Italian baritone, his repertory includes leading roles in Gluck’s Armide (La Scala, Milan), Leporello in Don Giovanni (under Muti), Dom Sébastien (dir. Gatti), Silvio in Pagliacci, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Marcello and Schaunard in La bohème, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Così fan tutte (Parma, Genova, Florence, Paris, Monte Carlo, Santiago, Tokyo, Pesaro, Wexford, Santa Cecilia, Vienna, Amsterdam). He has worked with leading conductors such as Bonynge, Chung, Chailly, Savall, Scimone, and directors including Pizzi, Miller, Strehler and Zeffirelli. His recordings include Don Giovanni (Kikko Classic), Inés de Castro (Bongiovanni), Sapho (Fonè) and Il turco in Italia (Naxos). // Last update: March 2008