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Riccardo Zanellato - Bass
Won the Operalia Competition (1996) starting a distinguished career that saw him
perform such operas as Don Carlo, Rigoletto, La Bohème, Turandot, Il Barbiere
di Siviglia, Le Nozze di Figaro, I Puritani, Don Giovanni, I Masnadieri.
Much appreciated by Riccardo Muti who invited him for the productions of
Iphigénie en Aulide, Moïse et Pharaon, Macbeth and Simon
Boccanegra at the Opera in Rome, he regularly collaborates with such
institutions as the Teatro Regio in Turin, the Arena in Verona, the Teatro
Massimo in Palermo, the Verdi Festival in Parma, the Palau de les Arts Reina
Sofia in Valencia, the Liceu in Barcelona, the Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam,
the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Settimane
Musicali in Stresa, the Opernhaus in Zurich, the Vlamse Opera in Antwerp and the
Opéra de Lausanne, Accademia Nazionale Santa Cecilia.
Mr. Zanellato recently sang Verdi’s Requiem in Naples again under the
baton of Muti, in Vilnius with Violeta Urmana, in Portorico, in Cagliari, in
Moscow at the Rostropovich Festival on tour with the Teatro Comunale of Bologna
and in Barcelona. Mr. Zanellato lately starred in Luisa Miller in Bilbao,
Aida at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Poliuto, La Bohème
at the Opernhaus in Zurich and Macbeth at the Opéra de Lyon. Mr.
Zanellato sang Banco in Macbeth at the opening night of the last season
at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Roberto Abbado conducting and Bob Wilson
directing, after that he performed Nabucco at the Teatro dell’Opera in
Rome, Riccardo Muti conducting, La Juive in Vilnius and again Nabucco
in Stuttgart.
Mr. Zanellato future plans
include: revivals of Nabucco in Stuttgart; La Juive in
Vilnius; Simon Boccanegra at the Opéra de Lyon; Norma at the
Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris; Il Trovatore at the Salzburg
Festival beside Placido Domingo and Daniele Gatti conducting. On the concert
side, Riccardo Zanellato will sing Mass in A-flat Major in Chicago with
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti conducting and again Verdi’s
Requiem in Cincinnati, in St. Louis and a Gala concert in Vilnius.
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