Background
Raimondi, Ruggero was born on October 3, 1941 in Bologna, Italy.
Raimondi, Ruggero was born on October 3, 1941 in Bologna, Italy.
Studies with, Teresa Pediconi. Studies with, Armando Piervenanzi.
Don Giovanni 1978, Six Characters in Search of an Author 1981, La Vie est un Roman 1982, Carmen 1983; produced Don Giovanni in Nancy in 1986; Officier des Arts et Lettres, Chevalier de l'Ordre de Malte, Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana. Debut in La Boheme at the Spoleto Festival 1964. Debut at Metropolitan Opera, New York in Emani 1970. Other engagements include Don Giovanni, Nozze di Figaro, Faust, Attila, Don Carlos, Boris Godunov and Don Quichotte:.
Debut in La Boheme, Spoleto, Italy, 1964. Singer in major houses, Europe and United States. Metropolitan debut in Ernani, New York City, 1970.Favorite roles include Don Giovanni, Philip II, Boris and Don Quichotte. Recorded Verdi Requiem, Vespri Siciliani, La Boheme, Aida, Attila, Don Carlos, Macbeth, Simon Boccanegra, Don Giovanni, Boris Godunov, Tosca, Turandot, Barbiere di Siviglia, Mosè, Nozze di Figaro, Italiana in Algieri, Cenerentola, Il Viaggio a Reims, Don Pasquale, Murder in the Cathedral and others. Appeared in films Don Giovanni (Joseph Losey), 1979, Six Characters in Search of a Singer (Maurice Bejart), 1983, Carmen (Francesco Rosi), 1986, Tosca (B. Jaquot), 2001, others.Opera production since, since 1986.
Married Isabel Maier in 1987.