Enrico Casari studied at the Conservatory of Verona, his hometown, and
furthered his training with Augusto Vicentini, Ivo Vinco, and Sherman
Lowe. He also deepened his musical education at the Faculty of Musicology
of the University of Pavia.
In 2006, after participating in Enzo Dara’s "Laboratorio Teatro Musicale
del Settecento," he made his debut in the role of Bastiano in Mozart’s Bastien
und Bastienne in Mantua. He also won 1st prize at the "Rinaldo
Pelizzoni International Singing Competition" in Parma and was a finalist
at the "Città di Bologna International Singing Competition."
At the beginning of his career, he was a member of the Opera Studio at
the Vlaamse Opera in Ghent and the Opera Studio of the Opéra National du
Rhin in Strasbourg. Notable engagements at the Vlaamse Opera include
Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle and Bellini’s La sonnambula.
While at the Opera Studio in Strasbourg, he performed in Charpentier’s Louise
(Le Noctambule), Nino Rota’s Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (title
role), Macbeth (Malcolm), and Ariadne auf Naxos
(Brighella), a role he later reprised at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in
Liège.
Since 2010, his career has developed internationally, with a particular
focus on less traditional repertoires. Notable engagements include:
Janáček’s Věc Makropulos (Janek), directed by Robert Carsen in
Strasbourg and at La Fenice in Venice; Die Zauberflöte (Tamino) at
the Opéra de Rouen, the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, the Opéra Royal
de Wallonie in Liège, and the Teatro Comunale in Bolzano; Janáček’s Kát’a
Kabanová (Váňa Kudrjaš), directed by Robert Carsen in Strasbourg and
at the Teatro Regio in Turin; Der Rosenkavalier (Valzacchi) in
Strasbourg; Pagliacci (Peppe) in Liège, Strasbourg, Metz, and
Monte Carlo; Lucia di Lammermoor (Normanno) in Lille, Rouen,
Limoges, and Reims; Chausson’s Le roi Arthus (Lancelot) in
Strasbourg; Rossini’s La scala di seta (Dormont) at the Théâtre
des Champs-Élysées in Paris; Rossini’s La gazzetta (Alberto) at
the St. Moritz Opera Festival, the Opera of Basel, and the Israeli Opera
in Tel Aviv; Auber’s Manon Lescaut (Des Grieux) at the Opéra Royal
de Wallonie in Liège; Adriana Lecouvreur (Poisson) and I
Puritani (Bruno Robertson) at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. He also
recorded Giordano’s Fedora (Rouvel) for Deutsche Grammophon,
alongside Angela Gheorghiu and Plácido Domingo.
In recent seasons, highlights include: Salome (Narraboth) with
Gianandrea Noseda and Robert Carsen at the Teatro Regio in Turin, and
subsequently at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona and the Teatro Comunale
in Bologna; Bernstein’s A Quiet Place (François) at the Grand
Théâtre de Luxembourg and on tour in the Netherlands with Opera Zuid;
Bernstein’s Candide (title role) at the Lithuanian National Opera
and Ballet in Vilnius; Lucia di Lammermoor (Arturo) at the Opéra
de Monte-Carlo; Le nozze di Figaro (Basilio) with Christophe
Rousset in Liège; Carmen (Remendado) at the Arena di Verona; Turandot
(Pong) at the St. Margarethen Festival; Nabucco (Ismaele) at the
National Theatre in Brno; Die Fledermaus (Alfred) with Fabio Luisi
at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa; Ariodante (Odoardo), directed
by Robert Carsen at the Opéra National de Paris; Madama Butterfly
(Goro) and Il tabarro (Il Tinca) at the Puccini Festival in Torre
del Lago. Particularly noteworthy are his debuts in the title role of
Živný in Janáček’s Osud, directed by Robert Carsen at the Janáček
Brno International Festival, and in the lead role of Titta-Nane in the
world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli’s Le baruffe, directed by
Damiano Michieletto; Mefistofele (Wagner/Nereo) by Boito and Ariadne
auf Naxos (Brighella) at Teatro La Fenice in Venice; Ullmann’s Der
Kaiser von Atlantis (Harlekin) at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona;
Gianni Schicchi (Gherardo) at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo; Nabucco
(Ismaele) at the National Theatre in Brno; and Turandot in Trieste
(San Giusto).
His concert repertoire includes: Haydn’s Die Schöpfung and
Mozart’s Requiem (Liège); Puccini’s Messa di Gloria
(Strasbourg); Verdi’s Requiem (Belgian tour with a stop at
DeSingel in Antwerp).
Among his engagements in the past season: Puccini’s La Rondine
(Prunier) at the Teatro Coccia in Novara; Otello (Roderigo) at
Teatro La Fenice in Venice; Lucrezia Borgia (Rustighello) at the
Teatro dell'Opera in Rome; Nabucco (Ismaele) at the Opera Theatre
in Brno; Andrea Chénier (L’incredibile) at the Teatro Regio in
Parma; Bernstein’s Candide (title role) at the Teatro Verdi in
Trieste and the Teatro Comunale in Bologna; and Roberto Devereux
(Lord Cecil) at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.
Among his engagements for the 2025–26 season: Ariodante (Odoardo)
at the Opéra National de Paris; Falstaff (Bardolfo) at the San
Carlo in Naples; and Osud (Živný) in Brno.
August 2025