He was born in Piacenza Italy on 23/08/1933. He took vocal studies under Ettore Campogalliani and Carlo Tagliabue. He made his debut at the Teatro Nuovo di Milano performing Canio in the opera Pagliacci (1961). After winning a song competition in Reggio Emilia (Italy), he sang in major Italian opera houses such as those of Naples, Bologna and Palermo. He has also appeared at the Vienna State Opera and at the opera houses of Toulouse and Basel. His repertory included mostly dramatic roles in Italian and French operas such as Don José (Carmen), Radames (Aida), Don Alvaro (La forza del destino), Otello, Manrico (Il trovatore), Arrigo (I vespri siciliani), Calaf (Turandot), Cavaradossi (Tosca), Dick Johnson (La fanciulla del West), Samson (Samson et Dalila), Turiddu (Cavalleria rusticana), Pollione (Norma) and Vasco da Gama (L’ Africaine) by Meyerbeer. He has also worked for the Italian television. A single recording of his performance in the opera La forza del destino has been saved to posterity (1960). He worked with the GNO once, interpreting the title role in the premiere of Giordano’s opera Andrea Chenier (Olympia Theatre, 1964/65). // Last update of the biography: March 2019 - The list of productions below is complete.