Francesco Pittari

After his studies in violin and composition, he studied singing getting the Diploma. Since his debut in Macbeth by Verdi (Salerno, 2006), his name regularly appears on the playbills of the world’s most prestigious theatres (Verona Arena, Carlo Felice theatre in Genoa, San Carlo theatre in Naples, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Israeli Opera, Festival Puccini at Torre del Lago, Royal Opera House, Royal Opera House Muscat).

He dedicates himself to character roles (Arlecchino, Goro, Edmondo, L'incredibile, Pong, Arturo) and thanks to his qualities he has become one of the favourite singers of important orchestra conductors such as Oren, Santi, Jurowsky, Ranzani, Aprea, Armiliato, Morandi as well as directors such as Zeffirelli, De Bosio, Homoki, Zambello, Mazzonis, Pontiggia, Deflo, Proietti, Ranieri, De Tommasi, Micheletto.
Consequently, he has had the opportunity to tread the boards alongside eminent performers among which Nucci, Bruson, Alvarez and Casolla.

This season: La traviata and Anna Bolena at La Scala, Carmen at Teatro Regio in Turin, Il trovatore at Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Boris Godunov at Teatro Regio in Parma and Falstaff at Teatr Wielki in Warsaw.

About his recent engagements: Aida in Verona and at La Scala, Turandot in Naples, Salerno, Rome and Verona, La Traviata in Salerno, Naples and Liege, Otello and Il tabarro at the Filarmonico in Verona, Norma and Pagliacci in Muscat and Salerno, Il pirata, Attila, I Masnadieri, Adriana Lecouvreur, Rigoletto and La Gioconda at Teatro alla Scala, I Masnadieri in Savonlinna, Falstaff in Vicenza under the baton of Ivan Fischer and in Lyon, Tosca in Naples and Salerno, Les vêpres siciliennes in Naples, Palermo, Bologna and Roma under M° Gatti, La fanciulla del West in Turin, Faccio’s Amleto in Verona, Otello at Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Turandot and La bohème at Macerata Opera Festival.