Franco Vassallo Baritone

Franco Vassallo is one of the most requested Italian baritones and is a regular guest at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Teatro dell' Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio di Parma and Arena di Verona.

On the internaFonal scene he regularly performs at the Metropolitan Opera New York, Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Wiener Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper and Staatsoper of Berlin, Opernhaus Zürich, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Opera di Hamburg, Semperoper Dresden, Teatro Real de Madrid, Teatro de São Carlos Lisbon, Opera de Paris as well as the Washington and Los Angeles Opera.

In the past seasons he has interpreted new producFons of RIGOLETTO at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, at the Geneva Theater, at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, at the BasFlle Opera in Paris, Don Carlo / ERNANI and RIGOLETTO at the Frankfurt Opera, MACBETH and Conte by Luna / IL TROVATORE at the Teatro alla Scala, Ford / FALSTAFF at the MET with James Levine, LA STRANIERA at the Zurich Opera and Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Germont / LA TRAVIATA at Covent Garden in London, Amonasro / AIDA, NoZngham / ROBERTO DEVEREUX, Renato / A BALLO IN MASCHERA at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Monaco and debuted the Ftle role in SIMON BOCCANEGRA at the Carlo Felice Theater in Genoa and FALSTAFF at the Geneva Theater. He made his debut at the Paris Opera with a new producFon of RIGOLETTO and as Ford / FALSTAFF and returned as Iago / OTHELLO at the Hamburg Opera.

He recently made his debut as Scarpia / TOSCA at the Hamburg Opera, Conte de Luna / LE TROUVERE and Miller / LUISA MILLER at the Verdi FesFval in Parma, Barnaba / LA GIOCONDA at the La Monnaie Theater in Brussels, Michele / IL TABARRO at the Maggio Musicale FiorenFno. He then made his debut at the Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona with the role of Amonasro / AIDA.

Among his next engagements we remember Jago / OTELLO and Miller / LUISA MILLER at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, JAGO / OTELLO at the Petruzzelli Theater in Bari and at the Tanglewood FesFval in the United States, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR at the Rome Opera and at the Edinburgh FesFval, as well as the return to the MET in New York with Ernesto / IL PIRATA.