! Paolo Antognetti Character Tenor Italian character tenor Paolo Antognetti has been an audience favorite across the globe. His masterful portrayals, musicality and simpatico, driven by his sweet-timbered voice, also allow him to sing some lyric tenor roles such as Nemorino and Don Ottavio In 2017/18, Mr. Antognetti performs as Le Remendado in Carmen at Opera di Firenze, Borsa in Rigoletto at Teatro Massimo di Palermo, and Raymond in Jérusalem at Festival Verdi in Parma. Last season he returned to the Arena di Verona Opera Festival as Abdallo in Nabucco and Il Messaggero in Aida. At Teatro Comunale di Bologna he sang Bob Boles in Peter Grimes and at La Fenice, the role of Heinrich der Schreiber in Tannhäuser as well as Ernesto in the World Première of Filippo Ferocco’s Aquagranda. Recent seasons have seen Paolo Antognetti performing for delighted audiences across Italy in the roles of Arlecchino in I Pagliacci, Spoletta in Tosca, Gastone in La Traviata, Pong in Turandot, Ismaele in Nabucco, Tebaldo in both Romèo et Juliette and I Capuletti e i Montecchi, and many others. He has also appeared outside of Italy at the Royal Opera House of Muscat in Oman (Pong in Turandot), the State Opera Rousse in Bulgaria (Ismaele in Nabucco), International Opera Theater in Philadelphia (multiple roles in the World Première of Carlo Pedini’s Jago), Musikfestuttgart in Germany and the Concertgebouw in Holland (Eurimaco/Eumete in Il Ritorno d’Ulisse). He has created the roles for World Premièmes of Fabio Vacchi’s Lo specchio magico at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Alessandro di Fere/John Dunbar) and Alessandro Solbiati’s Il suono giallo at Teatro Comunale di Bologna Throughout Europe, audiences have seen Mr. Antognetti as Lucano in L’Incoronazione di Poppea at Festival Mito (Italy) and Festival Perigueux (France), in Eurimaco/Eumete in Il Ritorno d’Ulisse at Musikfestuttgart (Germany) and Concertgebouw (Holland), Arlecchino in I Pagliacci at Festival Mascagni (Italy), Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at Villa Cordelina (Italy), Tebaldo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi at Teatro Camploy (Italy), Conte Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore at Pergine Spettacolo Aperto (Italy), and in L’Orfeo at Festival Santande (Spain). Mr. Antognetti’s recordings include Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria (Eurimaco/ Eumete) with La Venexiana, Fiamma D’Amore – Italian romantic songs, and I Suoni del Castello with the Luca Cosi Quartet. As a soloist on the concert stage, he has performed with Ente Arena di Verona, Orchestra Coccia di Novara, Orchestra Santa Cecilia de Bescia, Orchestra l’Incanto Armonico, Orchestra di Lecco, La Venexiana, Orchestra da Camera Arteviva, and the Ricercare Ensemble, presenting such works as Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle and Stabat Mater, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Händel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Mass in D minor, Coronation Mass, and Vespers K339 and KV321, among others. Paolo Antognetti is a winner of l’Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano’s Giuseppe Verdi Competition, the 2011 Maria Callas Award for Young Emerging Artists, and the 2005 New Lyric Voices in Milan contest. ! ! Paolo Antognetti Character Tenor Opera Matteo Borsa Rigoletto Teatro Massimo di Palermo 2018 Le Remendado Carmen Opera di Firenze 2018 Raymond Jérusalem Festival Verdi, Parma 2017 Messenger Aida Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2017 Abdallo Nabucco Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2017 Bob Boles Peter Grimes Teatro Comunale di Bologna 2017 Heinrich der Schreiber Tannhäuser La Fenice, Venice 2017 Ismaele Nabucco Opera di Firenze 2016 Ernesto Aquagranda (W.P.) La Fenice, Venice 2016 Gastone La traviata Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2016 Messenger Aida Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2016 Le Remendado Carmen Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2016 Alessandro di Fere/John Dunbar Lo specchio magico (W.P.) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 2016 Le Remendado Carmen Teatro Comunale di Bologna 2016 Voce Goyescas Opera di Firenze 2016 Pong Turandot Royal Opera House of Muscat 2015 Spoletta Tosca Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2015 Abdallo Nabucco Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2015 Tenor Il suono giallo (W.P.) Teatro Comunale di Bologna 2015 Sailor Dido and Aeneas Opera di Firenze 2015 Ismaele Nabucco State Opera Rousse, Rimini 2015 Pong Turandot Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2014 Le Remendado Carmen Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2014 4. Knappe Parsifal Teatro Comunale di Bologna 2014 Tebaldo Romeo et Juliette Arena di Verona 2013 Tenor Jago International Opera Theater 2013 Tenor Pucinella Teatro La Fenice 2013 3rd Sailor Dido and Aeneas Teatro Filarmonico 2013 Pong Turandot Arena di Verona 2012 Tebaldo Romeo et Juliette Arena di Verona 2012 Tenor Pucinella Teatro Filarmonico 2012 Arlecchino I Pagliacci Teatro Filarmonico 2012 Lucano L’Incoronazione di Poppea Festival Mito 2011 Eurimaco/Eumete Il Ritorno d’Ulisse Musikfestuttgart 2011 ! ! Paolo Antognetti Character Tenor Opera, cont’d Tebaldo Romeo et Juliette Arena di Verona 2011 Eurimaco/Eumete Il Ritorno d’Ulisse Concertgebouw (Holland) 2011 Tenor La Bisbetica Festival della Cultura di Bergamo 2011 Tenor L’Orfeo Festival Santande (Spain) 2010 Lucano L’Incoronazione di Poppea Festival Perigueux 2010 Duca di Mantua Rigoletto Teatro Derby, Milan 2009 Arlecchino I Pagliacci Festival Mascagni 2007 Don Ottavio Don Giovanni Villa Cordelina 2005 Tebaldo I Capuleti e i Montecchi Teatro Camploy 2004 Almaviva Il Barbiere di Siviglia Pergine Spettacolo Aperto 2002 Nemorino L’Elisor d’Amore Pergine Spettacolo Aperto 2002 Concert & Oratorio Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle Ente Arena di Verona 2006 Mozart Requiem Orchestra Coccia di Novara 2008 Mozart Mass in D minor Orchestra Coccia di Novara 2006 Rossini Stabat Mater Orchestra Coccia di Novara 2010 Händel Messiah Orchestra S. Cecilia di Brescia 2007 Mozart Coronation Mass Orchestra l’Incanto Armonico 2008 Mozart Laurentanae Litany Orchestra l’Incanto Armonico 2008 Mozart Vesperae solennis de confessore Orchestra di Lecco 2008 Mozart Vesperae de Dominica Orchestra di Lecco 2008 Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri La Venexiana, Krakow 2009 Schubert Mass in G major Orchestra da Camera Arteviva 2010 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Ricercare Ensemble 2010 Soloist Omaggio a Bellini Teatro Sangiorgi in Catania 2005 Competitions & Awards Winner Maria Callas Award, Association M. Callas 2011 3rd Prize Schio International Lyric Singing Competition 2006 Winner New Lyric Voices Contest, Milan 2005 Education, Training & Professional Experience Vocal studies: Giovanna Canetti, Giuliano Ciannella, William Matteuzzi, Sergio Bologna, and Fiorenza Marchiori Salvaggio (current) Trumpet Masterclass with Armano Ghitalla 1993-94 1st and 2nd Trumpet, Milan Symphony Orchestra of Milan Giuseppe Verdi 1992-95 Conservatorio G. Puccini, La Spezia - trumpet 1992 ! ! Paolo Antognetti Character Tenor Opera Repertoire Adam Offenbach Chapelou …… Le Postillon de Lonjumeau Andrès, Cochenille, Frantz, Pitichinaccio ...... Les Contes d’Hoffmann Auber Beppo .………………………. Fra Diavolo Prokofiev Truffaldino ..….. The Love for Three Oranges Beethoven Jaquino ….……………………….. Fidelio Puccini Goro ………….…….... Madama Butterfly Berg Prunier ………………….…… La Rondine Hauptmann ………….…….…... Wozzeck Tinca ………………………...… Il Tabarro Bizet Spoletta …………………………….. Tosca Le Dancaïre, Le Remendado .…. Carmen Pong, Pang …………….………. Turandot Britten Rossini Albert Herring ….……… Albert Herring Don Narciso …...……… Il Turco in Italia Cimarosa R. Strauss Paolino ………….. Il Matrimonio Segreto Tanzmeister, Brighella, Donizetti Scaramuccio ……...… Ariadne auf Naxos Nemorino ….…………... L’Elisir d’Amore Valzacchi ….….……... Der Rosenkavalier Arturo, Normanno .… Lucia di Lammermoor Verdi Leoncavallo Bardolfo ..…….….…........………. Falstaff Beppe …….......…………….… I Pagliacci Mastro Trabuco ..... La Forza del Destino Borsa ..…………………………… Rigoletto Monteverdi Gastone .…………………….. La Traviata Lucano …….. L’Incoronazione di Poppea Ruiz ………….………………. Il Trovatore Mozart Wagner Don Ottavio ……….…...… Don Giovanni Steuermann …... Der fliegende Holländer Pedrillo ….….. Die Entführung aus dem Serail Basilio, Don Curzio ..... Le Nozze di Figaro Weber Monostatos …................. Die Zauberflöte Abu Hassan ………………..…. Abu Hassan This list represents recommended roles in the artist's operatic repertoire. For a list of performed repertoire, please refer to the artist's resume and biography. ! ! Paolo Antognetti Character Tenor Reviews “Paolo Antognetti è stato un brillante Arlecchino. (Paolo Antognetti was a brillant Arlecchino).” (Arena di Verona/Zeffirelli) Cesare Galla, L'ARENA.IT, 2012 “Coinvolgente la presenza del tenore Paolo Antognetti Beppe/Arlecchino che appare vivace e sicuro nell’interpretazione. (The engaging presence of tenor Paolo Antognetti as Beppe/Arlecchino is presented with a vibrant and secure interpretation.)” (Arena di Verona/Zeffirelli) Antonella Iozzo, BLUARTE.IT, 2012 !.