Luciano Montanaro (bass)Download the bio >>

LUCIANO MONTANARO, began his musical studies at the Brescia Conservatoire where he obtained his diploma in 1992 in Clarinet Performance. After several engagements working with chamber and symphonic music ensembles, he began studying voice with Professor Alfredo Pinardi. He participated in numerous concerts both nationally and internationally with the Philarmonic Orchestras of Nice, Cannes and Piedmont. Also, he appeared in several rôles on the lyric stage with such opera companies as Cagliari, Nice, Rome and Monte-Carlo in the following operas : Macbeth, Il trovatore, Tosca, Romeo and Juliet, Fidelio, Madama Butterfly, Salomé, Rigoletto and Aida. He received special mention for his interpretation of the rôle of Fiesco in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra at Vercelli and Cuneo (Italy). He has worked with directors such as Paul-Emile Fourny, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Mario Pontiggia, Luca Ronconi, Paolo Miccichè, Giovanni Agostinucci, Edoardo Siravo. Some of the prestigious orchestral conductors with whom he has worked include Erich Hull, Renato Palumbo, Marco Guidarini, Aldo Salvagno, Giovanni Reggioli, Bruno Campanella and Mark Foster. He received acclaim in a production of Aida given in the Terme of Caracalla in Rome by the Rome Opera Company, conducted by Placido Domingo, and as Monterone in Rigoletto, again with the Rome Opera Company, conducted by Bruno Campanella. This last production went on tour in Japan. He was one of the protagonist of musical comedy “ Sans Famille” by Jean-Claude Petit in the premiere production at Nice Theatre de l’Opèra. He recently sang Verdi’s Requiem in the Saint Remi Basilic in Reims and performed the role of the Grand Inquisitor in Verdi’s Don Carlo at the Liege Opera Royale de Wallonye. During the 2008-2009 season he sang Zaccaria in Verdi’s Nabucco at the Festival Verdi in Parma, under the baton of Michele Mariotti and the stage direction of Daniele Abbado. He also made his La Scala debut as the cover for the Grand Inquisitor in their production of Don Carlo conducted by Daniele Gatti, and he will also appear in their production of Assassinio nella Cattedrale by I. Pizzetti under the direction of Donato Renzetti.