Leo Nucci

Leo Nucci (* April 16, 1942 in Castiglione dei Pepoli in Bologna ) is an Italian opera singer (baritone ). He is married to the Italian soprano Adriana Anelli and the couple have a daughter.

Life and career

Even during his apprenticeship as a locksmith Leo Nucci began in 1957 to have his voice trained with Mario Bigazzi and continued his vocal studies at Giuseppe Marchesi then in Bologna in the years 1959-1968 continued. While still a student he won in 1967 Marchesis a singing competition in Spoleto. This success earned him his first stage appearance as a Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini. However, he took no first solo career, but became a member of the choir of the Teatro alla Scala. After renewed studies with Maestro Ottoviano Bizzani in Milan he won in 1973 a further Competition ( Concours de Vercelli) and debuted as a soloist again, this time in the title role in Verdi's Rigoletto. After some time of Italian provincial theaters in 1976 was his debut at La Scala in Milan, which earned him a sensational success. This was followed in the next few years Debuts at all major opera houses of the world ( Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, Vienna State Opera, the New York Metropolitan Opera). Since this debut, he enters the world for over 30 years with great success in his extensive repertoire of over 45 roles. But the role of Rigoletto has over 400 times sung Nucci. He has worked with almost every major conductor and vocal colleagues and took a barely manageable number of records and CDs.

Participate Nuccis refusal in 1986, in a Rigoletto production by director Johannes Schaaf at the Hamburg State Opera because of the modernity of the governing concept of what the then director Rolf Liebermann prompting to unload Schaaf and an old, more conventional staging of Gilbert Deflo of the Municipal Theatre Nuremberg buy as a replacement to keep Nucci, meant that Nucci got some headwinds with the German public and the German press. Henceforth, he guested on German opera stages because of the significantly become contradictory sentiments rare. In contrast, Nucci celebrates the Zurich Opera House regularly great success amongst others in the performances of Verdi's Nabucco, Ernani, Stiffelio, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, I Vespri Siciliani, Simon Boccanegra and La Forza del Destino. Also at the Vienna State Opera, he is a regular guest.

More recently, he was among other things the 3rd Karajan Memorial Concert ( June 27, 2007) at the Congress Centre Ulm. Together with the singers Stella Grigorian and Vera Schoenberg brilliant baritone with Italian opera arias and duets. In July 2010 he performed at the Opera Festival in Solothurn as Rigoletto at the side of Celso Albelo ( Duke of Mantua ) and Eva Lind ( Gilda ).

Awards

Leo Nucci was honored during his career with a large number of awards and prizes. The most important are:

Discography (excerpts)

Recitals

  • Leo Nucci - Verdi Arias (1983 )
  • Leo Nucci - Bel Canto Arias (1988 )
  • Leo Nucci - Parlami d' amore (1990 )
  • Leo Nucci - Opera Arias (1997)
  • Leo Nucci - Parlami d' amore (1999)

Opera recordings

  • Rigoletto ( title role ) as a CD and DVD
  • Il Barbiere di Seviglia ( Figaro, played twice)
  • Macbeth ( title role )
  • Falstaff ( title role )
  • Don Carlos ( Rodrigo )
  • Ernani ( Carlos )
  • Andrea Chénier (Gerard )
  • L' elisir d' amore ( Belcore ) recorded twice
  • La Traviata ( Giorgio Germont ), Covent Garden in 1994
  • Les vêpres siciliennes (DVD)
  • Nabucco ( title role )
  • I due Foscari (DVD)

In addition, the Leo Nucci in two opera films of the works Macbeth (Verdi) and Il Barbiere di Seviglia ( Rossini ) was involved.

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