Adolfo Corrado -
Basso-Baritono -
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Born
in 1994, theatrically trained in the "School of theatrical and
cinematographic acting" by Augusto Zucchi in Rome, he began his musical
studies at the music conservatory "Tito Schipa" in Lecce where he
refined his skills thanks to M° Gianluca Belfiori. Then he attend the
Young Artist Project at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
He took part in several masterclasses including those with: Ildebrando
D'Arcangelo; Michele Pertusi; Luca Salsi; Eva Mei; Alessandro Corbelli;
Bruno De Simone; M. Pais; R. Polastri; F. Micheli; F. Ceresa; R.
Barker; M. D'Elia; M. Errico; J. Mannov; Maria Dragoni. Winner of the
XLIX Edition of the Toti dal Monte prize 2021, Adolfo starred in the
title role of Don Pasquale by G. Donizetti. He won first prize at the
“Opera Singing” category of the 1st International Music Competition
“Premio Vittoria De Donno”.
In 2021 season he performed: Don Pasquale by G. Donizetti at the Teatro Stabile del Veneto (Treviso, Rovigo, Bassano del Grappa); Siberia
by U. Giordano (Il Governatore) at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale
Fiorentino Gianandrea Noseda conducting and Roberto Andò directing, he
returned to Florence paticipating in the production of Tosca,
Zubin Mehta title he also performed at the Salzburger Festpiele
Pfingsten 2021 again under the baton of Zubin Mehta beside Anna
Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Luca Salsi, Cecilia Bartoli, Alfonso
Antoniozzi.
Other past engagements included: Rinaldo by A. Melani (Carlo), world premiere in modern times with “Stradella Consort ensemble under the baton of Estévan Velardi; La Traviata (Dottor Grenvill) in Benevento and Taormina; Il Barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini (Don Basilio) at the Teatro Politeama Greco in Lecce; Petite Messe Solennelle by G. Rossini in Lecce, Gallipoli; La Serva Padrona by G.B. Pergolesi (Uberto) in Lecce, Tosca (Angelotti) in Catania.
Other debuts of the past seasons included: Jephte by G. Carissimi, Il maestro di cappella by D. Cimarosa, Stabat Mater del Pergolese by G. Paisiello, Livietta e Tracollo by G.B. Pergolesi (Tracollo). He recently performed La Fille du Regimént by G. Donizetti at theTeatro Donizetti, Festival Donizetti, in Bergamo under the baton of Michele Spotti.
Plans include : Lélio at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Stefano Montanari conducting; I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice; Don Pasquale (title role) at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari.
January 2022