Gregory Bonfatti - Goro
A winner of the “A. Belli” competition in Spoleto, he made his debut as Don Ramiro
(La Cenerentola), starting an intense activity that brought him to many of
the most important international opera theaters, such as: Teatro alla Scala in Milan,
Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Regio in Parma, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro
del Maggio Musicale, Paris Opera, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Royal Opera House
Covent Garden. Gregory Bonfatti is in high demand especially for character roles
such as Dr. Cajus in Falstaff, Arlecchino in Pagliacci and Goro in
Madama Butterfly (a role he recorded for EMI with Antonio Pappano). He collaborated
with prestigious conductors such as: Riccardo Muti, Daniele Gatti, Maurizio Benini,
Gabriele Ferro, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Paolo Arrivabeni, Zoltan Pesko and Vladimir
Jurowski. Mr Bonfatti recently performed: Tchaikovsky’s The Slippers in Cagliari;
Rigoletto in Amsterdam; Haydn’s Stabat Mater in Bologna; Haydn’s La
Canterina with Cappella Augustina in Brühl; Madama Butterfly and
Turandot in Torre del Lago; Tutino’sLe Braci at the Teatro dell’Opera
in Florence, Francesco Cilluffo conducting.
Plans include : Le Nozze di Figaro in Toulouse; Madama Butterfly
in Rimini; La Finta Giardiniera in Rennes; Don Carlo at the Teatro
Regio in Parma.
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