Marco Vinco - Don Basilio

Appreciated for his vocal qualities and his outstanding stage presence, Marco Vinco is frequently invited in the most important theaters in the world such as: Teatro alla Scala in Milan, San Carlo in Naples, Real in Madrid, Sao Carlos in Lisbon, Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo, Opéra Garnier in Paris, Opera in San Francisco, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, just to name a few. His regularly collaboration with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro consecrated him as one of the reference performers of Rossini’s roles.

Amongst his early appearances it is worth mentioning Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro and Cosí fan tutte in the major theaters in Italy and aborad; La Cenerentola (Alidoro) and Anna Bolena (Enrico VIII) at the Wiener Staatsoper. Marco Vinco recorded for labels as Dynamic, Decca, Naxos or TDK.

Plans include: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Don Basilio) in Monte Carlo and in Palma de Mallorca; Maria Stuarda (Giorgio Talbot-concert version) in Marseille; Don Giovanni (Leporello) in San Francisco.

Federico Grazzini - director

Young and successful director, Federico Grazzini, was born in Florence in 1982. After specializing in text analysis at Shukinskaja Drama Academy in Moscow, he graduates in 2008 at the Scuola d'Arte Drammatica Paolo Grassi in Milan, directing Expoi, first performed at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano. Mr. Grazzini's been involved in the educational project as Operadomani, Operait and OperaKids: the performance, based on Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi debuted in January 2011 at Teatro Sociale di Como and in French version in December 2012 at Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liege. Productions in Italy and Europe include: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff at Teatro Dal Verme in Milan (2008), Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck and Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi at Teatro Sociale in Como (2009), Gianni di Parigi by Gaetano Donizetti at the Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martinafranca (2010) and Wexford Opera Festival (2011), Little Sweep by Benjamin Britten at Teatro Regio in Turin (2013) and Der Fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner at Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona (2013), Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo and Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini at Teatro Regio in Parma (2014), Turandot by Puccini at Opéra de Nice - Cote d'Azur (2014) and Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck in Opéra de Rouen - Haute Normandie (2014).

In summer 2015 Mr. Grazzini made his debut at the Macerata Opera Festival directing the new production of Rigoletto that achieved great public success and very positive press reviews.

Plans include: Nabucco at Caracalla in Rome and Roméo et Juliette at the Theater in Erfurt.