Raffaele Abete

RAFFAELE ABETE was born in Naples and studied at Conservatorio di Musica Domenico Cimarosa in Avellino. Pasquale Tizzani, Luciana Serra, Renato Bruson and Lella Cuberli were among his teachers. The tenor has won the first prize in Milan’s Etta e Paolo Limiti competition, and another award in Ottavio Ziino competition in Rome. In 2015 he had his debut at Arena di Verona, as Ismaele in Nabucco. Apart from this, he has appeared as Roméo in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at Arena di Verona, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor in Bergamo, Cavaradossi in Tosca at New York City Opera, and Rodolfo in La bohème at Teatro Filarmonico in Verona. He has sung Duca di Mantova in Rigoletto in Bologna, Verona and Toledo, Rodolfo in Torre del Lago, and Alfredo in La traviata in Parma. Current and upcoming performances include Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at Teatro Filarmonico in Verona and Catania, Alfredo in Massy and Reims, as well as Puccini’s Messa di Gloria at Teatro Filarmonico in Verona.