Massimiliano Pisapia - Rodolfo

After his brilliant debut as Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera under Riccardo Chailly at the Leipzig Opernhaus, he became a refined interpreter of italian repertoire and he started an intense and exciting career that brought him to some of the most prestigious theaters and festivals such as: Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Zurich Opernhaus, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, Teatro Regio in Turin, Arena di Verona, Teatro Regio in Parma, Opéra Bastille in Paris and Festival Pucciniano in Torre del Lago.

In the past seasons he performed Roberto Devereux at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome; Luisa Miller at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich; Lucia di Lammermoor in Hamburg, Rovigo and in Pordenone; Madama Butterfly, La Bohème at the Teatro Regio in Turin; La Traviata at the Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago. In may 2012 he made his debut as Poliuto (title role) at the Opernhaus in Zurich and in August he was invited at the Salzburg Festival singing Rodolfo in La Bohème, role he had performed also at the Semperoper in Dresden. Mr. Pisapia lately performed Poliuto in Marseille, La Traviata in Lecce, Macbeth at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Rigoletto in Palermo, Madama Butterfly in Minorca, La Bohème in Venice and Hamburg. Active also on the concert side he recently sang Dvorak's Stabat Mater in Trieste, a lyric concert at the Teatro Regio in Turin and Verdi’s Requiem in Moscow and Hamburg.

Massimiliano Pisapia’s future plans include: I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata and Lucia di Lammermoor at Hamburgische Staatsoper; Madama Butterfly at Teatro Regio in Turin; Tosca in Atlanta.