Ambrogio Maestri – Wikipedia

Ambrogio Maestri (Pavia, 1970) is an Italian baritone.

He studied piano and singing in his city, Pavia, perfecting himself with the tenor Umberto Grilli. Essentially Verdian interpreter, he has particularly linked his name to Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi, a work with which he performed at the 2001 “Verdian Centenary”, at the Scala in Milan and at the Verdi Theater in Busseto. Since then it has become one of the most important lyrical baritones in the world.

For the Scala of Milan in 2000 is Don Carlo di Vargas in The strength of destiny directed by Riccardo Muti with Marija Hulehina and Salvatore Licitra in the trip to Tokyo Bunka Kaikan and in 2001 he was the protagonist in the first of Falstaff Directed by Muti with Roberto Frontali, Juan Diego Flórez, Barbara Friedtoli, Bernadette Manca di Nissa and Anna Caterina Antonacci also brought to the Giuseppe Verdi Theater (Busseto) taken by Rai 3 (in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi), Renato in the Before a masked ball and Jago in Otello (Verdi) and in 2002 Giorgio Germont in La Traviata at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi.

At the Verona Arena debuts in 2000 The force of Destiny , sings the troubadour in 2001 and 2002, Amesro in Aida from 2001 to 2014, Nabucco from 2003 until 2013 and The Traviata In 2004 and 2007.

In 2002 at the Teatro Regio di Parma it is Lord Enrico Ashton in Lucia di Lammermor with Cinzia Forte and for the La Fenice Theater of Venice it is Jago in Otello directed by Marcello Viotti at the Palafenice at the Tronchetto.

In 2003 at Bayerische Staatsoper is Falstaff Directed by Zubin Mehta with Lucio Gallo and at the Teatro Regio in Turin Simon Boccanegra directed by Roberto Abbado with Vincenzo La Scola.

At the Wiener Staatsoper he made his debut in 2004 like Sir John Falstaff (played in 26 performances until 2011) directed by Fabio Luisi with Elīna Guaranteča, in 2005 AMONASRO in Aida Con hui he ed Ildikó Komlósi, Nel 2008 Dulcamara ne Love elixir With Saimir Pirgu, in 2009 Nabucco And in 2011 Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana with José Cura and Tonio (Taddeo) in Pagliacci with Aleksandrina Pendačanska reaching 61 Viennese performances until 2014.

At the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London in 2004 is Don Carlo di Vargas in The force of Destiny directed by Antonio Pappano with Violeta Urmana and Ferruccio Furlanetto.

At the Metropolitan Opera House in New York he made his debut in 2004 as AMONASRO in Aida and in Piacenza it is Nabucco Directed by Daniel Oren with Andrea Gruber and Paata Burchuladze.

In 2006 at the Opéra National de Paris he was Dulcamara in Loisir d’amore, at San Francisco Opera Renato in A masked ball and Alfio in Rustic cavalry al Metropolitan.

In Bilbao in 2008 he sang the battle of Legnano directed by Renato Palumbo and The Troubadour With Fiorenza Cedolins.

At the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome in 2009 it is AMONASRO in Aida With Giovanna Casolla and Carlo Colombara.

Still at Scala in 2010 is Dulcamara in the first of Love elixir directed by Donato Renzetti with Nino Machaidze and Rolando Villazón, in 2011 Tonio in the first of Clowns Directed by Daniel Harding with Celso Albelo and in 2012 AMONASRO in Aida with Giacomo Prestia also sung in the trip to Tokyo and Osaka directed by Gustavo Dudamel with Daniela Barcelona and in the first Scala of 2013 directed Gianandrea Noseda with Marco Berti.

For the Verdi Festival in 2011 is Sir John Falstaff at the Farnese Theater in Parma broadcast before the first of Rai 3 and of which there is a DVD. In the same year it is still Falstaff At the Opeernhaus Zürich directed by Daniele Gatti with Massimo Cavallletti whose video there is.

In 2012 he starred in the film by Ferzan Özpetek (who had directed it in the production of Aida of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino of 2011 of which there is a DVD) Magnificent presence .

Still in London in 2012 is Sir John Falstaff with Carlo Bosi, Ana María Martínez and Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Dr. Dulcamara ne Love elixir directed by Bruno Campanella with Aleksandra Kurzak and Roberto Alagna and Met Dulcamara ne Cry d’amore Anna Netrebko.

In 2013 he is Sir John Falstaff directed by James Levine with Franco Vassallo at Met and at the Salisburg Festival with the Wiener Philharmoniker of which there is a video e Simon Boccanegra In Turin with Michele Pertusi.

In 2014 it is dulcamara ne Love elixir It is Nabucco At Bayerische Staatsoper, the Baron Scarpia in Tosca directed by Paolo Carignani at the Grand Teatre of the Liceu in Barcelona and at the Teatro dell’Opera di Budapest, Falstaff In San Paolo, Amsterdam, with Elisabetta Fiorillo at the Colón Theater in Buenos Aires and with Eva Mei at the Opera di Firenze transmitted by Rai 5, Gerard in Andrea Chénier with Marcelo álvarez in Peralada and Jago in Otello With Gregory Kunde in Turin.

In 2015 it is Scarpia in Tosca directed by Donald Runniccles to Deutsche Opers Berlin and Alfio in Rustic cavalry Directed by Christian Thielemann with Jonas Kaufmann and Stefania Toczyska in Salzburg also broadcast by classical HD.

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Abroad [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Year	Title Role	Cast	Director Orchestra and choir	Label
2001	A masked ball Renato	Salvatore Licitra, Marija Hulehina, Mariana Pentcheva	Riccardo Muti Orchestra and choir of the Teatro alla Scala	House of Opera
	Falstaff Sir John Falstaff	Juan Diego Flórez, Barbara Frittoli, Roberto Frontali	Riccardo Muti Orchestra and choir of the Teatro alla Scala	NO
2004	Nabucco Nabucco	Paata Burchuladze, Andrea Gruber, Nazzareno Antinori	Daniel ears Orchestra of the Arturo Toscanini Foundation, Choir of the theaters of Piacenza	Arthaus
2006	Love elixir Dulcamara	Ahsiah was graindigh, Paul grandin, Paul, Maincitint	Edward Gardner Orchestra and Choir Dell’Opéra National of Paris	Bel Air Classics
2011	Falstaff Sir John Falstaff	Svetla Vassileva, Luca Salsi, Barbara Bargnesi	Andrea Battistoni Orchestra and choir of the Teatro Regio di Parma	Classical Unitel
2012	Falstaf Sir John Falstaff	Barbara Friedtoli, Massimo Cavalletti, Javier Camarena	Daniele Gatti Orchestra e coro dell’opernhaus Zurich	Classical Unitel
	Aida Amonasro	Hui He, Marco Berti, Andrea Ulbrich	Daniel ears Orchestra and Choir of the Arena of Verona	Classical Unitel
two thousand and thirteen	Aida Amonasro	Hui he, Giovanna Casolla, Fabio Sartori	Omer Meir Wellber Orchestra and Choir of the Arena of Verona	Bel Air Classics

• “Rosenstrauss” criticism