BIASIO, ROBERTO DE

Born in Sicily, Roberto de Biasio studied in Naples, graduating in flute, and at Cassino University in modern literature. He had his vocal training with Mara Naddei, then with Malcolm King and Dennis O'Neill, and made his début in Bernstein’s Candide in Trento. He sang in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera in the first performance at the Tirana Opera Theatre and at Poly Theatre in Pechino, with appearances in Petrassi's La morte dell’aria at La Fenice in Venice and Puccini’s La bohème in Pordenone. He sang in the world première of Liberovici's Titania la Rossa in Piacenza, and Pulcinella in a tour of Spain and Portugal, and made his début as Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) in a first centenary performance in Kyoto. He made his début in Bergamo as Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, followed by Leicester in Maria Stuarda at Sferisterio in Macerata, Gennaro in Lucrezia Borgia in Bergamo, and sang in Lucia di Lammermoor in Tokyo, Osaka and Lecce, Verdi’s La Traviata, Macbeth, Oberto conte di san Bonifacio and Nabucco in Parma, Attila in Modena and Piacenza, Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux and Puccini’s La rondine in Trieste, and Verdi’s Nabucco at La Fenice.

DECEMBER 2008

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
DONIZETTI, G.: Lucrezia Borgia (Teatro Donizetti, 2007) (NTSC)	2.110264
DONIZETTI, G.: Maria Stuarda (Sferisterio Opera Festival, 2007)	8.660261-62
DONIZETTI, G.: Maria Stuarda (Sferisterio Opera Festival, 2007) (NTSC)	2.110268