Lorenzo Regazzo

Lorenzo Regazzo, born in Venice, Italy, is an opera singer. His voice can be categorised as bass, bass-baritone or "basso cantante". He is especially well-known for interpreting Baroque, Classical, and bel canto repertoire. Among the qualities frequently noted by the critical press are his virtuosic coloratura technique, sumptuous tone, and vivid stage presence.

Performing at the major opera and concert venues of Europe, as well as in Japan and the USA, Regazzo has also been a regular guest at musical events such as the Salzburg Festival and the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro.

Among the conductors he collaborated with are Simon Rattle, Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Colin Davis, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Daniele Gatti, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jesús López-Cobos and Marcello Viotti. He has made Baroque music recordings with such specialists of the genre as René Jacobs, Emmanuelle Haim, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Claudio Scimone, and Andrea Marcon.

Regazzo holds degrees in singing, piano, choral music, and choral conducting, and has studied voice with Sesto Bruscantini and Regina Resnik. His operatic début (in Rossini's "L'inganno felice") took place in 1994 at the Pesaro Festival.

Discography

His discography includes "Le Nozze di Figaro" (with René Jacobs), which won the Grammy Award in the category of Best Opera Recording; two recitals: "Chante Venise" and "Arie per Basso" (Naïve; with Rinaldo Alessandrini) for both of which Regazzo received the "Orphée d’or" awards.

CD

Studio

*La fida ninfa, Vivaldi, 2008, "as Oralto" cast: Veronica Cangemi, Sandrine Piau, Marie Nicole Lemieux, Lorenzo Regazzo, Philippe Jaroussky, Topi Lehtipuu, Sara Mingardo, Christian Senn; Ensemble Matheus, dir Jean-Christophe Spinosi; "Opus111/Naïve"

*Don Giovanni, Mozart, 2007, "as Leporello". cast: Johannes Weisser, Lorenzo Regazzo, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Olga Pasichnyk, Tarver, Im, Guerzoni, Borchev; Freiburger Barockorchester, dir. René Jacobs; "Harmonia Mundi"

*Vivaldi: Arie per basso, 2006 "solo recital". Lorenzo Regazzo, Concerto Italiano, dir. Rinaldo Alessandrini; "Opus111/Naive"

*Orlando furioso, Vivaldi, 2004 "as Astolfo". cast: Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Jennifer Larmore, Veronica Cangemi, Philippe Jaroussky, Lorenzo Regazzo; Ensemble Matheus, dir. Jean-Christophe Spinosi; "Opus111/Naive"

*Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart, 2004, "as Figaro". cast: Véronique Gens, Patrizia Ciofi, Angelika Kirchschlager, Lorenzo Regazzo, Simon Keenlyside; dir. René Jacobs, Concerto Köln; "Harmonia Mundi"

*L'Orfeo, Monteverdi, 2004, "as Plutone". cast: Natalie Dessay, Ian Bostridge, Patrizia Ciofi, Alice Coote, Sonia Prina, Mario Luperi, Veronique Gens, Lorenzo Regazzo; Le Concert d'Astree, dir. Emmanuelle Haïm; "Virgin Veritas"

*Chante Venise, Mayr, Rossini, Buzzolla, Hahn; 2003, "solo recital". Lorenzo Regazzo; Dimitri Romano, pianoforte; "Forlane"

*La contadina, Hasse, 2002, "as Don Tabarano". cast: Lorenzo Regazzo, Graciela Oddone; Ensemble Arcadia, dir. Attilio Cremonesi, "Megaphon Importservice"

*La gondola, Buzzolla, 2000 "solo recital". Lorenzo Regazzo; Dimitri Romano, pianoforte; "Rivo Alto"

*L'inganno felice, Rossini, 1997, "as Ormondo". cast: Annick Massis, Raul Gimenez, Rodney Gilfry, Pietro Spagnoli, Lorenzo Regazzo; Le Concert des Tuileries, dir. Marc Minkowski; "Erato"

Live

*Due Messe "Catanesi", Bellini (2008, CD, recorded in Pompeii 1998). cast: Cinzia Forte, Paoletta Marrocu, Stefano Ferrari, Lorenzo Regazzo; Accademia i Filarmonici, dir. Maurizio Ciampi; "Nuova Era"

*L'inganno felice, Rossini (2008, CD, recorded at Wildbad Rossini Festival 2005) "as Tarabotto". cast: Kenneth Tarver, Corinna Mologni, Lorenzo Regazzo, Marco Vinco, Simon Bailey; Czech Chamber Soloists, dir. Alberto Zedda; "Naxos"

*Mosè in Egitto, Rossini (2007, CD, recorded at Wildbad Rossini Festival 2006) "as Mosè". cast: Regazzo, Amou, Gierlach, Adami, Bevacqua, Trucco; Wurttemberg Philharmonic, dir. Antonino Fogliani; "Naxos"

*L'Orione, Cavalli (2001, CD, live recording) "as Filotero". cast: Francesc Garrigosa, Laura Polverelli, Lorenzo Regazzo, dir. Andrea Marcon; "Mondo Musica"

*Una cosa rara, Vicente Martin Y Soler (1999, CD, live recording) "as Lubino". cast: Cinzia Forte, Luigi Petroni, Luca Dordolo, Lorenzo Regazzo; La Fenice Theatre Orchestra, dir. Giancarlo Andretta; "Mondo Musica"

*L'inganno felice, Rossini (1999, CD, live recording) "as Batone". cast: Carmela Remigio, Lorenzo Regazzo, Luigi Petroni, Paolo Rumetz, Roberto Scaltriti; La Fenice Theatre Orchestra, dir. Giancarlo Andretta; "Mondo Musica"

*La gazza ladra, Rossini (1998, CD, live recording) "as il Podestà". cast: Andrea Cortese, Enrico Cossutta, Franco Vassallo, Giovanni Andreoli; La Fenice Theatre Orchestra, dir. Giancarlo Andretta; "Mondo Musica"

Compilation

*Vivaldi, il furioso! (2006, CD) Sandrine Piau, Sara Mingardo, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Philippe Jaroussky, Magdalena Kozena, Lorenzo Regazzo et al.; "Opus111/Naive"

*Le Style Classique: The First Viennese School (2005, CD) Antonio Abete, Cornelius Hauptmann, Lorenzo Regazzo, Simon Keenlyside; "Harmonia Mundi"

*The Finest Sacred & Secular Arias from 1600 to 1800 (2004, CD) Lorenzo Regazzo, Marcello Lippi, Maurice Bevan, Nicolas Rivenq, Simon Keenlyside; "Harmonia Mundi"

DVD

*Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart (2006, DVD) "as Figaro". cast: Peter Mattei, Christiane Oelze, Lorenzo Regazzo, Christine Schäfer, Heidi Grant Murphy; dir. Sylvain Cambreling; "Opus Arte"

*Don Giovanni, Mozart (2006, DVD) "as Leporello". cast: Carlos Alvarez, Lorenzo Regazzo, Maria Bayo, Sonia Ganassi, Jose Bros; dir. Víctor Pablo Pérez, "Opus Arte"

*Maometto II, Rossini (2005, DVD) "as Maometto". cast: Lorenzo Regazzo, Carmen Giannatasio, Maxim Mironov, Annarita Gemmabella; La Fenice Theatre Orchestra, dir. Claudio Scimone; "Dynamic"

*Don Giovanni, Mozart (1999, DVD) "as Masetto". cast: Alvarez, Pieczonka, Antonacci, Kirchschlager, d'Arcangelo, Schade, Regazzo, Selig; Vienna Philharmonic, dir. Riccardo Muti; "TDK"

Recent and Upcoming Performances

2008

[http://www.operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=lv&code=wnamc&date=20080503] May 3. Orlando Furioso (as Astolfo), Vivaldi. Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. dir. Andrea Marcon; with Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Manuela Custer, Inga Kalna, David Lee, Lorenzo Regazzo, Martín Oro.

[http://www.jeanine-roze-production.fr/index.php?id=24&tx_cmcconcertjrp_pi1%5Buid%5D=37] May 5. La fida ninfa (as Oralto/Eolo), Vivaldi. Théatre des Champs-Elysées, Paris. dir. Jean-Christophe Spinosi; with Veronica Cangemi, Sandrine Piau, Philippe Jaroussky, Barbara de Castri, Topi Lehtipuu, Lorenzo Regazzo; Ensemble Matheus. "Broadcast" [http://www.classiquenews.com/ecouter/lire_article.aspx?article=2233&identifiant=2008911F5MCWJ990UTDC2TN1JVF8TTIG radio France Musique Sept. 20]

[http://www.agenda-culturel.com/evenement.php?idevenement=64260] May 29, 30. Requiem Verdi. Basilique Saint-Epvre, Nancy. dir. Paolo Olmi; with Feubel, Lifar, Borin, Regazzo, Chœur de l'Opéra national de Lorraine.

[http://www.olimpico.vicenza.it/it/doc/060608.pdf] June 6. Solo Recital «Del crudo amor». Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza. piano accompaniment Dimitri Romano

[http://www.olimpico.vicenza.it/it/doc/070608.pdf] June 7, 9, 11. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (as Basilio), Rossini. Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza dir. Giovanni Battista Rigon; with Francesco Marsiglia, Matteo Ferrara, Concetta d'Alessandro, Alex Esposito, Lorenzo Regazzo, Sabrina Vianello, Yiannis Vassillakis.

[http://www.operabase.com/diary.cgi?lang=en&code=wecrf&date=20080625] June 25, 27. Le nozze di Figaro (as Figaro), Mozart. Palacio de la Ópera, La Coruña. dir. Víctor Pablo Pérez; with Lorenzo Regazzo, Lucio Gallo, Myrtò Papatanasiu, Elena de la Merced, Elena Belfiore, Matha Mathèu, Daniel Borowski, Gustavo Peña.

[http://rossini.visioservices.de/programm.0.html?&L=1] July 5. L'Italiana in Algeri (as Mustafà), Rossini. Kuhrteater, Bad Wildbad, Rossini in Wildbad festival. dir. Alberto Zedda; with Marianna Pizzolato, Lorenzo Regazzo, Lawrence Brownlee, Bruno De Simone, Giulio Mastrototaro "Broadcast" [http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/konzert/804245/ Deutschlandradio Kultur, July 12]

[http://rossini.visioservices.de/programm.0.html?&L=1] July 20. Edipo a Colono (as the Chorus Leader), Rossini. Kuhrteater, Bad Wildbad, Rossini in Wildbad Festival. dir. Fogliani

[http://www.festivalradiofrancemontpellier.com/2008/eng/30-juillet-ONF-daniele-gatti.php] July 30. Pulcinella, Stravinsky. Opera Berlioz, Montpellier. dir. Daniele Gatti; with Kate Aldritch, Lorenzo Regazzo, Saimir Pirgu

[http://www.santacecilia.it/scw/servlet/Controller?gerarchia=01.07&dataNormal=20081016-20081016&idSerie=0000000462&toParam=schedaEvento&orario=20.00&idEvento=0000007380] October 16. Orlando Furioso (as Astolfo), Vivaldi. Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome. dir. Andrea Marcon; with Romina Basso, Manuela Custer, Sylvia Pozzer, Anna Rita Gemmabella, Jordi Domenech, David D. Q. Lee, Lorenzo Regazzo.

[http://www.fondazione-toscanini.it/calendario_dettaglio.asp?idEvento=402&idSezione=produzioni] October 27. L'Elisir d'amore (as Dulcamara), Donizetti. Teatro Municipale, Piacenza. dir. Riccardo Frizza, with Valeria Esposito, Paolo Bordogna, Lorenzo Regazzo, Antonino Siragusa, Giovanna Beretta; Enzo Dara.

[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/advanced_booking-kantoarts/listing.html] November 18, 23. Maometto II (as Maometto), Rossini. Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo. dir. Gustav Kuhn; with Lorenzo Regazzo, Gregory Kunde, Marina Rebeka, et al.

[http://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/spielplan/detailansicht.php?id_event_date=0&id_event_cluster=67211&id_language=1&bereich=spielplan&aktiv=oper] December 3, 6, 18, 21. Italiana in Algeri (as Mustafà), Rossini. Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin. dir. Ottavio Dantone; with Lorenzo Regazzo, Vasselina Kasarova, Antonio Siragusa, Arttu Kataja, Adriane Queiroz, et al.

2009

[http://www.teatroregio.torino.it/en/node/586] March 4, 6, 8, 11, 15, 2009 L'Italiana in Algeri (as Mustafà), Rossini. Teatro Regio, Turin dir. Bruno Campanella; with Vivica Genaux, Lorenzo Regazzo, Carla Di Censo, Roberto de Candia

[http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=6787] March 31, 2009 La Resurrezione (as Lucifero), Händel. Barbican Hall, London. dir. Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée; with Camilla Tilling, Kate Royal, Sonia Prina, Lorenzo Regazzo, Toby Spence.

[http://www.muenchner-opern-festspiele.de/55-ZG9tPWRvbTQmaWQ9MzImbD1lbiZ0ZXJtaW49-~spielplan~vorstellung.html] April 26, 30, May 2, 2009 Così fan tutte (as Don Alfonso), Mozart. Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich dir. Paul Daniel, with Harteros, Vondung, Borchev, Mathey, Tsallagova, Regazzo.

[http://www.oper-in-berlin.de/spielplan/detailansicht.php3?id_event_cluster=66030&id_event_date=187184&id_language=2] May 20, 24, 2009 Cenerentola (as Don Magnifico), Rossini. Deutsche Oper, Berlin dir. Paolo Arrivabeni; with Mironov, Regazzo, Puly, Welschenbach, Keegan, Donose, Gierlach

References

* [http://www.ateliermusicale.it/ArtistMain.aspx?ArtistCode=Regazzo_Lorenzo Official biography (Atelier Musicale)]
* [http://odb-opera.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=150 Interview, timeline of the past performances in France (ODB-opera)]
* [http://www.operabase.com/listart.cgi?name=regazzo&loose=E&acts=+Schedule+ Selected upcoming performances (Operabase)]
* [http://212.55.196.221/triboni/exec?method=com.operissimo.artist.webDisplay&id=ffcyoieagxaaaaaawhcj&xsl=webDisplay&searchStr=&rolesDisplay=yes Partial repertory list (Operissimo)]
*press, reviews: [http://www.musicweb-international.com/sandh/2008/Jan-Jun08/vivaldi2604.htm La fida ninfa] , [http://www.musicalcriticism.com/recordings/cd-mose-1207.shtml Mosè in Egitto CD] , [http://www.operatoday.com/content/2007/06/vivaldi_opere_t.php Arie per basso CD] , [http://theoperacritic.com/tocreviews2.php?review=ca/2007/rohcenere1207.htm Cenerentola] , [http://www.operaclick.com/pagpn/vrec.php?id=1608 L'italiana in Algeri] , [http://www.publicopera.info/opera200405/maometto_ven_recensioni.html Maometto II] , [http://www.operaclick.com/pagpn/vrec.php?id=1491 Don Giovanni]