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MarcoVRATOGNA baritone
MarcoVratognawasborninLaSpeziaandstudiedatthePucciniConservatoryinhishometownaswellas
withLeoneMagiera.HemadehisoperadebutasStankarinVerdi’sSTIFFELIOinTriestein2000.
Fromthenon,theItalianbaritonereceivedinvitationsfromtheworld´smostrenownedoperahouses,for
example from the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Oper Frankfurt, Florence, Turin, Amsterdam, Leipzig,
Bologna,Parma,theStuttgartStaatsoper,theMonnaieinBrussels,theBerlinerStaatsoper,theTeatroReal
inMadrid,Genoa,theArenadiVerona,theLiceuinBarcelona,theSemperoperinDresden,theBayerische
Staatsoper, the ROH Covent Garden, Torre del Lago, La Scala in Milan, the Hamburgische Staatsoper,
Chicago,Philadelphia,SanFranciscoandValencia.
Marco Vratogna is highly appreciated as one of the top artists especially dedicated to ‘Verismo’ and is a
dramaticbaritonerepertoryofhisgeneration.HisperformancesasJagoinVerdi’sOTELLOareheraldedas
definitiveportrayals of the role and is frequently laudedas a leadingPuccini and Verismo singer for his
generation.
His repertoire includes roles such as Luna (IL TROVATORE), Alfio (CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA), Tonio (I
PAGLIACCI),thetitlerolesinVerdi’sNABUCCO,RIGOLETTOandMACBETH,Scarpia(TOSCA),Jago(OTELLO),
RenéAnkarström/Riccardo(UNBALLOINMASCHERA),Ezio(ATTILA),JackRance(LAFANCIULLADELWEST),
Amonasro (AIDA) ,Francesco(I MASNADIERI), Frank(EDGAR) ,Carlo Gérard (ANDREA CHENIER) and Don
Carlos(LAFORZADELDESTINO).
Among his upcoming commitments (including many role and house debuts) for seasons 2016/2017 and
2017/2018wecanannounce:
‘Cambro’ in Gomes’s FOSCA (house and role debut) in Sao Paolo in Brasil, Scarpia in TOSCA as well as
SIMON BOCCANEGRA at the Staatsoper Vienna, TOSCA at the Opernhaus in Zurich, TOSCA at the Royal
OperaHouseCoventGarden,attheSydneyOperaHouse(housedebut)aswellasattheTeatroComunale
Florence,‘Giancotto’inZandonai’sFRANCESCADARIMINI(houseandroledebut)attheOpéraduRhinin
Strasburg, CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA and LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST at Teatro Regio in Turin and ‘Carlo
GérardìinANDREACHENIERattheTeatroPetruzzelliinBari.
(January2017)