Claudio Sgura is considered one of the most important baritones of his generation, regularly invited by the most prestigious Italian and international opera houses, where he particularly distinguishes himself in the Verdi, Puccini and verismo repertoire.

Born in Puglia, he began his vocal studies in Lecce with soprano Maria Mazzotta. Winner of the prestigious “Voci Verdiane” International Singing Competition in Busseto in 2006, he made his debut the following year at the Teatro alla Scala in the role of Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, under the musical direction of Myung-whun Chung.

Since then, he has performed in the world’s leading opera houses, including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Wiener Staatsoper, the Opéra National de Paris, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Sydney Opera House, the New National Theatre Tokyo, the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, ABAO Bilbao Opera, Astana Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Den Norske Opera & Ballet in Oslo, the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio di Parma and Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa.

In recent seasons he made his debut as Scarpia in Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, as Miller in Luisa Miller at the Teatro di San Carlo, in the title role of Rigoletto in Bogotá, and as Gellner in La Wally at the Teatro Municipale di Piacenza. He performed Tosca in Turin, Rome, Cagliari, Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne and Stockholm; Otello in Munich and Hamburg; Aida in Salerno; Il trovatore in Beijing; and Madama Butterfly in Naples. He sung Jack Rance in La fanciulla del West in Milan, Hamburg and Beijing, and Claudio in Amleto by Franco Faccio at the Bregenz Festival.

More recently, he made his debut as Michonnet in Adriana Lecouvreur in the Emilia-Romagna opera circuit, Lescaut in Manon Lescaut at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, and Renato in Un ballo in maschera in Oslo. He took part in the world premiere of Edith by Maurizio Fabrizio in Genoa. He returned to the role of Scarpia at the Royal Opera House, at the Caracalla Festival, and in Prague, Rome, Bologna, Hong Kong, Beijing and Norway; he performed Gérard in Andrea Chénier in Lisbon, Monte-Carlo and at the Macerata Opera Festival, Barnaba in La Gioconda at the Orange Festival, and Escamillo in Carmen at the Arena di Verona. He also appeared in productions of La fanciulla del West in Munich, Vienna, Lyon, Bologna and Hamburg; Adriana Lecouvreur at the Teatro Regio di Parma; Manon Lescaut in Bologna; Simon Boccanegra at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Aida in Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples and Cavalleria rusticana at the Teatro di San Carlo; Le Villi and the Messa di Gloria in Liège. He also appeared in concerts such as “Fuoco di Gioia” at Teatro Regio di Parma and the Ildar Abdrazakov Festival in Moscow.

Engagements for the 2025–26 season include Tosca at the Teatro di San Carlo, the Sofia Opera, the Finnish National Opera and Ballet in Helsinki, the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the Teatro Regio di Torino; Carmen in a new production at the Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Salerno and in Treviso and Rovigo; La traviata at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Aida at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing and in a new production at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo; and La fanciulla del West at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago.

February 2026