
Marco Ciaponi
Marco Ciaponi was born in 1989 in Barga (Lucca). He has studied with Rebecca Berg and he is now specializing under the guidance of Cinzia Forte. He is the winner of such International Competitions as Operalia 2017 (Zarzuela Prize); Renata Tebaldi International Singing Competition in San Marino (Second Prize); Flaviano Labò International Singing competition 2015 in Piacenza (First Prize); “Voci Verdiane” International Singing Contest (First Prize) in Busseto. He made his debut in 2014 as Nemorino in L’elisir d'amore at Teatro Municipale in Piacenza and in the following years he has sung the same role at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Opera House of Tblisi, Teatro Goldoni in Livorno, Teatro Sociale di Rovigo. His recent busy schedule includes: La traviata (Alfredo) at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Komische Oper Berlin, Oper Leipzig, Teatro Comunale in Bologna in Tokyo, La sonnambula (Elvino) at Teatro delle Muse in Ancona, Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio) at Teatro Verdi in Trieste and at Oper Köln, Rigoletto (Duca di Mantova) at Circuito Lombardo, Opéra de Toulon, Opéra Royal de Wallonie; Ferrando in Così fan tutte at Opéra de Saint-Etienne; La fanciulla del West and Manon Lescaut at Teatro alla Scala, Don Pasquale (Ernesto) at Teatro Massimo in Palermo and at Teatro Filarmonico di Verona; Falstaff (Fenton) at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Teatro Comunale di Piacenza, Reggio Emilia and Modena; Gianni Schicchi (Rinuccio) in Piacenza, Modena, Reggio Emilia and Ferrara, Pagliacci (Beppe) at Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam. Among his recent and future plans: La rondine (Prunier) at Teatro San Carlo in Napoli, La traviata (Alfredo) at Staatsoper Hamburg, at Macerata Opera Festival, Teatro Verdi di Trieste, Don Pasquale at Bolshoi Theater and at Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Rigoletto at Teatro La Fenice in Venezia, La Fille du régiment at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Così fan tutte (Ferrando) at Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, La sonnambula (Elvino) in a new production in Clermont-Ferrand and touring in France, Rossini’s Stabat Mater at Teatro Comunale di Bologna, I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Tebaldo) at Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio) at Teatro Regio di Parma.