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                                         Riccardo Zanellato - Zaccaria
 
                                           
                                             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. 
                                             He 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 current season at the 
                                             Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Roberto Abbado conducting and Bob Wilson directing. 
                                              
                                           
                                               
                                           
                                             Mr. Zanellato future plans include: Nabucco in Stuttgart; La Juive 
                                             in Vilnius; Simon Boccanegra at the Opéra de Lyon; Norma at the 
                                             Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris. On the concert side, Riccardo Zanellato 
                                             will sing Verdi’s Requiem in Cincinnati, in St. Louis and in Vilnius. 
                                     
                                            
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                                         Luca Dall’Amico - Gran Sacerdote di Belo
 
                                            
                                             Young and upcoming bass Luca Dall’Amico was chosen by Riccardo Muti for the role 
                                             of Agamemnon in Iphigénie en Aulide at the Opera in Rome. He was one of 
                                             the four soloists of the 2011 Ravenna Festival final concert conducted by Muti 
                                             in Ravenna and replicated in Piacenza and Nairobi. 
                                            He 
                                             recently performed in Macbeth (Banco) and Attila (Leone) under the 
                                             baton of Riccardo Muti at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome; Le Nozze di Figaro 
                                             in Ancona; Petite Messe Solennelle at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome; 
                                             Barbiere di Siviglia in Venice; Madama Butterfly and Tosca in 
                                             Torre del Lago. 
                                             Luca Dall’Amico had just starred in concert at the Ravenna Festival, Riccardo 
                                             Muti conducting. 
                                            
                                                
                                        
                                     
                                        Future plans 
                                        include Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Bohème, La Traviata at the Teatro La 
                                        Fenice in Venice; Don Carlo at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Simon 
                                        Boccanegra, I Due Foscari at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome. |