In 2002 he won a
scholarship at the Accademia d’alto Perfezionamento del Repertorio Pucciniano of Torre del Lago, where he attended its courses with
Magda Olivero,
Katia Ricciarelli and
Raina Kabaivanska.[2] Afterwards he performed with Katia Ricciarelli at the Teatro Verdi of Pisa in a gala event organized by the
Rotary Club.
After he debuted in 2008 with
Aida at the Theatre Goldoni in Leghorn, he continued his artistic experience in the traditional theatres of Italian cities such as Novara, Savona, Chieti, Reggio Emilia, Pisa, Lucca, Livorno, Busseto and Brescia.[3]
His international career started in 2011 with
Turandot in
Ratisbon (where he made his debut with 16 recitals),[4] then in Dortmund,
Leipzig, Saint Petersburg, St. Gallen, Zagabria, and Bucarest. In 2014 he performed in some of the great European opera houses in
Hamburg,
Berlin,
Munich,
Amsterdam,
Oslo,
Dresden and
Vienna. In Italy he has performed several times at
Teatro alla Scala in Milan as well as in
Rome,
Naples and
Verona.[4]
Awards
2002: winner of a scholarship at the Accademia d’Alto Perfezionamento del Repertorio Pucciniano di
Torre del Lago
2006: winner of the International Contest Ismaele Voltolini at Buscoldo (Mantua)
Performances
2014
Manon Lescaut (Renato Des Grieux) Oper Leipzig (February–May)
La Gioconda (Enzo Grimaldi) Theater St. Gallen (February–May)