Gemma bertagnolli ildebrando darcangelo biography

Hailed by critics for his magnificent voice and stage presence, Italian bass-baritone Ildebrando D’Arcangelo has established himself as one of the most exciting singers of his generation. Ildebrando D’Arcangelo is well-known to audiences throughout Europe as well as North America.

In his extensive work, both in opera and concert, he has collaborated with Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Daniele Gatti, Valery Gergiev, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Christopher Hogwood, René Jacobs, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Antonio Pappano, and the late Sir Georg Solti.

1985

Begins studies at the conservatory of his native Pescara, later also studying under Paride Venturi in Bologna

1989

Wins the Toti dal Monte International Competition in 1989 and again in 1991, after which he makes his stage debut in Così fan tutte. Since then, he has made regular appearances at La Scala di Milan, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera, Covent