Gregory Bonfatti - Don Anchise, Podestà
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’s Le Braci at
the Teatro dell’Opera in Florence; Madama Butterfly on tour in Italy;
Le Nozze di Figaro in Toulouse.
Plans
include : Don Carlo at the Teatro Regio in Parma; Tristan und Isolde
at Opera in Rom under Daniele Gatti
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