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| Davide Luciano preparing for Le nozze di Figaro |
We thought that you might enjoy seeing how Davide Luciano is preparing for his upcoming role as Figaro in Teatro Real's production of Mozart's
Le nozze di Figaro. The opera is kicking off their new season on September 15th and includes two casts. Other upcoming operas include Donizetti's
La fille du Régiment, a double-bill of
Goyescas and Gianni Schicchi, and Britten's
Death in Venice.
Davide Luciano will be paired with the Count Almaviva of Andrey Bondarenko, while the other cast features barihunk Luca Pisaroni as Almaviva and Andreas Wolf as Figaro.
DavideLuciano, was borninBenevento, Italy toa family of musicians. Before taking up singing, heplayedpiano, percussion, bassand classical guitar.When he was 19 hebegan studying voice with the baritoneGioacchinoZarrelli.![]() |
| Davide Luciano |
Five years later, he won his firstcompetitionandwasawarded "Best New Artist"attheAssociazioneLiricaeConcertisticaItaliana.Hesubsequently made his debut asPapagenoin Mozart'sDie Zauberflöte at Operadomani, followed by hisdebutat the RossiniFestivalin PesaroasDonProfondo in Rossini's comic masterpiece Il viaggio a Reimsunder the batonofAlbertoZedda. He won first prize and the audience prize at thePremiointernazionaledicantoliricoSantaChiarainNaples.
After singing Figaro, he heads to Sāo Paolo, Brazil to sing Silvio in Pagliacci. He then returns to his home base at the Deutsche Oper Berlin where he will perform Nottingham in Donizetti's Roberto Devereux, Ping in Puccini's Turandot, Belcore in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore and Figaro in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia.
