Born in Bolzano, she graduated from the “Claudio Monteverdi” Conservatory in her city in singing and piano, later perfecting her skills at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. She made her debut at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto as the protagonist in Rossini’s Signor Bruschino and later at the Teatro alla Scala in the role of Pierotto in Linda di Chamounix conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni.
He has sung in the major theatrical institutions of the world, among which are the Teatro alla Scala, Covent Garden, the Paris Opera, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Opernhaus in Zurich, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, the Liceu in Barcelona, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Teatro Regio in Turin, the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, and in some important festivals, including the Bregenz Festival, the Edinburgh Festival, the Spoleto Festival and those of Wiesbaden and Dresden.
During his career he has collaborated with important conductors such as Bruno Bartoletti, Gabriele Ferro, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Carlo Maria Giulini, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Georges Prêtre and Mstislav Rostropovich.
He was part of the Piccolo Teatro “Collegium Musicum Italicum” in Rome with the famous ensemble of the “Virtuosi di Roma”, participating as protagonist in numerous tours in the USA, Canada, Japan, Spain, Russia, with a repertoire of works from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Among his greatest successes are the interpretations of Cavalleria Rusticana and Les Troyens at the Teatro alla Scala, Falstaff at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino conducted by Zubin Mehta, at the Frankfurt Opera, at the Teatro Regio in Turin, at the Opéra National de Lyon, at the Opéra de Nantes and at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Andrea Chénier at the ROH Covent Garden in London and at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Cavalleria Rusticana at Covent Garden in London, at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and at the Opéra National de Paris, Andrea Chénier at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris and at the Frankfurt Opera, Gianni Schicchi and The Turn of the Screw at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Il Tabarro at the Arena di Verona and at the Liceu in Barcelona, Eugene Onegin and The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Saul and The Nose at the Rome Opera, The Return of Ulysses in homeland in Antwerp and Zurich, Der Filiegende Hollaender at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.
During the seasons from 2018 to 2020, we would like to point out Andrea Chénier at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Cavalleria Rusticana at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Lakmé at the Royal Opera House in Muscat.
He opened the 2020 season performing Cavalleria Rusticana at the Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam and at the Teatro Liceu in Barcelona. He then sang Il Trittico at the Teatro de la Monnaie in Brussels; Cavalleria Rusticana at the ROH Covent Garden in London; Siberia at the Teatro Real de Madrid. He begins 2023 with Evgenij Onegin at the Oper Frankfurt, followed by “Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria” in Geneva, Andrea Chénier at the Teatro Alla Scala in Milan, Madama Butterfly at the Arena di Verona, Evgenij Onegin at the Liceu in Barcelona. He begins the 2023-24 season with Cavalleria Rusticana at the ROH Covent Garden in London, at the Opéra de Monte Carlo and Teatro alla Scala in Milan, then returns to the ROH Covent Garden in London for Andrea Chénier; in Turin for Il Trittico at the Teatro Regio.
Among his upcoming engagements: from now until 2026 we point out: Les Dialogues des Carmélites and Evgenij Onegin at the Frankfurt Opera, the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and the Teatro Real in Madrid, Lakmè at the Teatro Real de Madrid, Jenufa at the ROH Covent Garden in London, Il Trittico at the Palau de la Musica Reina Sofia in Valencia and others.
Among his rich recording production (RCA, Cynus, ERI) we can mention Il Flaminio (Giustina) by Pergolesi (Fonit Cetra), Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica by Puccini conducted by Antonio Pappano (Emi).