Carlo Guelfi Baritono

Born in Rome, Carlo Guelfi studies singing with his uncle on father side, Maestro Renato Guelfi. He wins Adriano Pertile Competition. Since then, his extraordinary and brilliant career begins. Indeed, he has been collaborating with the major theatres and music institutions across the globe, until he has become the greatest baritone of his generation. Thanks to the dark timbre of his voice, the noble manner in which he delivers the voice, his renowned diction, the infinite ease of his legato singing, the skilful use of the half-voice, combined with his remarkable stage presence, he has risen to international prominence as the interpreter of reference of Verdi’s and the verista repertoire. OPERA SINGING The series of the great Verdi roles has been enriched by his debut in "Nabucco" at La Fenice in Venezia and "Stiffelio" at Sao Carlos MASTERCLASS theatre in Lisbon and made even more special by his debut in "Don Carlos", conductor Maestro Mehta, at the Teatro Comunale in Florence. It is also worth mentioning the well-known "Rigoletto" and "Simon Boccanegra", whose precious recording can be found in the recently issued DVD of the famous edition of the Maggio Musicale CARLO GUELFI Fiorentinom conducted by Maestro Claudio Abbado, "Macbeth", Rome - Via Casilina 1101 "Othello", with which he opened New York’s 2004/2005 season ph.+39062389732 | mob.+393801297500 under the baton of Maestro Levine, “A masked ball”, "Trovatore", also recorded for DECCA, "Traviata", etc. In addition to his Verdi’s roles, it ariadimusica.com is worth mentioning his great Veristi roles, such as "Scarpia" in [email protected] "Tosca", recently performed with great success at La Scala and also recorded for DECCA too under the baton of Maestro Mehta, "Gerard" in "Andrea Chenier" (Tokyo, Bologna), "Rance" in "Fanciulla del Facebook pages: West", "Michele" in "Tabarro" recorded for EMI, conductor Maestro Ariadimusica Pappano and "Gianni Schicchi", conductor Maestro Gelmetti, with Ariadimusica&Cartoons which he opened 2002 season at the Teatro dell'Opera of Roma, by playing on the same night the two great roles of Puccini’s Trittico, just like the great baritones of the past, managing to skilfully shift from the dark and dramatic tones of “Tabarro” to the humorous and funny ones of "Gianni Schicchi". "Aida", La Scala theatre (Opening of 2006/07 season), "Tosca", (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Teatro La Fenice), "Nabucco", Baths of Caracalla, "I Pagliacci", Baths of Caracalla, "La Cavalleria Rusticana" and "I pagliacci", Teatro Real, Madrid, "Adriana Lecouvreur", La Scala theatre. He collaborated with the greatest orchestra directors of the globe, such as Claudio Abbado, Bruno Bartoletti, Leonard Bernstein, Gary Bertini, Semyon Bychkov, Riccardo Chailly, Daniele Gatti, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Carlo Maria Giulini, James Levine, Jesus Lopez Cobos, Peter Maag, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Antonio Pappano, Christian Thielemann. Official recordings:  Tabarro - EMI – Director Pappano (CD)  Tosca - DECCA - Director Mehta (CD)  Trovatore - DECCA - Director Mercurio (CD) baritone  Simone Boccanegra - RAITRADE - Director C. Abbado (DVD)  Adriana Lecouvreur - RAITRADE - Director Rizzi Brignoli (DVD)  Andrea Chenier - RAITRADE - Director Carlo Rizzi (DVD)

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