Rosenblatt Recitals – Massimo Cavalletti

Italian baritone Massimo Cavalletti will make his Rosenblatt Recitals debut in London on 10 February 2011 and will perform songs and arias by composers including Rossini, Mozart, Tosti, Denza, Toselli, Bizet, Donizetti, Bellini, Cipriano and Verdi.

The Lucca-born baritone recently received outstanding reviews for his different roles in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra and Puccini’s La Bohème: Massimo Cavalletti has a “perfect diction and captivating presence on stage” (Musical Criticism), “full of life and fun” (Opera Britannia), “his singing is robust and lively”. (New York Times)

Massimo Cavalletti was born in 1978 in Lucca where he began his vocal studies with Graziano Polidori. He subsequently attended the Young Artists Programme at the Academy of the Teatro La Scala, Milan, refining his vocal technique with soprano Luciana Serra. Throughout this time he also participated in Masterclasses with Leyla Gencer, Leo Nucci, Renato Bruson and Luis Alva. He made his operatic debut at the Donizetti Theatre in Bergamo in Donizetti’s La Parisina, organised by the La Scala Academy and the following year he sang the role of Figaro in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia at La Scala. During 2010/2011 he will make his role debut as Ford in Falstaff and in a new production of Don Carlo in Zurich.