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Salvatore Salvaggio - Don Pasquale
Mr. Salvaggio graduated with honor in singing in Caltanissetta. Winner of Toti dal
Monte (Treviso) and Francesco Cilea (Reggio Calabria) prizes, Mr Salvaggio made
his debut in Donizetti’s Rita, after that he performed: Il Viaggio a
Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Emilio Sagi directing and
in Piacenza, Busseto and Lugo, Rosetta Cucchi directing and again in Asti, Aldo
Sisillo conducting; La Cenerentola (Don Magnifico) Simona Marchini directing
in Pisa, Lucca, Todi and Livorno; Tosca (Il Sagrestano) in Rimini; Il Matrimonio
Segreto (Signor Geronimo) Julian Kovatchev conducting, in Lucca and Ravenna
and in Yokohama. Particularly interesting it is his collaboration with the Maggio
Musicale Fiorentino, where in the past seasons he starred in Il Campanello
(Don Annibale Pistacchio), Fabrizio Maria Carminati directing and Jean Luis Grinda
conducting; Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Don Bartolo) Damiano Michieletto directing;
La Serva Padrona (Uberto); Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze (Nonancourt)
Sergio Alapont conducting and Andrea Cigni directing.
Mr Salvaggio also sang Don Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro in Yokohama Michael
Hampe directing; Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (Plutone) in Saint Petersburg; Il Cappello
di Paglia di Firenze (Nonancourt) at the Wexford Festival Opera; Don Giovanni
(Leporello) in Gdansk; La Bohème (Schaunard) in Messina. Active also on the
concert side, Mr. Salvaggio regularly performed in concert in England, Germany,
Belgium, Greece, Canada, Russia, and Japan.
Plans include: La Zingara
in Agrigento; La Bohème at the Opera di Firenze, Daniel Oren conducting.
Mr. Salvaggio recorded his first solo album “Salvatore Salvaggio -The Art
of the Basso Buffo” published by AMR Classics .
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