José Fardilha - Don Magnifico

Since embracing in recent years the buffo repertoire, José Fardilha is quickly becoming one of its most sought after interpreters.

Born in Portugal, he won the "Toti dal Monte" Prize, that led him to make his debut in Don Giovanni (Leporello) in Treviso, Rovigo, Strasbourg and Trieste.

After that he began a career that brought him in the world's greatest opera houses and festivals, including: Wiener Staatsoper; Salzburger Festspiele; Barbican Center in London; Opéra de Paris; Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin; Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich; Zurich Opernhaus; Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Teatro Regio in Turin; Teatro La Fenice in Venice; Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence; Arena Sferisterio in Macerata; Martina Franca Festival; Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon and New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv.

Plans include: Don Pasquale in Leipzig and at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Le Nozze di Figaro in Toulouse; La Damnation de Faust in Berlin; La Cenerentola in Leipzig; Il Barbiere di Siviglia in London and Stuttgart.

Luca Dall’Amico - Alidoro

Among the most interesting singers of the new generation, young and upcoming bass Luca Dall’Amico was chosen by Riccardo Muti for the role of Agamemnon in Iphigénie en Aulide at the Opera in Rome. Right after he made his debut at La Scala in Milan in Assassinio nella Cattedrale by Pizzetti. Among his past commitments: La Cambiale di Matrimonio and L’Education Manqué at the Wexford Festival, La Sonnambula in Graz, La Forza del Destino and I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata at the Sferisterio in Macerata, L’Italiana in Algeri in Vicenza and Il Trovatore in Ravenna. Luca Dall’Amico regularly worked with conductors as Riccardo Muti, James Conlon, Bruno Bartoletti, Corrado Rovaris, Gianluigi Gelmetti. Particularly appreciated for his remarkable stage presence, Luca Dall’Amico performed in Macbeth Nabucco under the baton of Riccardo Muti at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome; Le Nozze di Figaro in Ancona; Barbiere di Siviglia, La Traviata, Rigoletto, La Bohème, L’Africaine, La Clemenza di Tito in Venice; Madama Butterfly and Tosca in Torre del Lago; Petite Messe Solennelle in Rome.

Luca Dall’Amico starred in concert at the Ravenna Festival, Riccardo Muti conducting, and again with Muti in Chicago with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Recent engagements include Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Simon Boccanegra and I Capuleti e i Montecchi in Venice; Les Pécheures des Perles at the Teatro Regio in Parma; Aida (Ramphis) in St. Margarethen; Il Campiello in Florence; Rossini’s Stabat Mater in Liverpool. Luca Dall'Amico was on tour in Japan with the Teatro dell'Opera in Roma, singing in Simon Boccanegra and Nabucco.

Future plans include: Aida ( Il re) at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Florence; Falstaff in Chicago Turandot in Liège.