Reader Submission: Italian Bass-Barihunk Riccardo Fassi

Riccardo Fassi

Our latest reader submission is Italian bass-barihunk Riccardo Fassi, who a reader spotted as Colline in Puccini's La bohème at Austria's Stadttheaters Klagenfurt. He has additional performances this year on December 29 and 31, and from January 2-17 next year. Tickets and cast information is available online.

Fassi has been majoring in Vocal Chamber Music and Opera Singing at the Conservatory “G. Verdi” in Milan. He made his debut in 2014 at the Royal Opera House in Muscat, Oman singing Masetto in Mozart's Don Giovanni.

Despite his youth, he's already performed on a number of major opera stages, including Papageno at Milan's La scala, Mozart's Figaro at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Pistola at the Wiener Staatsoper and the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Theater Basel.

Next up for Fassi is the role of Balthazar in Donizetti's La favorite at the Teatro Massimo, which he will rotate with fellow barihunk Marko Mimica. Léonor will be sung by the exciting young mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis. Fassi performs on February 2 and 27 and additional cast and ticket information is available online.