Vittorio Grigolo

Vittorio Grigolo was born in Arezzo, grew up in Rome and studied at the Sistine Chapel. At the age of 13 he sang the Shepherd in Tosca at the Roman Opera, at 17 he made his debut as a tenor and a little later was heard as Don Narciso in Rossini's Il turco in Italia at the Wiener Kammeroper. In 2000 he sang in the opening of the season at La Scala in Milan. He quickly made a name for himself internationally, most notably making his debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 2010 (Rodolfo in La bohème). His repertoire includes the central works of Italian and French opera, including La traviata, Rigoletto, Don Carlo, Madama Butterfly, Anna Bolena, L'elisir d'amore, Lucia di Lammermoor, Faust, Roméo et Juliette, Manon, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Werther, Carmen and Pagliacci. Future appearances:  Bayerische Staatsoper (Manrico in Il trovatore and Turiddu in Cavalleria risticana), Berliner Staatsoper (Cavaradossi in Tosca), Hamburgische Staatsoper (Don José in Carmen), Opéra de Monte-Carlo (Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore) and die Scala di Milano (Duca in Rigoletto).