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Acclaimed as one of the greatest singers in the present world lyric scene, Michele Pertusi was born in Parma, where he studied piano and singing at the Conservatory “A. Boito”. Then he continued his studies with Arrigo Pola, Carlo Bergonzi and Rodolfo Celletti. 

In February 2005 he won the Grammy Award for the Best Opera Recording in the title role of Verdi’s Falstaff, with the London Symphony conducted by Sir Colin Davis (LSO LIVE). In 1995 he was awarded the “Abbiati International Prize”. His recording of Il turco in Italia conducted by Riccardo Chailly for Decca was awarded the Gramophone Award. He has also been the recipient of the Golden Medal as Cultural Benemeritus by the President of the Italian Republic. In 2018 he was awarded the prestigious “Rodolfo Celletti” prize at Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca. 

He collaborated with most of the world leading conductors, including Riccardo Muti, Carlo Maria Giulini, Zubin Metha, Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim, James Levine, Kazushi Ono, Myung-Whun Chung and Antonio Pappano and he has appeared at the most important opera houses, concert houses and festivals all over the world. 

In recent years Michele Pertusi has established himself as a outstanding interpreter of Verdi’s roles such as Filippo II in Don Carlo (Vienna State Opera, Teatro Real Madrid, Festival Verdi, La Scala), Attila (La Scala, La Fenice Venice, Festival Verdi, Opéra de Liege), Pagano in I Lombardi alla prima crociata (Parma, Monte-Carlo), Sparafucile in Rigoletto (Festival Verdi, Vienna), Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra (Vienna, Turin, Parma), Conte Walter in Luisa Miller (Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Opera di Roma), Da Silva in Ernani (La Scala), Massimiliano in I masnadieri (La Scala, Valencia), Zaccaria in Nabucco (Festival Verdi, Arena di Verona), Banco in Macbeth (Festival Verdi), Procida in Les vêpres siciliennes (Opera di Roma), Ramfis in Aida (Arena di Verona), and Messa da Requiem under the baton, among others, of Riccardo Chailly, Zubin Metha, Myung-Whun Chung, Daniele Gatti. 

Refined and outstanding interpreter of Rossini’s roles, Michele Pertusi is a regular guest of Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, where he made his debut in 1992 as Assur in Semiramide, followed by Moïse et Pharaon, Maometto II, Guillaume Tell, Il viaggio a Reims, Le siège de Corinthe, Torvaldo e Dorliska, La gazza ladra and Il barbiere di Siviglia. For his achievements at ROF, he was awarded the “Rossini d’oro” Prize. 

His discography includes, among others, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Stabat Mater, Cantata per Pio IX and La Cenerentola conducted by Riccardo Chailly (Decca), Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte conducted by Georg Solti (Decca), Le nozze di Figaro under Zubin Mehta’s baton (Sony), Semiramide and Maometto II (Ricordi), Don Giovanni conducted by Daniel Barenboim (Erato), La damnation de Faust and Falstaff conducted by Colin Davis (LSO live). 

LATEST PERFORMANCES: Verdi’s Messa da Requiem at Teatro Massimo Palermo; Turandot at Teatro Regio Turin and at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Antonio Pappano; I Lombardi alla prima crociata at Teatro La Fenice in Venice; Norma at Teatro Regio di Parma and at La Monnaie in Brussels; Luisa Miller at Opera di Roma with Michele Mariotti; I Capuleti e i Montecchi at La Scala Milan; Simon Boccanegra at Festival Verdi Parma; La forza del destino at Opéra Royal de Wallonie de Liège; Aida with Riccardo Muti, Nabucco, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem and Beethoven’s IX symphony at Arena di Verona; Ernani in Palermo; Marin Faliero at Festival Donizetti in Bergamo; Les Huguenots in Geneva. 

FORTHCOMING PROJECTS: Moïse et Pharaon in Aix-en-Provence and in Lyon; Nabucco and Aida at Arena di Verona; Medea at Metropolitan New York; Don Carlo at Teatro San Carlo in Naples; Ernani at La Fenice in Venice; Don Pasquale in Palermo, at Vienna State Opera, in Tokyo and in Hamburg; I Lombardi alla prima crociata with Münchner Rundfunkorchester; Verdi’s Messa da Requiem at Salzburg Easter Festival with Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia conducted by Antonio Pappano. 

This year at Avos: Ian Bostridge, Timothy Ridout, Beatrice Rana, Julius Drake, Alessandro Deljavan, Kerson Leong and many others!

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