S TEFANO L A C OLLA – Tenor

One of the most valued tenor of his generation, Stefano La Colla graduated at the Conservatorio “Pietro Mascagni” in Livorno, then he studied with , Katia Ricciarelli, Luciana Serra and Carlo Meliciani. After his first successes in Italian theatres, he started his international career in 2011, but the turning point was in 2015 with his glamorous debut at Teatro alla Scala as Calaf in (first event of La Scala for EXPO), under the baton of Riccardo Chailly. Thanks to this great success, in June 2015 he was invited back to La Scala for Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu). During his career Stefano La Colla has worked with such conductors as Yves Abel, Daniele Callegari, Riccardo Chailly, Riccardo Frizza, Alexander Joel, Stefano Ranzani, Samuel Rattle, Donato Renzetti, Pinchas Steinberg, and with stage directors such as Franco Zeffirelli, Andrea Breth, Gilbert Deflo, Jürgen Flimm, Ezio Frigerio, Nikolaus Lehnhoff, Mario Martone, Francesco Micheli, Alessandro Talevi. He has sung in some of the most prestigious houses, including Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper and Staatsoper , Bayerische Staatsoper in , Opéra de Toulon, Mikhailovsky Theatre Sankt Petersburg, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Arena di , Festival Puccini di Torre del Lago. In his repertoire should be mentioned the following roles, among others: Radamès in (Arena di Verona, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli), Cavaradossi in Tosca (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper of Munich, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Opéra de Toulon), Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (Staatsoper Berlin), Calaf in Turandot (Teatro alla Scala, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro San Carlo in Napoli), Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut (Opernhaus Leipzig, Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Deutsche Oper Berlin, De Nationale Opera ), Rodrigue in Le Cid (St. Gallen Opera), Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera (Hamburgische Staatsoper). LATEST PERFORMANCES : Aida (Radamès) at Macerata Opera Festival; Turandot (Calaf) at Festival Puccini di Torre del Lago, Bayerische Staatsoper of Munich and Wiener Staatsoper; Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu) at Semperoper ; Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu) and Pagliacci (Canio) at Opéra National du Rhin de Strasbourg; Il Trovatore (Manrico) at Teatro Calderòn de . FORTHCOMING PROJECTS : Tosca (Cavaradossi) at Opera di Firenze and Teatro dell’Opera di Roma; Nabucco (Ismaele) at Teatro alla Scala; Turandot (Calaf) at Lyric Opera of Chicago and Deutsche Oper Berlin; Norma (Pollione) and Tosca (Cavaradossi) at Oper Frankfurt; Il Trovatore (Manrico) at Teatro Real de Madrid.

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