Biography - Atelier Musicale

PAOLO BORDOGNA
Bass-Baritone
Paolo Bordogna’s expansive baritone range and acting skills have made him one of the world’s best “buffo”
interpreters of today. His repertory includes more than 50 roles (Dandini, Don Magnifico, Dulcamara,
Belcore, Don Pasquale, Malatesta, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Figaro, Don Bartolo, Don Alvaro, Leporello,
Figaro and Il Cont) that ranging from baroque to contemporary repertory, with a particular preference for
Mozart, Rossini and Donizetti.
Since 2005 he has been a regular guest at the Rossini Opera Festival where he performed in several
productions such as La gazzetta, La cambiale di matrimonio, La gazza ladra, Belcanto recital, La scala di
seta, Le Nozze di Teti e di Peleo, La Cenerentola, Matilde di Shabran, L’occasione fa il ladro, Il barbiere di
Siviglia.
A frequent guest with the world’s great opera companies, he performed at Teatro alla Scala, Opéra National
de Paris, Teatro Real de Madrid, Liceu de Barcelona, Washington National Opera, München Bayerische
Staatsoper, Opéra de Nice, Operà de Toulon, Seul Arts Centre, Sydney Opera House, NCPA in Beijing,
Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro
San Carlo di Napoli, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro Comunale di Bologna.
He worked with such conductors as Roberto Abbado, Yves Abel, Marco Armiliato, Bruno Campanella, Alan
Curtis, Alessandro De Marchi, Dan Ettinger, Jesús López Cobos, Michele Mariotti, Kent Nagano, Evelino
Pidò, Stefano Ranzani, Donato Renzetti, Corrado Rovaris, Christophe Rousset, Claudio Scimone, Alberto
Zedda.
He opened the 2015/16 season performing Don Pasquale (title role) at Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, at Teatro
Donizetti di Bergamo and at theaters of Como, Jesi, Cremona and Pavia, followed by Il barbiere di Siviglia
at Opera Australia in Sydney and La Cenerentola at Teatro Regio di Torino.
Among his future plans are Gianni Schicchi (title role) at Opera Australia in Sydney, La Cenerentola at
Teatro Massimo di Palermo and at Opera in Bilbao, Il barbiere di Siviglia at Teatro Comunale di Bologna, at
NCPA in Beijing and at Opéra de Marseille, La gazza ladra at Teatro alla Scala, Cenerentola and Le nozze
di Figaro (Figaro) at Staatsoper in Munich.
During the 2014/15 season he performed L’elisir d’amore (Dulcamara) at Opéra de Marseille, followed by
Don Pasquale (title role) in Rovigo, Il turco in Italia (Don Geronio) at Teatro Regio di Torino and La
Cenerentola (Don Magnifico) at Washington Opera, Le nozze di Figaro (Figaro) Opera Australia in Sydney,
Pasquale (title role) at Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, as well as his much awaited Wiener Staatsoper debut as
Leporello in Don Giovanni.
His large discography include several recordings with Decca, Naxos, Dynamic, Bongiovanni, Opus Arte
labels. In April 2015 is released his first solo album “Tutto Buffo” for DECCA.
Born in Milan, he studied at the Accademia Lirica Internazionale di Desenzano del Garda and at the
Accademia Rossiniana di Pesaro with Alberto Zedda. In 2000 he won the Caruso Award and in 2006 the
Bastianini Award.
March 2016
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