Vittorio Grigolo

Vittorio Grigolo ( born February 19, 1977 in Arezzo ) is an Italian singer in the vocal range Tenor. It occurs with both classical works as well as pop music.

Life and artistic work

Vittorio Grigolo has grown up in Rome. He received his first musical education in the choir of the Sistine Chapel. At the age of 13, he sang in the opera house of Rome the shepherd boy in Tosca. Here, Luciano Pavarotti became aware of him. He then spent five years studying at the Scuola puerorum at the Sistine Chapel.

In 2003 he made ​​his debut at La Scala in Milan in the opening concert of the Verdi year. This performance was the starting point of his international career. In the same year he sang at La Scala, Tony in West Side Story, followed by a large-scale tour of Japan and Lebanon. The artist sang among others on the music stages of Rome, Washington, Valencia, Venice, Geneva, Beijing, Avignon, New York, Hamburg, Munich, Sydney and Zurich.

He has worked with renowned conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Daniel Oren, Lorin Maazel, Plácido Domingo, etc.. His repertoire includes the great tenor roles, including Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Alfredo in La Traviata, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Danilo in The Merry Widow, Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, Don Carlos, Don Carlos, Cassio in Othello, Hoffmann in the Tales of Hoffmann, Corrado in Il Vittorio Grigolo sang corsaro etc. Here on the side of great singers of the time such as Anna Netrebko, Renee Fleming, Edita Gruberova and Angela Gheorghiu.

In addition to his international stage presence Vittorio Grigolo is also active as a recital and concert and oratorio singer. On 28 November 2010 he was a participant in Adventlicher hard music. Gala Concert from the Dresden Frauenkirche.

On September 16, 2011 came his new album Arrivederci to the market.

Awards

Discography

• 2006: In The Hands of Love
• 2007: West Side Story
• 2010: The Italian Tenor
• 2011: Arrivederci
• 2013: Ave Maria