Born in Smyrna, he studied with Stella Silva at the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello di Venezia, attended classes with Maurizio Arena and Ileana Cotrubas and went on to further studies with Luciano Pavarotti. Prize winner of many competitions including Concorso Lirico Magda Olivero, Concorso Lignano Sabbiadoro and Concorso Lirico Zandonai, he made his debut as Don Ottavio Don Giovanni at Teatro La Fenice di Venezia whilst still in his early 20s. Today he continues to study with Neil Schicoff, specialising particularly in the high tenor belcanto repertory and performs regularly on the international opera circuit.
Roles include:
ANNA BOLENA: Percy
LA BOHEME: Rodolfo
LES CONTES D’ HOFFMANN: Hoffmann
DON GIOVANNI: Don Ottavio
FALSTAFF: Fenton
LA FILLE DU REGIMENT: Tonio
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR: Edgardo
LUCREZIA BORGIA: Gennaro
MANON: Des Grieux
IL PIRATA: Gualtiero
I PURITANI: Arturo
RIGOLETTO: Il Duca di Manova
DER ROSENKAVALIER: Sänger
LA TRAVIATA: Alfredo
Teatro Verdi di Trieste Lithuanian National Opera & Ballet Theatre
Teatro Verdi Pordenone Riva del Garda Festival Il Circuito Marchigiano
Istanbul State Opera
Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania
Teatro Verdi di Trieste
Teatro Verdi di Padova Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Teatro Verdi di Trieste
Estonian National Opera
Greek National Opera Teatro Bellini di Catania
Opera Sahnesi Ankara
Greek National Opera Teatro Verdi Busseto Teatro Sociale di Como Arena di Verona Seoul
Lithuanian National Opera & Ballet Theatre
Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania Teatro Verdi di Padova
Conductors with whom he has collaborated include:
Antonello Allemandi; Matteo Beltrami; Giampaolo Bisanti; Fabrizio Carminati; Roberto Gianola;
Julian Kovatchev; Simon Krecic; Elio Orciulo; Daniel Oren; Sesto Quatrini