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.
More recently, he took part in the production of Giove a Pompei
in Foggia, Pompei and Chieti; Fedora at the Metropolitan Opera in
New York under the baton of Marco Armiliato; Il segreto di Susanna
at the Reggia di Caserta with the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and at the
Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa where he also signed the direction; Il
Maestro di Cappella at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa; Il
Barbiere di Siviglia in Cartagena; Don Pasquale in Salerno;
L'Elisir d'amore in Toulouse; Donizetti's Le Tre Regine in
Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples; Roberto Devereux at the Teatro
Regio in Parma; Maria Stuarda and La Fille du Regiment at
the Teatro San Carlo in Naples; La Traviata in Porto, Savona,
Rieti, Trapani, on tour in Tunisia and in Macerata; Un Ballo in
maschera in Darmstadt, Oslo and Turin; Falstaff in
Dusseldorf, Antibes in Taichung; La Forza del Destino in Toulouse
and Bologna; Simon Boccanegra at the Regio di Parma and in
Manchester for Opera Rara; Rigoletto in Rouen; La Bohème
at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna conducted by Michele Mariotti and
directed by Vick (a production that won the 2018 Abbiati prize); Gianni
Schicchi in Brescia, Pavia, Como, Cremona and Ancona; La
Fanciulla del West for the Opera Lombardia circuit; Madama
Butterfly in Modena, Ancona, Fano, Fermo and Ascoli Piceno; Tosca
in Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples alongside Anna Netrebko and at
the Teatro San Carlo; Turandot at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna;
Puccini's Messa di Gloria in Ankara; Adriana Lecouvreur at
the Teatro Comunale di Bologna; and Pagliacci in Limoges.
Upcoming appointments include: Turandot at the Puccini Festival
in Torre del Lago; and L'Elisir d'amore in Osaka and Kyoto.
May 2025