Roberto Scandiuzzi

One of the last representative of the Italian school of great artists such as Ezio Pinza and Cesare Siepi, Roberto Scandiuzzi is considered today one of the world’s most appreciated basses. He was only 24 when he made his company debut at Teatro alla Scala, in »Le nozze di Figaro« conducted by Riccardo Muti. After his acclaimed performance as Jacopo Fiesco in »Simon Boccanegra« at Royal Opera House Covent Garden, under the baton of Sir Georg Solti, he started a shining international career that led him to such theatres as Metropolitan Opera of New York, Opéra National de Paris, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, San Francisco Opera, working with such renowned conductors as Claudio Abbado, Sir Colin Davis, Valerij Gergeev, James Levine, Fabio Luisi, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Antonio Pappano, Georges Prêtre, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Sir Georg Solti and Marcello Viotti. His vast repertory ranges from Verdi bass roles to the French and Russian repertoire, as well as from »Scapigliatura« (Boito's »Mefistofele«) to Verism (Ponchielli's »La Gioconda«). His greatest successes in recent years, it can be reported: »Pelléas et Mélisande« (Arkel) at Opera di Firenze conducted by Daniele Gatti, »Faust« (Méphistophélès) at Staatsoper Berlin, »Aida« (Ramfis) at Opéra National de Paris and at Seoul Arts Center, »Norma« (Oroveso) at NCPA Beijing, »Il barbiere di Siviglia« (Basilio) at Royal Opera House of Muscat, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli and Grand Théâtre de Genève, »Don Pasquale« (title role) at Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, »La Gioconda« (Alvise) at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, »Luisa Miller« (conte Walter) at New Israeli Opera Tel Aviv, »Don Carlo« (Filippo II) at Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, »Jérusalem« at Opéra Royal de Wallonie Liège. LATEST PERFORMANCES: »Don Carlos« (Grand Inquisiteur) at Opéra Royal de Wallonie Liège; Don Pasquale at New National Theatre Tokyo; »Don Carlos« (Grand Inquisiteur) and Verdi’s »Messa da requiem« at De Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp; »Rigoletto« at Opera Australia in Melbourne; »Il barbiere di Siviglia« at Semperoper Dresden; »Il pirata« (Goffredo) at Grand Théatre de Genève; »Simon Boccanegra« at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari; Verdi’s »Requiem« at Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège; »Aida« at Opera Australia in Sydney and at Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires; »Macbeth« and »Don Carlos« at Opéra de Lyon; »La ciociara« by Tutino at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari; »Turandot« at Shhanxi Grand Theatre of Xi’an; Verdi’s »Requiem« at Opera Australia in Sydney; »La Sonnambula« and »Il barbiere di Siviglia« at Teatro La Fenice di Venezia.