Marco Ciaponi - tenor
After studying with Rebecca Berg, Giuseppe Sabbatini and at the Accademia Internazionale del Bel Canto in Modena, Marco Ciaponi gained huge success in important lyric International contests such as: Flaviano Labò (first prize, 2015) in Piacenza; "Spiros Argiris" in Sarzana; “Ottavio Ziino” in Rome; “Beniamino Gigli jr” (third prize) in Rome. In May 2008 Mr. Ciaponi made his debut as Rodolfo in La bohème (Puccini) at the Vigilanti Theatre in Portoferraio, after that he was chosen for Opera Studio- Cantiere Lirico at the Teatro Goldoni in Livorno.
He recently starred as Nemorino in L'Elisir d'Amore in Lucca, Piacenza and Ravenna; Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at the Teatro Comunale in Modena; Alfredo in La Traviata in Cremona.
Plans include Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni in Tirana; Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in Cremona; a series of concerts at the Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo.