Marcello Giordani - Mario Cavaradossi*

An extraordinarily versatile artist, Marcello Giordani has a repertory which encompasses a wide and diverse range of roles, spanning from the Bel Canto operas of Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini and the lyricism of French operatic repertoire, to the more dramatic roles of Verdi, Puccini and Berlioz and, most recently, the popular Verismo operas of Mascagni and Leoncavallo: Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci. Mr. Giordani has established his international career, performing regularly on the world’s most prestigious concert stages and opera houses including Teatro alla Scala, Metropolitan, Covent Garden in London, Opernhaus in Zürich, Wiener Staatsoper, Opéra National de Paris, Liceu in Barcelona, Deutsche Oper in Berlin, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Teatro Regio in Parma, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro Massimo “V. Bellini” in Catania, Arena di Verona, Festival Pucciniano in Torre del Lago, working with the world’s leading conductors including Daniele Gatti, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Antonio Pappano and Georg Solti.

Future plans include: Pagliacci at the Teatro Regio in Parma; Tosca in Berlin; Carmen in Dresden and Munich; Aida at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and in Seoul; Tosca and Aida at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and Wiener Staatsoper in Vienna; Un Ballo in Maschera in Hamburg; Turandot in Bilbao. On the concert side Mr. Giordani will perform series of concerts in Toronto, Shangai and  London (Wigmore Hall) and return to the Metropolitan Opera in New York engaged in important productions.

Marco Armiliato - conductor

One of the leading names in the international operatic scene, he is regular guest of the most prestigious theaters in the world. His recording of verismo arias with Renée Fleming won a Grammy Award in 2010. His recent engagements include Anna Bolena (Metropolitan Opera, New York, opening night of the 2011/12 season), Tosca, Rigoletto, La Traviata and Turandot (Bavarian State Opera), Aida and Tosca (Arena di Verona), Ernani, Aida, Francesca da Rimini and Rigoletto (Metropolitan Opera), La Traviata, Andrea Chénier, La Traviata and Tosca (Vienna State Opera), Madama Butterfly in Chicago and La Fille du Régiment (Paris Opéra).

Plans include Sonnambula, Madama Butterfly, Aida (Metropolitan in New York); Andrea Chénier, L’Elisir d’Amore, Don Carlo, I Puritani, Manon Lescaut, La Bohème, Roméo et Juliette, La Traviata, Il Trovatore and Simon Boccanegra (Vienna State Opera), Lucrezia Borgia (Liceu, Barcelona), Manon Lescaut (Amsterdam), La Fanciulla del West and La Traviata (Zürich), Faust (Deutsche Oper Berlin), Rigoletto, La Bohème (Bavarian State Opera, Munich), Werther (New National Theater, Tokyo), Dom Sébastien roi de Portugal (Toulouse) and returns to the Metropolitan Opera. M° Armiliato will perform in concerts in Vienna, Lucerne, Barcelona and Paris.