Umberto Chiummo
Bass-Baritone - W
Won the "A. Belli” Competition in Spoleto, making his debut in Le Nozze di Figaro, staged by Gigi Proietti. Much appreciated also for his qualities as an actor, he performs in major opera houses and festivals in Italy and abroad, collaborating with conductors such as Ivor Bolton, Bruno Campanella, Myung-Whun Chung, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti and Wolfgang Sawallisch.Recent engagements include: La Calisto at the ROH Covent Garden, Agrippina at the Teatro Real in Madrid with Alan Curtis, Giulio Cesare alongside Cecilia Bartoli with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants in Paris. He has recorded Don Giovanni (Telarc), I Capuleti e i Montecchi (BMG) with Roberto Abbado, Werther (BMG) under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski.
REVIEWS
Don Giovanni, Opéra de Lille
15/01/2004

.Jouant d'un physique idoine, de beaux mouvements de mise en scène et d'une réelle maîtrise vocale, Umberto Chiummo est ici un Don Giovanni altier et roublard, roulant des yeux comme les donzelles qu'il ne peut s'empêcher de séduire.

(Jean-Marie Duhamel, La Voix du Nord, 16 Gennaio 2004)

align="right">(Jean-Marie Duhamel, La Voix du Nord, 16 Gennaio 2004)


Don Giovanni, Settimane Musicali di Stresa
26/08/2003

...Umberto Chiummo è un Masetto di pregio.

(Alessandro Mormile, L'Opera, Settembre 2003)


Rodelinda, Théâtre di Châtelet de Paris
29/01/2002

. Magnifique bête de scène, le séditieux Garibaldo d'Umberto Chiummo, cynique et joueur, affirme une vraie superbe vocale et un timbre idoine.

(Marie-Aude Roux, Le Monde, 1 Febbraio 2002)


Tamerlano, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
08/05/2001

...Umberto Chiummo (Leone) dealt with the passagework of his short bass role proficiently...

(Stephen Hastings, Opera News, Settembre 2001)

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