Born in Messina, he began his musical studies in his hometown at the
Arcangelo Corelli Conservatory under the guidance of Maestro Bevacqua.
After winning first prize at the International Di Stefano Competition in
Trapani, in 1996 he debuted the roles of Don Ottavio at the Politeama in
Lecce and Nemorino in Pistoia.
Since then, he has embarked on an international career that has taken
him to some of the world's major stages, including: Teatro alla Scala,
Metropolitan in New York, Wiener Staatsoper, Opéra National de Paris,
Staatsoper and Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich,
Teatro Real in Madrid, Liceu in Barcelona, New National Theatre in Tokyo,
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Rossini Opera Festival in
Pesaro, collaborating with important conductors including: Valerij
Gergeev, Riccardo Muti, Daniel Oren, Daniele Gatti, Alberto Zedda, Renato
Palumbo, Roberto Abbado, Bruno Campanella, Donato Renzetti, Yves Abel and
Michele Mariotti.
A refined Rossinian singer, Antonino Siragusa is the ideal interpreter
of Conte d'Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) and has quickly made it his
role of choice, presenting it in some of the great theatres such as Wiener
Staatsoper, Staatsoper and Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Opéra National de
Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Hamburgische Staatsoper, De
Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam, New National Theatre in Tokyo, NCPA in
Beijing, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Teatro del Maggio Musicale
Fiorentino, Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro
Filarmonico in Verona, Teatro Comunale in Bologna and Teatro Massimo in
Palermo.
A regular guest at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, he has taken
part in numerous productions, including Otello, Il viaggio a Reims, La
scala di seta, La gazzetta, L'equivoco stravagante, Elisabetta, regina
d'Inghilterra, Ermione, Tancredi e Armida and in 2015 Ciro in Babilonia,
in which he played Baldassare to great public and critical acclaim. More
recently, he has taken part in productions of Otello and Semiramide.
In recent years, he has successfully performed several Verdi titles such
as Rigoletto at the Liceu de Barcelona, Falstaff at the Carlo Felice in
Genoa and the Opéra de Nice, Un giorno di regno at the ABAO Bilbao and La
traviata at the Teatro della Fortuna in Fano.
Important productions in which he took part include: Armida at the
Metropolitan in New York, Semiramide and L'Elisir d'amore at the Teatro
Real in Madrid, Guillaume Tell (Arnold) and La Cenerentola at the Zurich
Opernhaus, Zelmira at the Opéra de Lyon, La Sonnambula, Gianni Schicchi,
La Cenerentola, Il barbiere di Siviglia and L'Elisir d'amore at the Wiener
Staatsoper, Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra and I Puritani at the Monnaie
in Brussels, Semiramide and La Donna del Lago at the Deutsche Oper in
Berlin, Il Barbiere di Siviglia and I Puritani at the Bayerische
Staatsoper in Munich, L'italiana in Algeri at the Staatsoper in Berlin,
Petite Messe Solennelle at the Théatre des Champs-Elysées de Paris and
with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Don Giovanni conducted by Riccardo
Muti at the Teatro alla Scala, Oedipus Rex at the Accademia Nazionale di
Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Recent engagements include: La Sonnambula at the Teatro Regio in Turin,
NCPA in Peking, Lausanne, Muscat and Cagliari; Il Barbiere di Siviglia in
Hamburg, Bologna, Japan, Trieste, Venice and Turin; L'Italiana in Algeri
in Venice, Théatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Trieste and Milan; Le
Comte Ory at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège; I Puritani in Trieste
and Barcelona; L'Elisir d'amore in Pamplona; Don Pasquale at the Wiener
Staatsoper and Trieste; La Cenerentola again in Vienna, Bologna, Modena
and Genoa; Anna Bolena (Percy) at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona and
Genoa; Ermione (Oreste) at the San Carlo in Naples; Lucrezia Borgia in
Tenerife; Petite Messe Solennelle in Trieste and Cagliari; Il Turco in
Italia and Le zite 'ngalera at La Scala in Milan; Medea in Corinto at the
Festival Donizettiano in Bergamo; Stabat Mater and Le Comte Ory in
Bologna; Il Barbiere in Muscat; Don Pasquale in Turin; Alfredo il Grande
in Bergamo; L'Italiana in Algeri in Cagliari.
Upcoming engagements include: Tancredi in Bregenz and Sonnambula in
Tokyo.
May 2024