I made my debut in this title role at Teatro alla Scala in January 2017. Once again, I’m taking on this Verdi oper...
For me and for most Italians, Verdi’s Villa in Sant’Agata is more than a home and more than a museum. It is a sanctu...
I am truly delighted to be performing one of my signature roles at the Maggio Autumn Festival. Ernani is a revolutionary...
Dear friends, next season, my relationship with the Teatro del Maggio and the Florence audience will become even closer,...
It’s a thrill to be performing one of my signature roles again, Ernani at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. It was ...
Dear friends, throughout the first 20 years of my life in opera, the 18 years of collaboration with Teatro alla Scala ha...
Dear friends, a twenty year long career is a very important milestone. Not a finishing post, because the road ahead is s...
Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera: from 4th to 22nd May at last I’ll be singing one of my signature roles at La Sca...
Dear friends, from 5 to 20 March, I’ll be singing as Radamès at the Semperoper Dresden. I’m delighted to be...
Dear friends, I wish to share a very special emotion with you all. On 19th November Prima Verdi is being released: my fi...
From 17th to 26th October 2021 I sang as the King, Carlo VII, in a new production of Giovanna d’Arco at the Teatro del...
Dear friends, at the end of a long, exciting but tiring summer, it’s time to take stock and I’m going to giv...
On the eve of the opening of Elisir d’amore, staged by the Academy of Advanced Professional Training at Genoa’s ...
Words cannot describe what it felt like to sing as Cavaradossi in a theatre which is close to my heart: the Maggio Music...
I am extremely grateful to the Teatro Carlo Felice and to the Theatre’s Superintendent, Claudio Orazi, for entrust...
A fortnight after my return to Italy after over a month in Japan and then the required period of quarantine, I can now l...
After Tosca on 7th December 2019, which was truly well-received, and Il Trovatore in February 2020, which I will never f...
Dear friends, where did we leave off? I was taking part at La Scala in Aida, an unforgettable experience because at some...
I can’t wait to sing as Radamès at La Scala, first of all because I’m back singing in a concert performance of a fu...
Between 30th August and 9th September I was involved in five performances of the Verdi Requiem. It was an honour to sing...
Serena and I are honoured to sing in this concert with which Teatro Carlo Felice is paying tribute to rebirth just a few...
Un Ballo in Maschera is one of my favourite operas and Riccardo is one of my signature roles, so it is important to me t...
For me, due to the deep bond I have with the Teatro alla Scala, the concert I held there on 8th July was particularly si...
Luca Salsi and I are singing for the first time together: on July 4th we inaugurate the festival “E quindi uscimmo...
Today is my 40th birthday and for the first time in years I’m spending it here in Genoa with Serena and our childr...
Dear friends, what else could I do but sing for you at this time? Easter is coming and I have accepted the invitation by...
Whenever I sing Verdi I’m happy and even more so when it comes to performing as Manrico! From February 6th to 29th...
“Ingemisco tamquam reus, Culpa rubet vultus meus, Supplicanti, supplicanti parce, deus.” I cannot think of a more in...
This has been an exciting Tosca and on January 8th I said goodbye to my character Cavaradossi after two months in his co...
Ernani has been an important opera in my career and my character embodies all the features of the belcanto tenor and the...
It is with great joy that I’m back in Piacenza after the success of Gioconda in 2018. A Verdi Gala like this one, ...
At last I can announce that I’m going to be Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca which will inaugurate the 2019/2020 season ...
My magnificent year with the Verdi Requiem conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti will culminate with the three concerts to ...
The young opera singers who attended the masterclass which I held at Palazzo Pesce at Mola di Bari have performed in a c...
Dearest friends, I’m just back from Madrid where I sang as Manrico in a new production of the opera Il Trovatore b...
“For more than 40 years, Riccardo Muti has been the king of Verdi conductors, the one who most makes you feel you are ...
From May 18th to June 1st 2019 I’m singing Radamès in Aida at Teatro La Fenice in Venice. I’m pleased to de...
Dear friends, I am grateful to the President of the Italian Senate, Elisabetta Casellati, for inviting me to perform on ...
Each time I sing Gabriele Adorno, I’m happy. Each time I’m back in Vienna, I’m happy. What’s mor...
Dearest friends, I want to share my enthusiasm about this special week which I’ll be spending at La Scala. I’...
I spend the whole year singing around the world. Being able to leave my own house, walk about in my own city and be back...
Dear friends, I’m just back from Tokyo where I sang in the Verdi Requiem conducted by Riccardo Muti. It was a head...
I wanted this space on my website just for me and for you who love opera, belcanto, music and the theatre and I mean to ...