palermo, the international contest "Franco Alfano", the "Premio Riccitelli Città di Pescara" contest, the "Salvatore Cieco" contest in Palermo and the 2nd prize at the "Voci del Mediterraneo" international contest in Siracusa (Italy).
His recent engagements include Dulcamara in L'Elisir d'Amore at Teatro La Valletta in Malta and at the Taormina Festival; La Serva Padrona and Il Maestro di Cappella in Enna (Italy); Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Lucca, Pescara and in Malta; Don Gregorio in Tutti in Maschera in Savona (Italy), Piacenza and at the Wexford Festival (Ireland); Presto in Les Mamelles de Thirésias by F. Poulenc in Sassari; Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola in Como and Lecco; Don Profondo in Il Viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and at the Teatro Comunale in Piacenza; Dancairo in Carmen in Novara; Taddeo in L'Italiana in Algeri in Piacenza; Vertigo in Pepito by J. Offenbach in Novara; Don Alfonso in Cosi fan Tutte at the Cuvillier Theatre in Munich (production Staatsoper Munich), Don Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Savona and La Generala in Il Mondo alla Rovescia by A. Salieri at Teatro Filarmonico in Legnago and Teatro Filarmonico in Verona.
Among his future engagements Taddeo in L'Italiana in Algeri at the Teatro Comunale in Florence, Barone di Trombonok in Il Viaggio a Reims at Teatro Real Madrid and Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa.