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Ambrogio Maestri

Italian operatic baritone (born )

Ambrogio Maestri

Maestri as Falstaff, Vienna State Opera,

Born (age&#;54&#;55)

Italy

Occupationoperatic baritone

Ambrogio Maestri (born ) is an Italian operatic baritone.

Biography for kids amelia earhart Authority control databases. Il Corriere della sera ; Ambrogio Maestri is a magnificent dissolute knight, physically and vocally captivating and dominating. Archived from the original on 6 December La Stampa ; His beautiful baritone voice is even throughout the range, and the ease of his singing coupled with his natural acting style resulted in an impressive performance.

He is especially known for his portrayal of the title character in Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff.[1][2] He studied piano and singing in his home town, Pavia. In Italy he has performed at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Regio in Parma, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro Verdi in Trieste and the Arena di Verona.

Abroad he has performed at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, the Royal Opera House in London, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, San Francisco Opera House, the Konzerthaus and the Staatsoper in Vienna, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and others.

He presents as a powerful, robust man on stage.

Gramophone has described him as Italy's answer to Bryn Terfel,[3] "fresh-voiced [and] emotionally sympathetic."[4]

He has been critically praised by the likes of Riccardo Muti.[5]Edward Seckerson of The Independent said of his performance as Falstaff at the Royal Opera House of London that he is "wonderfully real, animating all aspects of the text and making great play of the innate contradiction between a booming, boorish, authority and those mellifluous remnants of wily old airs and graces."[6]

One of his earliest roles was Monterone in Rigoletto, in ; he was cast by then-director Placido Domingo at the Washington National Opera.[7] In he played Rolando in La battaglia di Legnano at the Teatro di San Carlo.[8] In he played the role of Dr Dulcamara in Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore in Vienna, and at the Metropolitan Opera in September and October alongside Anna Netrebko.[9] In December he gave his th performance of Falstaff in a new production by the Metropolitan Opera in New York.[10]

He appears in complete opera streaming videos of Falstaff, L'elisir d'amore, and Adriana Lecouvreur at Met Opera on Demand.[11]

Besides his involvement in opera, he is known for his published recipes for Italian food (particularly risottos), and for his cooking videos (some of which are posted to YouTube.)[7]

Repertory

  • Giacomo Puccini: Tosca (Scarpia), Gianni Schicchi, Il tabarro (Michele)[12]
  • Alfredo Catalani: La Wally
  • Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Pasquale (title role)
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
  • Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana
  • Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff, Aida, Il trovatore, La battaglia di Legnano, La forza del destino, La traviata, Nabucco, Otello, Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, Un ballo in maschera

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  10. ^ abCooper, Michael (4 December ). "A Plus-Size Falstaff Grows into His Outsize Part". The New York Times.
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  12. ^"Exclusive interview with Ambrogio Maestri". Opera Focus. Archived from the original on 6 December Retrieved 1 October
  13. ^Tommasini, Anthony (7 December ). "An Outsize Rapscallion Let Loose on Postwar England". The New York Times.

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