Simone Piazzola
Simone Piazzola (* 1985 in Verona ) is an Italian opera singer with a baritone voice .
Life
Youth and education
In 1996, at the age of eleven, Piazzola began his musical training with the soprano Alda Borelli Morgan. In 2004 he had the opportunity to take part in concerts organized by the Fondazione Arena di Verona .
Career
Piazzola had first engagements in Umberto Giordano's ll Ré at the Teatro Umberto Giordano in Foggia , in Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto , conducted by Bruno Campanella, at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome and as Count Luna in Verdi's Il trovatore in Spoleto . This was followed by his debut as Marcello in La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice in July 2008.
The 2009/2010 opera season saw Piazzola also as Marcello at the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele in Messina . He also sang Germont in Verdi's La traviata in Verona and Florence , Cecil in Maria Stuarda by Gaetano Donizetti and Sharpless in Puccini's Madama Butterfly in Venice, Beijing and Naples . He performed with Plácido Domingo at a gala concert in the Verona Arena .
In the opera season 2010/2011 he made his debut at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania as Valentin in Faust by Charles Gounod and was heard under Daniele Callegari at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo in Puccini's La Bohème . In Jesi , Fermo and Treviso he gave the Germont at the Teatro Regio in Parma in Verdi's La traviata and at the Teatro Real in Madrid the Paolo in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra and at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo the Sonora in Puccini's La fanciulla del West .
Since July 2013 Simone Piazzola could be heard in the following roles:
- as Amonasro in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida at the Vienna State Opera (2016) and at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival (2017)
- as Ezio in Giuseppe Verdi's Attila at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo (2016) and the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (2016)
- as Renato in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (2016), at the Opéra National de Paris (2018) and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich (2018)
- as Marcello in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème at the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo (2013), at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv (2014), at the Savonlinna Opera Festival (2016), at the Opera di Firenze (2017), at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (2017) and the Semperoper in Dresden (2017)
- as Rodrigo in Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlos at the Teatro alla Scala (2017)
- as Ford in Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff at the Teatro Dante Alighieri in Ravenna (2013)
- as Alphonse XI in Gaetano Donizetti's La favorite at the Teatro Real in Madrid (2017)
- as Don Carlo di Vargas in Giuseppe Verdi's La forza del destino at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia (2014), at the Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi in Salerno (2016) and at the Munich Opera Festival (2017)
- as Lord Enrico Ashton in Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (2015) and the Semperoper (2017)
- as Sharpless in Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Padua (2014)
- as Silvio in Ruggero Leoncavallos Pagliacci at the Teatro alla Scala (2015)
- as Duca di Nottingham in Gaetano Donizetti's Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera (2017)
- as Simon Boccanegra in Giuseppe Verdi's opera of the same name at the Teatro La Fenice (2014)
- as Giorgio Germont in Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata at the Teatro La Fenice (2013, 2014 and 2015), at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (2013), at the Macerata Opera Festival (2014), at the Teatro Coccia in Novara (2014), at the Astana Opera in Kazakhstan (2015), at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona (2015), at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence (2015), at the Baden-Baden Whitsun Festival (2015), with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (2015), at the State Opera Unter den Linden in Berlin (2015), at the Opéra National de Paris (2016), at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo (2017) and the Semperoper (2017)
- as Count Luna in Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore at the Macerata Opera Festival (2013), at the Teatro alla Scala (2014), at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples (2014), at De Nationale Opera in Amsterdam (2015), at the State Opera Unter den Linden (2016), at the Arena di Verona Opera Festival (2016), at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (2017) and at the Opera de Oviedo (2017).
He has worked with well-known conductors, including: Paolo Arrivabeni , Daniel Barenboim , Miguel Angel Gomez Martinez , Nicola Luisotti , Diego Matheuz , Zubin Mehta , Daniele Rustioni , Myung-whun Chung , Speranza Scappucci , Daniel Oren , Asher Fisch , Gianandrea Noseda , Michel Plasson , Ivan Repusic , Jesús López-Cobos , Simone Young , Michele Mariotti and Bertrand De Billy .
Repertoire (selection)
| composer | Opera | role |
|---|---|---|
| Gaetano Donizetti | La favorite | Alphonse XI |
| Gaetano Donizetti | Lucia di Lammermoor | Lord Enrico Ashton |
| Gaetano Donizetti | Maria Stuarda | Lord Guglielmo Cecil |
| Gaetano Donizetti | Roberto Devereux | Duca di Nottingham |
| Umberto Giordano | ll Ré | |
| Charles Gounod | Fist (gounod) | Valentine |
| Ruggero Leoncavallo | Pagliacci | Silvio |
| Giacomo Puccini | La bohème | Marcello |
| Giacomo Puccini | La fanciulla del West | Sonora |
| Giacomo Puccini | Madama Butterfly | Sharpless |
| Giacomo Puccini | Manon Lescaut | Lescaut |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Aida | Amonasro |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Attila | Ezio |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Don Carlos | Rodrigo |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Falstaff | ford |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Il corsaro | Are |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Il trovatore | Count Luna |
| Giuseppe Verdi | La forza del destino | Don Carlo de Vargas |
| Giuseppe Verdi | La traviata | Giorgio Germont |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Rigoletto | Rigoletto |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Simon Boccanegra | Paolo Albiani
Simon Boccanegra |
Awards
- 2005: first prize at the “Marie Kraja” competition in Tirana
- 2007: First prize in the “Comunità Europea des Teatro Lirico Sperimentale” competition in Spoleto
- 2013: Abbiati Prize Winner
- 2013: Second Prize and Audience Prize at Plácido Domingos Operalia Competition in Verona
Recordings
- Giuseppe Verdi, La traviata with Olga Peretyatko , Attala Ayan, Simone Piazzola and the Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble under Pablo Heras-Casado (DVD)
- Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlos with Giacomo Prestia, Mario Malagnini, Simone Piazzola, Luciano Montanaro and the Orchestra Regionale dell'Emilia Romagna under Fabrizio Ventura (DVD)
- Giuseppe Verdi, Simon Boccanegra with Leo Nucci , Roberto Scandiuzzi, Simone Piazzola (as Paolo Albiani), Paolo Pecchioli, Tamar Iveri and Francesco Meli and the orchestra and choir of the Teatro Regio di Parma under Daniele Callegari (DVD)
Web links
- Simone Piazzola homepage
- Simone Piazzola at Operabase (engagements and dates)
- Simone Piazzola at youtube.com
- New darling of the Munich opera scene: Simone Piazzola at tabularasamagazin.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e BIOGRAFIA. In: simonepiazzola.it. Retrieved March 13, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d Simone Piazzola. In: deutscheoperberlin.de. Retrieved March 13, 2018 .
- ↑ SIMONE PIAZZOLA. In: schmopera.com. Accessed March 13, 2018 .
- ^ Simone Piazzola, baritone. In: operabase.com. Retrieved March 15, 2018 .
- ^ Simone Piazzola - Schedule. Retrieved March 17, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Simone Piazzola Baritone. In: bolshoi.ru. Accessed March 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Simone Piazzola - Bluray / DVD & CD. Retrieved March 17, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piazzola, Simone |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian opera singer with a baritone voice |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Verona |