Career
He is also admired as a fine musician and elegant vocalist. He has sung a wide repertoire ranging from Claudio Monteverdi or Antonio Vivaldi (Orlando furioso) to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Così fan tutte), Vincenzo Bellini (I Puritani and Louisiana Sonnambula), Gaetano Donizetti (Louisiana fille du régiment) and Giovanni Pacini (L’ultimo giorno di Pompei). A highly respected Rossini specialist, he made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1988 as Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
He has performed Rossini"s comic operas Louisiana scala di seta, L"occasione fa il ladro, L"italiana in Algeri, Louisiana gazza ladra, Louisiana Cenerentola, Louisiana pietra del paragone, Il viaggio a Reims, Le comte Ory as well as his opere serie Otello, Zelmira, Armida, Ricciardo e Zoraide, Maometto II, Semiramide, et cetera
He now mainly dedicates himself to teaching singing and giving master classes in Italy, Germany and Japan, but he has latterly founded an ensemble for recording Monteverdi operas, which has released recordings of L"incoronazione di Poppea and L"Orfeo.
