Vittorio Prato (Baritone)
A well-known specialist of bel canto repertory, italian baritone Vittorio Prato has sung the leading roles in operas by Mozart, Rossini and Donizetti, standing out internationally as one of the most interesting singers of his generation.
He has appeared in such prestigious opera houses as Staatsoper in Berlin, Liceu in Barcelona, Opéra de Lyon, Grand Théatre de Genève, Théatre du Capitole in Toulouse, Théatre des Champs-Elysées and Opera Comique in Paris, La Monnaie in Bruxelles, Theater an der Wien, Opéra de Lausanne, Barbican in London, Grand Théâtre in Bordeaux, Teatro Municipal de Santiago in Chile, Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Opéra Royal in Liège, Theater of Basel, Opera in Rome, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro Verdi in Trieste. He sang at a number of festivals as Wexford, Bad Wildbad, Beaune, Montpellier, Bad Kissingen and Pesaro.
Vittorio has performed with such conductors as Riccardo Muti, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Donato Renzetti and he has worked with directors such as Pierluigi Pizzi, Antonio Latella, Stefano Vizioli.In the ancient repertoire he collaborated with William Christie, Christophe Rousset, Christophe Hogwood, Ottavio Dantone, Andrea Curtis, Diego Fasolis, Andrea Marcon.
His vast repertory spans from Monteverdi to the twentieth-century and includes: Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro), Don Giovanni (title role), La Traviata (Germont), L’ Elisir d’amore (Belcore), La Bohème (Marcello), La Cenerentola (Dandini), Don Pasquale (Malatesta), Le nozze di Figaro (Conte) e Così fan tutte (Guglielmo), Werther (Albert), Rossini’s La cambiale di matrimonio and Il Turco in Italia, Bellini’s “Bianca e Gernando, Donizetti’s Betly, Mercadante’s I Briganti, Carafa’s I due Figaro, Pergolesi’s La Salustia, Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, Rameau’s Les Indes galantes, Gluck’s Demofonte, Handel’s operas as Giulio Cesare, Ezio and Imeneo, Wolf-Ferrari’s Il segreto di Susanna, Montsalvatge’s Una Voce in off.His concert repertory includes: Orff's Carmina Burana, Faurè’s Requiem, Puccini's Messa di Gloria, Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Haydn’s Il ritorno di Tobia, Rossini’s Le nozze di Teti e Peleo and Schumann’s Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, Mendelssohn's Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Händel’s Israel in Egypt.
Vittorio recordings includes Pergolesi’s La Salustia (DVD Arthaus Musik), Mercadante’s I Briganti (CD Naxos), Bellini’s Bianca e Gernando (CD Naxos), Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes (DVD Alpha), Carafa’s I due Figaro (DVD Bongiovanni).
He studied with Ivo Vinco and Luciano Pavarotti, Dmitry Vdovin and Sherman Lowe.He attended the Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro, where he performed Il viaggio a Reims (Don Alvaro). He won the “Mattia Battistini International Competition” and “Sacred Music Competition”. He graduated in piano and in harpsichord.
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