Nicola Alaimo - Sir John Falstaff

Following recent critically-acclaimed performances at the Salzburg Festival (Dandini, La Cenerentola), at the Rossini Opera Festival, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Brussels, at the Concertgebow in Amsterdam (Guillaume Tell - title role), at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (Don Pasquale - title role), at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome (Attila, Ezio, cond. Riccardo Muti and Don Pasquale, cond. Bruno Campanella), in London (Belisario - title role, recorded by Opera Rara) at the Opéra de Paris (La Cenerentola - Dandini, La Forza del Destino -Fra Melitone), at the Teatro Real de Madrid (Don Pasquale, cond. Riccardo Muti), at the Teatro Regio in Turin (Traviata, Giorgio Gérmont), at the Opéra de Monte Carlo (Stiffelio, Stankar, cond. Maurizio Benini), at the Metropolitan Opera (Falstaff, cond. James Levine, L’Elisir d’Amore, cond. Maurizio Benini), in Berlin (L’Elisir d’Amore) Nicola Alaimo returns to last Verdi’s masterpiece.

Future plans include:  Luisa Miller in Liège; Le Nozze di Figaro in Los Angeles; Simon Boccanegra (Paolo) at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona opposite Placido Domingo in the title role; Falstaff at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Don Quichotte at the Lyric Opera in Chicago, Yannis Kokkos directing; Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Paris; La Traviata in London; Il Trovatore and Guillaume Tell in Monte Carlo; Guillaume Tell on tour in Paris with the Opéra de Monte Carlo; La Gazzetta at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro; he will also star in Zaza concert and recording for Opera Rara in London and in other important future productions at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Mr. Alaimo will star as Sir John Falstaff at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and in Marseille.

Giorgio Trucco - Dr Cajus

After his debut at the Teatro alla Scala in the new production of Nina, ossia la pazza per amore, Riccardo Muti conducting, Giorgio Trucco was invited in important musical institutions such as: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, and Rossini Festival in bad Wildbad, San Carlo in Naples, Opéra de Montpellier, Toulon and Nice. Giorgio Trucco collaborated with Gerd Albrecht, Ivor Bolton, Giuliano Carella, Mark Elder, Marco Guidarini, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Roberto Rizzi Brignoli. Latest engagements include: La Forza del Destino in Pisa; Falstaff in Ravenna and on tour in Italy, Cristina Mazzavillani Muti directing; Aida (Radames) at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence; Maometto II at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome; Macbeth in Toulon; Tosca at the Teatro Nazionale in Rome.

In the next month Mr. Trucco will be engaged in revivals of Falstaff in Savona, Reggio Emilia and Ferrara.