Riccardo Zanellato - bass

One of the most appreciated bass of our time, Riccardo Zanellato recently gained great successes as Ferrando in Il Trovatore at the Salzburg Festival besides Placido Domingo under Daniele Gatti, Bellini’s I Puritani and Lucia di Lammermoor in Florence, Simon Boccanegra in Dresden, Turandot at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, La Bohème and Norma at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Norma in Paris, revivals of Macbeth ( R. Abbado/R. Wilson) at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna and a Gala concert for the 5th Anniversary of the Guangzhou Opera House in China. Riccardo Zanellato recently made his debut in Attila (title role) for the opening night of the season at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Michele Mariotti conducting and Daniele Abbado directing then he sang Sparafucile in Rigoletto at La Scala in Milan, Ramfis in Aida at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, David McVicar directing and Zaccaria in Nabucco in Kiel.

Mr. Zanellato’s future plans include: Macbeth in Tel Aviv; Aida in Naples (Pinchas Steinberg conducting); Norma at the Polish National Opera in Warsaw; new production of Don Carlo in Leipzig and at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa; Nabucco in Stuttgart . Mr. Zanellato will sing Verdi’s Requiem with the Berliner Philharmoniker in Berlin under the baton of Riccardo Chailly and with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischer Rundfunks in Munich under the baton of Riccardo Muti; Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in St. Denis under the baton of Michele Mariotti with the Orchestre National de France; Rossini’s Stabat Mater in Tanglewood.