Emanuele Cordaro, bass, was born in Catania in 1987 and refined his vocal training with Mariella Devia, Marcello Giordani, Marcello Lippi, and Bonaldo Giaiotti. A finalist at Operalia 2017, he won the “Marcello Giordani” Competition, making his debut as Pistola in Falstaff. He made his stage debut in 2011 as Masetto at Teatro Italia in Rome. He has performed in major Italian and European opera houses, including La Scala in Milan, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, and Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari. Among his roles: Sparafucile, Bartolo, Ferrando, Banco, Alidoro, Colline, and Don Alfonso.