Luca Pisaroni

Italian bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni has established himself as one of the most charismatic and versatile singers performing today. Since his debut at age 26 with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival, led by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Pisaroni has continued to bring his compelling artistry to the world's leading opera houses, concert halls, and festivals. Pisaroni begins the 2017/18 season as Mahomet II in Rossini's Le Siège de Corinthe in his first performances at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, followed by role debuts as Golaud in Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande at Opera de Paris and Mustafà in Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri at the Wiener Staatsoper. Mr. Pisaroni returns to the Metropolitan Opera stage as Count Almaviva in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro and he sings Méphistophélès in Gounod's Faust at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow. He will perform the roles of Alidoro in Rossini's La Cenerentola and Leporello in Don Giovanni at the Wiener Staatsoper, and he then debuts in the role of Don Pizarro in Beethoven's Fidelio at Teatro alla Scala, under the baton of Myung-Whun Chung. This season, Mr. Pisaroni's international concert appearances include Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle at the Konzerthaus Wien and with the Luxembourg Philharmonie; Beethoven's C Major Mass with the Symphonierorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conducted by Mariss Jansons; Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the LSO and Michael Tilson-Thomas; Händel's Rinaldo (Argante) on tour with the English Concert under the baton of Harry Bicket; Schubert's Orchestrated Songs with the Filarmonica della Scala, led by Fabio Luisi; Mozart's C Minor Mass with the Concentus Musicus Wien at the Musikverein; and a Rossini Gala with the Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai with Maestro Luisi. Pisaroni also presents an all-Schubert program of recitals with pianist Malcolm Martineau in Berlin and Essen, and additionally he performs a program of Italian/American songs in Firenze, Trento, and Philadelphia. Luca Pisaroni's diverse operatic repertoire includes portrayals of Méphistophélès in Gounod's Faust at Houston Grand Opera; Enrico VIII in Anna Bolena at Opernhaus Zürich; Conte Rodolfo in Bellini's La Sonnambula at Wiener Staatsoper; Giorgio in I Puritani and Caliban in The Enchanted Island at the MET; Le nozze di Figaro at Opéra National de Paris, San Francisco Opera, and at the Bayerische Staatsoper; Leporello in Don Giovanni at Teatro alla Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, Salzburg Festival, and at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony under James Levine; Guglielmo in Così fan tutte at Glyndebourne and the Salzburg Festival; Conte Dorval in Martin y Soler's Il Burbero di Buon Cuore at Teatro Real; Maometto in Rossini's Maometto II at the Canadian Opera Company; and Tiridate in Radamisto at Santa Fe Opera. He sang Argante in Rinaldo at Lyric Opera of Chicago; the title role in Cavalli's Ercole Amante with De Nederlandse Opera; Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas for the Wiener Festwochen; and Don Fernando in Beethoven's Fidelio with the San Francisco Symphony. In concert, Pisaroni has performed Berlioz' Roméo et Juliette with Michael Tilson-Thomas, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with Jeffrey Tate; Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten at the Musikverein Wien, under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Rossini's Stabat Mater with Franz Welser-Möst; Schumann's Das Paradies und die Peri with Sir Simon Rattle and the Philadelphia Orchestra; and Schumann's Faustszenen with Daniel Harding and the Berlin Philharmonic. He has also been a featured soloist in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with Jaap van Zweden; Mozart's Requiem with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem under the baton of Edo de Waart; Bach's B Minor Mass with the Gewandhausorchester under Herbert Blomstedt; Mendelssohn's Die erste Walpurgisnacht with the Orchestra of St. Luke's at Carnegie Hall, led by Pablo Heras-Casado; Hasse's I Pellegrini al Sepolcro di Nostro Signore and Cherubini's Missa Solemnis under Riccardo Muti; Haydn's Die Schöpfung with Daniel Harding; and Testi's Sacrae Symphoniae under the direction of Daniele Gatti, with the Orchestre National de Radio France. In addition to his extensive opera and concert appearances, Pisaroni has presented critically lauded recitals at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Teatro de la Zarzuela, the Concertgebouw, Edinburgh Festival, Vienna's Musikverein, the Vancouver Recital Society, and the Dortmund Konzerthaus, among other prominent international venues. Mr. Pisaroni has recorded for all major labels, and his discography includes Don Giovanni and Rinaldo from the Glyndebourne Festival; Le nozze di Figaro with the Opéra National de Paris; Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro from the Salzburg Festival; and a recording of Don Giovanni with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Additional releases include Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, and most recently, the title role in Le nozze di Figaro with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Luca Pisaroni lives in Vienna with his wife, Catherine. Their golden retriever Lenny 2.0 and miniature dachshund Tristan are the singer's constant traveling companions. Welcome to my Facebook Musician Page! Official website: http://www.lucapisaroni.com or follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/lucapisaroni