Mr. Giovanni Guagliardo is quickly establishing himself as an important young baritone to watch on the international opera scene. Upcoming engagements for Mr.Guagliardo include: MARULLO (Rigoletto) in Beijing, MARCELLO (Bohème) in Catania, BOGDANOVICH in Genova, MARCELLO (Bohème) in Detroit, MONTANO (Otello) in Frankfurt and Paris and SHARPLESS (Madame Butterfly) at the Hamburgische Staatsoper and Les contes d’Hoffmann at Dallas Opera. Past engagements for Mr. Guagliardo include: SONORA (La girl of the West) and LESCAUT (Manon Lescaut) in Torre del Lago, BELCORE (Elixir of Love) in Catania, MARULLO (Rigoletto) in Ancona, MALATESTA (Don Pasquale) in Vero Beach, SULPICE (Daughter of the Regiment) at Teatro Verdi, Trieste, MARCELLO (Bohème) Teatro Massimo, Palermo and PING (Turandot) in La Coruna, Spain. Mr. Guagliardo also performed in a world premiere of Salieri’s “Il Ricco d’un Giorno” at the Arena di Verona. Giovanni sang the role of BERTO in this production directed by Gilbert Deflo; FIORELLO (Barber of Seville) in Mantova and in Piacenza; MANDARINO (Turandot) and JAKE WALLACE (La Fanciulla del West) in Tuscany; MASETTO (Don Giovanni) in Catania and SCHAUNARD (Bohème) in Mexico. He also sang SILVANO (Masked Ball) and LESCAUT (Manon Lescaut) in Catania; SULPICE (Daughter of Regiment) in Rome at the Teatro dell’ Opera; SCHAUNARD (Bohème) in Torre del Lago; BACOCCO (Il Giocatore) in Catania; MARCELLO (Bohème) in Wichita, Kansas, and YAMADORI (Butterfly) at La Scala in Milan conducted by Maestro Myung-Whun Chung. Giovanni has won awards from the Puccini Foundation of New York, Voice Academy of the Arena di Verona theater and at the Teatro Massimo di Bellini in Sicily. Mr. Guagliardo made his Opera Orchestra debut in the role of GUALTIERO in Puccini’s “Edgar” in April 2008 at Carnegie Hall. Recently, he sang the baritone solo in Faurè Requiem conducted by Maestro Soustrot. He was invited by Placido Domingo to sing in the “Le Donne di Puccini” concert in Tuscany. Mr. Guagliardo studies with Bill Schuman in New York City.
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