CURRICULUM

Chorus Master

Chorus master at Opéra du Rhin, Strasbourg – from August 2018

Chorus master at KGL Copenhagen for OTELLO – from March to April 2018  

Chorus master at Staatstheater Darmstadt – from Oktober 2017 to March 2018

Chorus master at Oper Leipzig – from August 2011 to September 2017

Chorus master at Teatro Verdi, Trieste – in Feb 2010, then from Sep 2010 to June 2011

Chorus master at Oper Frankfurt – from August 2003 until July 2008 

Chorus master in the summer and autumn seasons in Trapani for MACBETH, NABUCCO, AIDA, LA SONNAMBULA, 2001 

Chorus master in Genoa, Teatro CARLO FELICE – DIE FLEDERMAUS and Massenet MANON, 1998 

Director of the Coro Lirico Marchigiano V.Bellini of Ancona, 1993-96/ Operatic seasons in Macerata Opera Festival, Teatro Pergolesi – Jesi, Teatro Ventidio Basso – Ascoli Piceno and other theatres  Chorus master at the Palais Omnisport of Bercy, Paris – Verdi’s AIDA in 1993 

Coach and other positions 

Korrepetitor in the Oper Frankfurt – 2003 

Chef de chant at the Opera de Nice – 2000 – LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST and IL GIUDIZIO DI

PARIDE, ANDREA CHÉNIER in 2001 

ARENA DI VERONA: Coach and Accompanist, 1981-82, 1991-92 / Musical director, 1983

Touring performances in Vienna (Austria) and Dortmund (Germany).

Coach, prompter, musical director, chorus master 1978-1990

Teatro Verdi – Padova, Teatro Grande – Brescia, Teatro Donizetti – Bergamo, Teatro Goldoni – Livorno, Teatro del Giglio – Lucca, Teatro Comunale – Treviso, Teatro Olimpico – Roma, Teatro Petruzzelli – Bari, Teatro Pergolesi – Jesi, etc.

Theatre concerts and conducting credits  

Conducting credits since 1984 include:

Lucia di Lammermoor – G.Donizetti	Il barbiere di Siviglia – G.Rossini
La modista raggiratrice – G.Paisiello	Il turco in Italia – G.Rossini
Il mondo della luna – N.Piccinni	Nabucco – G.Verdi
Rigoletto, La traviata – G.Verdi	Don Pasquale – G.Donizetti

Since the beginning of his carreer in the operatic field he has collaborated with conductors such as Francesco Molinari Pradelli, Nicola Rescigno, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Nello Santi, Maurizio Arena, Anton Guadagno, Gianfranco Masini, Angelo Campori, Franco Mannino, Zoltan Pesko, Gustav Kuhn, Donato Renzetti, Massimo de Bernart, Daniel Oren, Paolo Carignani, Piero Bellugi, Carlo Franci, Alberto Zedda, Michail Jurowski, Herbert Blomstedt , Kiril Petrenko, Alan Gilbert, Riccardo Chailly, Christian Thielemann, Andris Nelsons; and chorus masters such as Vittorio Barbieri, Alfredo D’Angelo, Corrado Mirandola, Romano Gandolfi, Aldo Danieli and many more

Pianistic appointments and Masterclasses 

Coach and assistant to Dalton Baldwin / Lorraine Nubar -1996-2018:
Academie Musical d’Ete’, Nice, Academia Marshall, Barcelona, Academie Internationale de Musique, Fes – Morocco, Fundacao Casa de Mateus – Villa Real, Portugal

Coach and pianist
Härnösands Summer Opera Academy- Sweden 2014-2015

Master teacher

Academie Musical d’Ete’, Nice

Cours d’intérpretation chant et piano – 2012-2014

Master teacher
Workshop on Italian Opera, Universitetet i Stavanger – Norway 2010

Coach and pianist
Corso di tecnica vocale – Teresa Berganza, Casa de Mateus 2002

Coach and pianist
Corso di tecnica vocale – Virginia Zeani, Barcelona 2002

Master teacher
Workshop on Italian Opera, Escuela de Musica – Guanajuato, Mexico 2001

Coach and pianist
Corso di interpretazione, Helga Mueller Molinari – Brunico 2001

Master teacher on the works of Spontini
Accademia Spontiniana, Maiolati (Ancona,Italy) 1998-99

Master teacher
Seminar on German Lied for young singers and pianists – Coro Lirico Marchigiano,1995-96

Accompanist and coach
Accademia Verdiana – Busseto – Carlo Bergonzi, 1990-91.

TAIPEI (Taiwan R.O.C.) 1984-85, 1987:
Series of master classes on Italian opera in Taipei (Taiwan R.O.C.), followed by concerts in several concert halls of the country. The recital with soprano Yi Man-chun was part of the opening season of the National Concert Hall of Taipei

Others / Studies

Lectures  on La traviata, Turandot and Pagliacci, Workshop on italian Risorgimento – Universität Leipzig 2014-2017

Recording of Poulenc’s complete works for male voice on 3 CDs with the baritone Holger Falk

Label Dabringhaus & Grimm – 2011/2013

Francis Poulenc „Profil eines Künstlers“ – Lectures and concerts on Poulenc’s works – 2013

Concerts for Foundation Casa de Mateus – Portugal, accompanying young talents like Maria Jose’ Moreno (1999) and Mary Elizabeth Williams (2000-2003).

Concerts since 1998 in several Tokyo concert halls (Pablo Casals Hall, Oji-Horu Hall, Yamaha Hall – Ginza, Okurayama Hall).

First Prize – International Contest Riviera del Conero in duo with soprano Norma Raccichini, Ancona 2000

Created Trio dell’Aura in 1997 with soprano Valeria Esposito and flautist Sandra Pirruccio

Revision and orchestration of the Korean opera Simchungjun – Seoul 1995

Concerts with Renato Bruson, Fabio Armiliato, Mariella Devia, Valeria Esposito, Elena Mauti Nunziata, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Cecilia Bartoli, Vincenzo La Scola, Pietro Ballo, etc. in Italy

Television and radio appearances: RAI – Radiotelevisione Italiana and Radio Vaticana, Radio Classique – Bruxelles, Deutschlandradio Kultur

Accompanist, singing competitions and auditions: Maria Battistini – Rieti, Giacomantonio – Cosenza, Francisco Vinas – Barcelona and the Opera de Montecarlo.

Orchestral conducting classes with Nicola Hansalik Samale

Postgraduate piano work with Maria Luisa Faini, Alfredo Casella’s pupil and teacher at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester – USA

Conservatorio di Musica
“S.Cecilia” – Rome

Composition work with Vieri Tosatti and chamber music with Dino Asciolla.

Diploma in Pianoforte performance, awarded in 1979.

Studied piano with Rina Rossi and Pieralberto Biondi.

Languages: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish