Kenneth Tarver - Conte d’Almaviva (June 14^th, 17^th, 20^th, 22^nd)

Kenneth Tarver is considered to be one of the outstanding belcanto tenore-di-grazia of his generation, acknowledged for his beauty of tone, virtuosic technique, extensive and even vocal range, coupled with an attractive and elegant stage presence. He has appeared in prestigious opera houses, including the Royal Opera House-Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Dresden Semperoper, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Opéra Comique in Paris, Theatre de La Monnaie in Brussels, Metropolitan Opera in New York, Teatro San Carlo in Naples and the Festival in Aix-en-Provence. Mr. Tarver regularly collaborates with conductors such as: Claudio Abbado, James Levine, Alberto Zedda, Ricardo Chailly, Carlo Rizzi, Bobby McFerrin, Frans Brüggen.

Plans include: La Cenerentola in Beaune under J-C Spinosi; Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Berlin (Staatsoper) and Padua; Salome (Narraboth) in Sassari; Bach’s Magnificat with Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini in Wroclaw.

Matteo Macchioni - Conte d’Almaviva (June 15^th, 18^th,21^st)

Young and promising artist he made his debut at the Teatro Verdi in Salerno as Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore under the baton of Daniel Oren, after that he performed Il Conte d’Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Festival Internazionale in Stresa. Mr  Macchioni is finalist at the "Pavarotti international voice competition" (2008) and at the Toti Dal Monte Prize in Treviso (2012). He recorded for the label Sugar. Matteo Macchioni returns to Genoa where he performed in Le Nozze di Figaro.

Plans include: Adriana Lecouvreur at the As.Li.Co circuit in Italy and he will attend the Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro with Alberto Zedda.

Francesco Cilluffo - conductor (June 14^th, 17^th, 18^th,20^th)

Conductor and composer, he graduated from the Turin Conservatoire, the Guildhall School of Music and the King’s College in London. Among his most notable appearances as conductor: a new production of Tancredi for the Circuito Lirico Lombardo in Italy (Pavia, Cremona, Como and Brescia); Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 14 with the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra (in the framework his 3-year long collaboration with the orchestra); Cavalleria Rusticana in Sassari; a Verdi Gala at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow with the singers and the orchestra of the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center; Cilea’s L’Arlesiana for the season’s opening of Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi (filmed in DVD by Dynamic); concerts with the Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari and the ORT-Orchestra della Toscana; a new production of Il Trovatore for the AsLiCo on tour in Northern Italy’s historical theaters; Zemlinsky’s Der König Kandaules at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo; Mozart’s Requiem and Duruflé’s Requiem op. 9 with the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra; Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde at the Festival della Valle d’Itria; concerts with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago de Chile; The Servant by Tutino at the Teatro Rossini in Lugo; Le Nozze di Figaro at the Byblos Festival; a gala concert at the Scottish Opera in Glasgow. M° Cilluffo had recently made his debut at the Teastro Regio in Parma conducting La Cambiale di Matrimonio.

Future engagements include: a new production of Wolf-Ferrari’s Il Campiello at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence; La Traviata at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège; a Verdian Gala at the Festival Verdi in Parma and L’Elisir d’Amore again in Parma at the Teatro Regio, then on tour in Modena.