The young baritone Sergio Vitale studied at the Accademia Nazionale di
Santa Cecilia Opera Studio in Rome under the guidance of Renata Scotto and
at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena with Renato Bruson.
He made his debut as Giorgio Germont in La Traviata and
Schaunard in La Bohème at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he sung
as soloist for the 2010/ 2011 season. He went on to sing as Don
Giovanni (title role), Daniel Oren conducting, at the Teatro Verdi
in Salerno, Gianni Schicchi (title role) at the Auditorium Parco
della Musica in Rome, Malatesta in Don Pasquale in Savona.
He then performed in Falstaff (title role) at the Teatro della
Fortuna in Fano; Il Viaggio a Reims (Don Profondo) at the Rossini
Opera Festival; Rigoletto (Marullo) on tour in Japan with the
Teatro alla Scala; Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro) at the Teatro
San Carlo in Naples under Bruno Campanella; Madama Butterfly
(Sharpless) at the Teatro Belli in Spoleto and in Il Turco in Italia
(Don Geronio) at the Teatro Vincenzo Bellini in Catania.
Concert performances include Carmina Burana with the Orchestra
Giovanile italiana in Milan; Faurè's Requiem at the Teatro Lirico
in Cagliari and at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari; a concert at the Opèra
de Nice; a concert version of Rigoletto (Marullo) at the
Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Past engagements include Falstaff (concert version) with the
first Italian Opera Accademy of Riccardo Muti at the Teatro delle Muse in
Ancona with Cristina Mazzavillani Muti staging and at the Teatro San Carlo
in Naples. He then appeared as Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) at
the Tiroler Festspiele in Erl under Gustav Kuhn and as Marcello (La
Bohème) for the As.Li.Co Circuit in Italy.
Sergio starred as Haly (L’italiana in Algeri) at the Teatro del
Maggio Fiorentino under the baton of Bruno Campanella; De Siriex (Fedora)
at the Teatro al San Carlo in Napoli; La Traviata, Falstaff
and La Fanciulla del West at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari;
Battistelli’s Il Medico dei Pazzi in Venice; L’Italiana in
Algeri at the Royal Opera House Muscat; La Bohème (Marcello)
at Teatro Regio in Parma and in Bologna (a new production: Graham Vick
directing and Michele Mariotti conducting); Giordano's Giove a Pompei
in Foggia and Chieti; Malatesta in Don Pasquale in Salerno;
Conte Gil in Il Segreto di Susanna at the Reggia in Caserta (with
the Teatro San Carlo); La Traviata in Florence, Trapani and Porto
(on tour with the Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos); Falstaff at the
Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf; Un Ballo in maschera in
Darmstadt; Roberto Devereux at the Teatro Regio in Parma and a new
production of Turandot (Ping) at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna.
Most recently he sang in La Traviata in Trapani, Savona, Rieti,
Macerata and Limoges; Gianni Schicchi in Brescia, Como, Pavia,
Cremona and Ancona; L'Elisir d'amore (Belcore) in Toulouse; Tosca
and Le Tre Regine by Donizetti in Naples; Il Maestro di
Cappella and Il segreto di Susanna in Genoa (where he also
directed); La Forza del destino in Toulouse; Adriana
Lercouvreur at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna; La Fanciulla del
West for Opera Lombardia; Simon Boccanegra in Parma; Rigoletto
(title role) in Rouen and Madama Butterfly in Modena. Sergio
Vitale made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in the
production of Fedora (De Siriex) under the baton of Marco
Armiliato; Un ballo in maschera in Oslo and Turin; Falstaff
in Antibes; La Forza del destino in Bologna; Messa di Gloria
di Puccini in Ankara;
Plans include:
Simon
Boccanegra in Manchester (Opera Rara);
Pagliacci in Limoges; Maria
Stuarda and
La Fille du Regiment in Naples
and Madama Butterfly in
Ancona.
March 2024