Gianluca Buratto attended the “Verdi” Conservatoire in Milan, where he studied with Mrs Hayward. He attended master classes with Sara Mingardo, Ernesto Palacio, Jaume Aragall and Dalton Baldwin.
In 2006 he won the First Prize in the “Tagliavini” Competition and was invited to sing Verdi’s Requiem at the Festspielehaus in Bregenz.
Mr. Buratto made his operatic debut in 2009 in the world premiere of Solbiati’s Il carro e i canti at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste, after which numerous important collaborations followed: the modern premiere of Cesti’s Le Disgrazie d'Amore with the ensemble Auser Musici at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa; Bach’s Cantata BWV 61 with the Bach Consort Wien and Dubrovsky at the Musikverein in Vienna; Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda (Giorgio Talbot) again in Trieste; Fux’s Cristo nell'Orto in Vienna and Graz; Bach’s B minor Mass with Jordi Savall in Madrid and Barcelona; both Mozart and Jommelli’s La Betulia liberat with Muti at the Salzburg Festival and in Ravenna; Mercadante’s Virginia and Puccini’s La Bohème at the Wexford Festival Opera; Ambrosini’s Il killer di parole (world premiere), La Bohème and Rigoletto at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice; Mozart’s Mass in C minor KV 427 at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome under Nagano; Bach’s Johannes-Passion with Al Ayre Español on tour in Spain and Germany; Tosca, La Bohème (Colline) under Chailly, I Due Foscari and Thaïs in Valencia; the world première of Solbiati’s La leggenda at the Teatro Regio in Turin under Noseda; Le Nozze di Figaro (Bartolo) with Rousset in Barcelona; L’incoronazione di Poppea (Seneca) at the Innsbruck Festival; Macbeth at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Salzburg Festival, Ravenna and Chicago with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Muti; Maria Stuarda at the Maggio Musicale in Florence; again Mozart’s La Betulia Liberata at the Wratislavia Cantans Festival in Wroclaw under Rovaris; Verdi’s Requiem under Wellber and Die Walküre (Hunding) under Luisi at the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca; Rota’s Mysterium at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples and on tour; Rigoletto at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Luisi conducting.
Past engagements also include: Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo in Nancy and in Paris under Rousset; Haendel’s Rinaldo at the Theater an der Wien under Minasi; Haendel’s Admeto in Krakow and Vienna with Curtis; Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis in Cagliari; Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (Nettuno) at the Zurich Opera House; La Bohème at the Terme di Caracalla in Rome and at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam; Donizetti’s I Puritani (Giorgio) at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Rigoletto in Bogotà and at the Macerata Opera Festival.
He sang in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo and Vespro della Beata Vergine with the Monteverdi Choir and Gardiner on tour in the United States, BBC Proms in London and Versailles; Puccini’s La Bohème in Palermo; Donizetti’s Le Duc d'Albe in London (Opera Rara); Die Zauberfloete in Liège under Arrivabeni; Mascagni’s Guglielmo Ratcliff at the Wexford Festival Opera and Turandot (Timur) in Montpellier.
Gianluca Buratto has been selected for the 2017 Monteverdi project with John Eliot Gardiner and takes part in the worldwide tour of the Monteverdi’s Trilogy.
Most recently, Mr. Buratto performed in his first solo recital at the Wigmore Hall in London; in Stravinskij’s Oedipus rex with the Berliner Philarmoniker under Gardiner; Faccio's Amleto and Turandot at the Bregenzer Festspiele; Le Nozze di Figaro (Bartolo) in Zurich; Don Giovanni (Commendatore) in Bilbao and Turin; Bach’s Magnificat (concert and recording) and Verdi’s Requiem  with Gardiner in London and on tour; La Boheme in Florence and in Amsterdam;  Schubert’s Missa D950 at the Salzburger Festspiele under Muti; Die Zauberflöte in Rome; Il Cappello di paglia di Firenze at the San Carlo in Naples; Petite Messe Solennelle with the Teatro alla Scala in Pavia.
Mr Buratto starred as Papa Leone in Verdi's Attila, opening night at the Teatro alla Scala under the baton of Chailly, after that he sang in Vivaldi's Magnificat, Mozart's Kronungsmesse and as Ferrando in Il Trovatore  again in Milan; Sparafucile in Rigoletto in Berlin, Turin, Lyon, Verona (Filarmonico) and Milan; Cadmus/ Somnus in Händel's Semele with Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra on tour; Missa Defunctorum under Muti in Pavia (Certosa) and in Florence; Claudio in Händel’s Agrippina in Paris (TCE) with Il Pomo d’oro, at the Bayerische Staatsoper in München and at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Haly in Rameau’s Les indes galantes in Geneve (under Rousset); Kronungsmesse, Missa in Tempore Belli, Mozart's Requiem,  and Falstaff (Gardiner conduting) in Florence; Verdi's Requiem and Beethoven's Ninth Simphony  at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo; Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra in Copenhagen; Rossini's Stabat Mater at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rom, Saint Denis and in Venice; L' Incoronazione di Poppea in Budapest; La Bohème and Le Nozze di Figaro in London (ROH); Il Trovatore in Barcelona; I Puritani (concert version) at the San Carlo in Naples and Verdi’s Requiem in Turin; Don Giovanni (Commendatore) in Valencia; La Boheme in Paris (TCE); Rigoletto at the Arena di Verona, in London (ROH) and in Madrid; Handel’s Agrippina in Amsterdam; Il Trovatore in Bologna.
Plans include: Don Carlo in Stuttgart; Don Giovanni in Venice and Luisa Miller (concert version) and Romeo and Juliette in Naples; Handel’s Orlando in Koeln and Il nome della rosa and Rigoletto at La Scala in Milan.
His discography includes: Puccini’s La Bohème with Riccardo Chailly (Unitel); Handel’s Giulio Cesare (Naïve); Rossi’s Oratorio della Settimana Santa (MV Cremona); Lieder by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Winter and Winter); Cavalli’s Missa pro defunctis (Tactus); Bassani’s La tromba della divina misericordia (Concerto), Rota's Mysterium (Decca).

March 2024