Winner of the Oscar della Lirica 2019 and recipient of the "Verdi d'Oro" in 2018, Riccardo Zanellato has established himself as a reference artist of the Verdi repertoire and beyond, guest of theatres such as: La Scala in Milan, Festival Verdi and Teatro Regio in Parma, Regio in Turin, Opera in Rome, Arena in Verona, Teatro del Maggio in Florence, Rossini Opera Festival, Liceu in Barcelona, Opéra de Paris, Covent Garden in London, Bayerische Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper, Wiener Staatsoper, Copenhagen Opera, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, New National Theatre in Tokyo, Opera in Hong Kong, Opera in Taipei.

Particularly intense is Riccardo Zanellato's artistic collaboration with Maestro Riccardo Muti, who will have him perform in prestigious productions at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Ravenna Festival, on tour in the East and in important concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with whom he will also star in a solo recital.

Mr. Zanellato also collaborates with conductors as Claudio and Roberto Abbado, Chailly, Gatti, Gelmetti, Mariotti, Pappano, Battistoni, Rustioni, Renzetti, Viotti and with directors such as Daniele Abbado, De Ana, Muscato, Vick, Wilson, Maestrini and Pier'Alli.

Successes in past seasons include: Messa per Rossini at La Scala in Milan conducted by Chailly; Rigoletto, I Masnadieri, Sonnambula at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome; Don Carlo in Leipzig and Tenerife; Nabucco in Athens; Macbeth in Ravenna and at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with Maestro Muti; Attila, Luisa Miller at the Festival Verdi in Parma; Verdi's Requiem in Naples and Berlin conducted by Valčuha; New Year's Gala at the Teatro alla Scala; La Juive at the Opera Vlaanderen; Aida at the Fenice in Venice and Turandot on tour in Japan.

Most recentely, he performed Verdi's Requiem several times: at the George Enescu International Festival in Bucharest, in Hamburg with the NDR Sinfonieorchester, at the Musikverein with Maestro Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and in Bamberg, Germany; at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris and in Lubjiana and at the Ravenna Festival and on tour with M° Muti, to name a few. At the Festival Verdi 2022 he starred as Jacopo Fiesco and as bass for the Requiem.

He also performed Rossini's Stabat Mater in Barcelona; Nabucco in Turin,Valencia, Bari and Geneve; a special Gala concert for the opening night of the Arena di Verona; Rigoletto at the Circo Massimo in Rome, Muscat, Genoa and in Caracalla; Verdi's Macbeth in the rare French version at the Festival Verdi in Parma and with Muti in Tokyo; Faust Rhapsody in Ravenna; Aida in Verona and Rome; Lucia di Lammermoor in Munich; Simon Boccanegra in Liège and Tokyo; Don Giovanni and La Juive in Turin; I Vespri Siciliani in Bologna; Verdi’s Requiem in Rheingau with the Orchestra Sinfonica Verdi of Milan

His next appointments will see him in: Verdi’s Requiem in Ankara and at La Fenice in Venice; I Puritani in a concert version with the Dresden Philarmonie (and recording for Classical Recording Company); a Gala Concert in Busseto under the baton of M° Muti; Simon Boccanegra in Helsinki and Malipiero's La vita è sogno in Venice.

November 2023